I am continuing to set the house back to rights. Seems like things seem to accumulate on all surfaces at times like this. Texting is a little better so I don’t feel quiet so alone. Hubby leaves early each morning to help others who need help. He’s a rare human.

I’m an introvert, but I think on times of chaos, we still need a connection to the outside world. I have been able to touch base with several more friends to check in and find out where everyone is and how their houses made it thru the storm. I have television. Surprise of all surprises. Hubby told me we should have tv and we have an antenna rather than cable, so I at least can see what is going on in the immediate world. The only outside news I’ve seen so far is Biden boarding a plane to head south. Believe me when I say I’m not the only southerner who wishes he would stay away. He’s done enough damage in the world. We don’t need more when we’ve been pushed to the limit.

I washed another load of clothes this am and dried them. I am so blessed to be able to do laundry. I’m sitting in front of a fan folding clothes. Even though there are extreme temperatures outside, fans are keeping the house cool, and the refrigerator and freezers are running thanks to the generator. God has blessed us abundantly.

The entire power grid/lines are down in our parish of Lafourche. That means a complete rebuild according to Entergy. We have no timeframe as they are still assessing the situation. I take that to mean they are scratching their heads as we are. It’s a real mess. We have a major cable down across our yard. Water was supposed to be out for a couple of weeks, but they had it up and running in a matter of days and that is a blessing. 

We had plans to leave yesterday to head to Wyoming for the month. God had other plans. I canceled our reservations before we headed back home. Let’s say there were a lot of tears. I don’t know if people felt sorry for me or were grateful to have the opportunity to help someone who was clearly affected by the storm, but every one refunded my deposits. I was stunned at the kindness of people far away. The refunds were a blessing but it was the kindness of people that I found so touching.

As the hurricane was barreling down upon us we assessed where all of our children were. We had one take his family to his inlaws in Shreveport so we knew he was safe. We had one in Florida so we knew he was good. One lives north of us and they had evacuated to Katy, Texas so she and her family were safe. The one we thought we didn’t have to be concerned about was the one in New York City! Who would have thought that the child and family we thought were the safest, would experience the same hurricane that we had just experienced? We live in Southern Louisiana and yet my daughter experienced the same hurricane in NYC. They are fine but there was a lot of flooding in the subway and basement apartments. How crazy is that?

 

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