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We’re heading home tomorrow, armed with groceries of course. The good news is we’ll be home and can start repairs. Bad news is no internet :crying:

I don’t like being away from home. I mean it’s different if I’m on vacation or gone by choice. I don’t like being away from my little piece of the world when the rest of the world around me has gone bonkers. I’ll be soooo glad to get home to my comfy chair and familiar surroundings. I hate feeling like a guest even though I’m with family.

No word yet on when the kids will return to school. We know definitely not this week. Two of the campuses sustained damage while the other tree got lighter damage. Then there is the power situation. I want to say they were out two weeks for Rita. I don’t really remember to be exact but it was something close to that. At the end of this week our schools will have been closed a week and a half.

So anyway, that’s what’s going on with me. If you don’t see me for awhile, it’s because Im back home and have no internet. But think of all the work I’ll get done :woot:

Ironically my last blog post was about not knowing what day it was, evacuations and kids being out of school and I find myself once again evacuated due to a hurricane. We actually stayed through the hurricane this time. Not something I’d recommend but I honestly felt safer at home than out on the roads with the evacuation crowd. Traffic was just insane here. There were several accidents including a 7 car pile up at the only major intersection in my little pissant town. No thanks…

I’m at my sister’s. We left Saturday morning after the worst of the hurricane was past us. It was still quite windy and rainy and getting around debris in the roadways were tricky, but we made it. The one positive of having stayed through the hurricane was that we knew what damage we incurred before we left. When we evacuated for Rita three years ago, we didn’t know anything, just that our area had been devastated. It was a very stressful time as we didn’t even know if we had a house to go back to. At least with Ike, we know what we’re facing when power is restored and we go back home. (Sooo not looking forward to the insurance claim process *sigh*)

The weather is cooperating better in Southeast Texas this time around for which I’m grateful. With Rita, we experienced record high temps and power was out a long ass time. We had temps well over 100 and it was just bloody miserable. A cool front passed through the area and it brought cooler, drier air so I’m hoping that makes things a bit more bearable for all the people who are still in the area with no electricity.

what day of the week it is. Kids went back to school today. Evacuation order was lifted Tuesday so I guess they felt everyone needed an extra day to get back. I have cable back, so I’m a much happier camper. Hurricanes and evacuations are not good for the deadline, ya know?

I’m so dedicated because my first thought after dropping the kids of at school was that man, my bed sure would feel good. And it’s nice and quiet and another hour of sleep would be really really nice.

But no, I’m cleaning the rubble after blowing up that cement wall that had plunked itself right about chapter 8 and now I’m trying to piece together the mess I made. It feels like Monday. Is it Monday?

Someone asked me last night what I thought about Sarah Palin. My response? She doesn’t want to raise my taxes or take away my guns, so she can’t be all bad…