more bad news... this isnt goin so well

this morning i woke up at about 10 till 6 and heard it pouring outside. immediately, i thought, great, my plants arent ready for this much rain! i went to the bathroom (i know you dont want to hear that), then came out and immediately the rain got about 5 times louder on my roof. i thought, fuck, im an idiot. i didnt even cover the poor babies, what the fuck was i thinking!? then i looked out my window and saw that that wasnt rain, it was now hailing!

AHHHHHHHH!

i was 99% sure it was over and there was no way that they would survive but decided i would check later in the day just to see if any of them got lucky. i went across my river and through the woods to check them out. i got to them and was amazed at what i saw.

all of them were still alive and well, except for one (dont remember if it was nl or es). the one unlucky fellow got one of its 2 real leaves torn off, but still had the other one. i didnt take my camera or phone so i dont have any pictures, but ill get some for you all tomorrow. i was so surprised, 4/5 looked perfectly fine (a little leaf curling up... what could that mean?) and the other one was missing a leaf.

will she/it be okay? or do you think it will die cause its still so young?

i consider myself really lucky, but today i took over some glass and a bucket for them. they are in the bucket (a future home for one of them- a 7 or 8 gallon bucket filled with probably 6 gallons of my crazy soil mixture) and then i put a small piece of glass over the top that covers most of the bucket but leaves the sides open for air flow. its supposed to rain all week here, so i thought id protect them from losing anymore leaves. i know glass absorbs a little light, but i dont think it will be too bad.

sorry about not having pics today, ill get some tomorrow and show you all what im talking about.

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