oh my, where do i even start?
hurricanes - how about we get started there? gustav came in our general directions, putting us right on the east side (which is the side NO ONE wants to be on.) i started to freak a little, memories of feeling lost came over me. though, to be honest, there is no way that another storm could gut me the way katrina did. at least not now, maybe in 25 years, but not now. at the last minute gustav did something odd, he strengthened on the west side and weakened on the east! so we were spared the insanity that seemed so certain. we were with out power for a week, and out of work, our house was a wreck of fast packing. when we came back home to our ransacked little abode we found our place in pretty decent shape, some siding
and roofing was blown away and a leak in the ceiling had returned to haunt my kitchen. (my kitchen is also my art room so all my art supplies are piled and pushed and in a general state of disarray, only some of my scrapping items got trashed, which is sad but cool. most was saved, just can't be used because the area is so nuts right now!) LOTS of groceries were tossed, which is hard for a family who budgets everything so carefully! ultimately we were blessed, and when ike came in - raging like few storms have - we were once again blessed. there is a certain kind of heartache when you rejoice in a storm missing your home. now, after katrina, i disdain that praying a storm move over 100 miles means i am hurting another family. i get through that with prayers for them also, for their safety and recovery. as we sat with out lights out once again, with rain driving side ways and the schools closed i could only imagine was ike was
doing to people over 200 miles away. this world is so big and that is such a hard thing to live with sometimes.
books - i might have mentioned that i was finally going to give in and read the twilight series. well, i got that done in the hot and still days after gustav. i found it, childish? a bit simple and immature, almost nerve grating and also ADDICTIVE. i am currently waiting for my mother to finish eclipse so that i can read it. sad, but true. and on the topic of books - i had seen this a while ago and was on the fence, after being evacuated and going for days needing new books i was sold!
it's the amazon kindle - their e-reader. i am so in love.
