Okay, so the girl hates fans.

Lemme start with this: Our house is 14 years old, has one AC unit, 2 stories and that poor unit that we do have seems to be a bit old and undersized for our house and at some times of the year, can allow our upstairs to get quite warm. We all have a ceiling fan or oscillating fan in our rooms. Olivia has both in her room, but never allows either one to be on, especially if she’s going to bed. I’ll try and sneak it on and leave the room and she screams like I just let a cobra loose. Marti and I have wondered if it was due to the fact that her ceiling fan is a tad loose and wobbles a bit, making her think it’s going to fall on her. I’ve asked if that was the reason and she’s denied it. Anyway, there have been times in the past where not only was it hot, but the AC was BROKEN and that girl insists on sleeping with the fan OFF, and it just makes me hot even thinking about it. We were so confused… Until the other night, that is.

Tornadoes.

You heard me… Tornadoes. She’s afraid of tornadoes and doesn’t want one in her room. IN HER ROOM…

You heard me correctly. The other night when Marti and I were tucking her in, I turned her fan on and just before she began to scream about it, she whispered in Marti’s ear, “Can the fan cause a tornado to form in the house?” Our lips still hurt from biting them.

Needless to say, now she doesn’t mind it on ‘Low”.