Meteor Showers..my first E-V-E-R!

I should be so lucky! I was out in the frontyard with manlok and the devils, running around... ok, manlok and the devils running around and me standing around. Suddenly this REALLY bright flash lighted up the sky with a sonic boom-like sound. I was suddenly washed with fear and panic, thinking, omigod, its an atomic bomb... or something like it!

We turned around and looked up and it was a really bright shooting star! Seriously it was REALLY bright!!!! Then a few minutes later, another one, less spectacular though. I suspected it was a meteor shower.. i quickly came in and did what every other internet savvy person would do... google it! haha.. and
TADAA!!! There it is: Orionid Meteor Shower. Today is the first day and I DONT believe it.. I caught the FIRST one!!!! It says that it will peak on Oct 21... I have put it down in my calendar! ;P Here is what it looked like: