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September 27, 2004
Mother Nature's Temper Tantrums
Alesia, from hurricane freakin' central...
All righty, then. Four hurricanes in a month. I've pretty much had enough of this. And - let me say this right upfront -- I have no right to complain. Zero. The worst damage I had was brief periods of power out and a lot of trees down. You better believe we're helping out the people who have real damage, too.
BUT (there's always a but, isn't there??), I now own enough batteries to power half the sex toys in North America.
And enough bottled water to fill a swimming pool. And enough stress and sleepless nights to give me a raging headache: watching for the near-constant tornadoes, so I could rush everyone into the closet, wore me out.
When Jeanne was bearing right down on us, Navy Guy got sent to Maine to hurr-evac a plane. Which is fine for him. And the plane. And even Maine, really.
Me and the kids? Not so much.
I did, as you would expect, call him at 4 a.m. one night to share my excitement over the winds threatening to blow trees on our roof. :)
When you think there's a good chance that you might lose your house, the whole world narrows down to a few decisions. What do you take? Which of a lifetime's accumulated possessions rates being carried along in the car?
I asked the kids to each pick their top 10 fave toys, but this brought tears, so I said it could be top 20. The dog was easy - her favorite stuffed hedgehog and her food and she was good.
I'm not much of a 'stuff' person, but it was still surprising how little I cared about bringing. Our important papers, of course. Pretty much all my computer stuff from my office, my contracts, my book I"m working on right now.
Other than that, there wasn't much. The most important thing was a box of my photo albums - pictures of my kids as babies that I could never replace.
Mother Nature had her temper tantrums -- four of them. We're all down here picking up the pieces and helping and praying for those hardest hit. But in the fury of the storm, I realized some truths about what really matters to me. And none of it cost any money at all.
Hug somebody you love,
Alesia, in a contemplative mood
Posted by Alesia at 10:15 PM | Comments (2)
Comments
Oh, Alesia! Glad you came through okay, and good for you helping those who didn't. Stuff like this does make you realize what really matters - big cyber hugs, sweetie!
:) Lani
Posted by: Lani at September 28, 2004 8:10 AM
I'm glad you made it through okay. I'm happy to be back online and realizing that for all my wailing and moaning, I was only without power and *gasp* Internet for a short while, compared to people who have lost everything or even our relatives over in Pensacola who are STILL without power.
I'll be hugging everyone-- and I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I think we've earned ourselves a couple of drinks apiece, girl.
B.
Posted by: Barb at September 28, 2004 10:37 AM
