Hurricane Ike Update

Well I figure since most people can't update their blogs or even communicate much in our area, I figured I would do a little update. We got out Thursday night and headed to Austin b/c my dad pretty much made us and told us he wanted his granddaughters safe during the hurricane. He wasn't worried about me or Joe, just our girls. Anyway we figured we were far enough north that we would be fine although the hurricane pretty much went right up over us I think and we were supposed to get hit hard with winds.

supposedly as it was entering Spring


Anyway I think everyone in our area is fine, just without power, lots of fallen trees, and flooding. So everything is closed pretty much. It's been out for about 48 hours now and is said that it could be anywhere up to 3 weeks before it is all restored. I'm hoping it's before then. Joe just got a call from school saying that classes resume on Tuesday, I guess the University has it's own power so it didn't have much damage from Ike. But all his interviews have been canceled from Thursday thru tomorrow, so this could slow the process down of finding a job for next summer depending on when they get rescheduled. So I guess we will probably be going back tomorrow so he can get to class.

Some reasons I am so glad we left and got away:

• No A/C in 90 something degree weather
• Not being able to do laundry and wash sheets, clothes, etc. that have vomit and poop all over
• No TV
• No computer

...with 2 sick kids. Yes, Hannah is still sick but looks like it is on it's way out of her now. It has now been 11 days of throwing up and diarrhea. Thursday I went to the store to get some pedialyte and it was a mad house with everyone preparing for the hurricane. And then I had to wait in line for gas forever too. Oh and while I was checking out at the store, Hannah decided to start throwing up all over me, it was great. Then we got to my parents late that night and Abby started with it all over again. So she has been throwing up since we got here and now we've given it to my mom. It's one thing to feel sick and throw up or have kids sick and throwing up and being able to make it to the toilet...it's another to have 2 toddlers throwing up anywhere, and everywhere, and never knowing when it's going to happen...and then having to clean it up off yourself and everything else for 11 days straight. I forget what it's like to be able to go to bed and wake up in the morning without being interrupted by diarrhea and vomit and changing sheets everyday. Ok I'm done venting, sorry.

Joe is at our house now to check on it and see if he can save any of our food in our fridge and freezer and get it cleaned up before it leaks everywhere and starts to smell, and to get us more clothes since we didn't bring much. The REAL reason he went is b/c my dad is going golfing and said he had an extra spot so Joe needed his clubs. If it weren't for that he wouldn't have left. Anyway we will try to keep everyone updated.