Friday, September 23, 2005
Well, it looks like my area will be hit be strong winds and severe thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Everyone is already gearing up and buying water, canned food that doesn’t need preparation, and generators. I’m fortunate that I already have a generator that can keep everything in my home running, however, it requires gas to run, and so, if we are out of electricity for the long run, that could get quite expensive. I guess I need to take a gas canister and fill it up. From what I hear, all of those are pretty much bought up. Oh well....
I am pretty proud of myself that I have a hurricane plan for us already. LuckyHusband will be working from 11 pm Saturday until 7 am Sunday morning, so when the storm hits my area, he will probably not be home. So, LittleMan and myself are going to stay with my crazy aunt Sarah, who calls herself Aunt Loo (for loony). So, that should be interesting to say the least. After the storm passes, we are going to go home and plug up the generator if we don’t have any power. I have bought a lantern, batteries, M&Ms (a necessity), candles, and cans of soup. I still have to find ice when I get home. That should be fun…the stores around here are like the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve. A small (insane) part of me loves seeing all the people rushing around. (Not because of why they are rushing around really, just the fact that everyone is out and about…I’m a big people watcher). But, then again, I hate trying to actually get anything done in a crowded store.
So, keep me in your thoughts and prayers Saturday and Sunday as our area prepares to get hit by some form of weather.
Melissa
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Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.
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