Friday, September 5, 2008

Highs and Lows of Gustav

The Low-lights
  • Nutty family member who refused to evacuate kept calling every 20 minutes to describe his struggle sans air. My parents never turned off the phone.
  • Watching my feet swell to the size of footballs on our late-night evac to Navarre Beach
  • Pregnant-Palin-Palooza on CNN
  • Clogged milk ducts *&$#(@ on the day of our departure. Who needs this shit when you're pregnant??? Who know it could happen with colostrum?
  • Oh, maybe wondering if I'll have a home in the morning, if we'll have a new baby on a single income, if our baby layette will be a murky mess, if my hometown will be washed away. That might be a low-light.

The High-lights

  • The kindness of strangers. Mr. Georgiou's generosity was a physical presence during the whole event
  • Jacuzzi tubs!
  • Time at the beach with my family always feels like a blessing
  • Watching Ana truly swim for the first time--the width of the pool, underwater, with googles within one day
  • Diving 4 feet for dive toys the next! She's got her daddy's swim genes.
  • Us-90 as an evacuation route (no traffic! yay!). It still took us 7 hours for a 4 hour drive.
  • Elliot spending time with his grandparents. He's got some deep love for those folks, and they really need it.
  • Clams--our favorite find at the seashore
  • Tita's baleadas at the beach in the morning
  • Assistant Director handling all the post-storm staffing stuff!

Back to work Monday. Two weeks to Weino (I think).

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