Home from Gustav Waiting on Ike
Made it safely home from Gustav. I think I died when I fell into my own bed last night. Wow did that feel good. God answered my prayers of not letting any trees fall onto my house. However, one fell and crushed the car, one fell and crushed the trampoline, one fell and took out part of the swingset and one fell and nicked the corner of the gutter on the back of the house. Now, all three that fell in the backyard all fell on my deck and destroyed all the railing , squished the little grill, took a chunk out of the deck, squished my table, broke my plants, etc. but none fell on the house. I’m happy. Oh, oh, oh, my grill that I got for my birthday - not a scratch on it. God was smiling down on me this time.
New Orleans did a great job of evacuating everyone out. What do you think is going to happen with Ike ? Do you think they will have trains, planes and buses in place ? They might. I don’t see the people evacuating though. Everyone I’ve talked to today says "I can’t believe we might be dealing with another one." UGHHHHHHHHHH. I don’t think I’m going to unpack my suitcases. Why bother ? I’m also not buying a lot of groceries.
Memphis was fun but I really don’t want to go back there so soon again. Where do evacuate this time ? Disney sounds good. Wonder if they will be expecting all the rain this time. It’s got to be slow season, too. Wouldn’t you think it would be slow season ? Except for us New Orleanian evacuees that is. lol.
I will say if I ever do drive up and my house is crushed again - I’ll probably be moving. I just don’t know how much more of this type of stress I can handle. It is draining. I think there is a lot of that type of thinking going on around here now.
Peace out. I’m still tired from this week. I also spent the majority of the day carrying trees and limbs and debri out of my yard. ~~I love you~~ (don’t forget to say it)
