I wish that I could say all of this moving around has been an adventure or that I feel like a gypsy, but really I just want to go home. To a home that is lit, warm and clean.
Everything is in shambles, rummaging through in the dark by flashlight or dimly lit through the day, and nothing is where it should be. The last time I was there, I cleaned the refrigerator, carrying out 4 heavy trash bags of wasted food really pissed me off.
In the car heading out of town, it was the boys, me, 2 dogs, a cat and luggage that included a dozen movies, a game system and a laundry basket of dirty clothes. What a wonderful way to greet your host, huh ? We have been welcomed in, given the best and most comfortable of everything they have ---- I will always be grateful.
Lucky for me the computer here needed much attention, so I love that I have little somethings to do, and it is of great help to them, which is nice but can not measure in what they have offered to my family. I just added a dvd burner and a gig of ram. Now to watch carefully, hoping nothing explodes... Actually I've avoided trying the burner until now, and even then decided to write here first, again putting it off.
I bet you all wish you were me right now. In a house not mine, listening to two 8 year olds scream and yell and laugh stupid pre-pubescent boy nonsense about the Spiderman Friend or Foe game. I think they have forgotten I'm here, because at this moment my 8 year of the 2 is proclaiming that he just webbed [a bad guy] in the nuts. That's new, Hmmm, I'll let it go until he says it directly to me, then there will be hell to pay.
Since I gave a paragraph to Big B, I should mention something about Little B, who is carrying a 8lb dumbbell around. That should be bad news in a minute when it falls on his foot. He has really enjoyed all the people around here. Last night he could not sleep though, and I feared the house spent the night listening to him cry. When I got him settled and asleep after one episode, Big B woke w/ a bad dream. Luckily we were able to sleep until 9.
My dogs are outside shivering, I need to clean their paws and bring them in, always a good time. Lucky is the well mannered dog, and she has taken to bullying the teeny tiny dog. Ginger is the crazed lunatic dog and she is the favorite here, the world is lost in chaos. My poor cat has taken up shelter under the couch in the den/playroom/computer room and won't come out. I know she is there, but have not seen her out since last night. As if you really care for the update on my animals, but there it is anyway.
Sigh, I wish it had taken longer to put her stuff in the computer, I was excited for a major project and it was too short lived. Maybe I should be careful, I still have not checked it all out. It may become a major headache if I push my luck. I know the ram is ok and working, flying actually. But I need to do some maintenance before I try the burner out (another stall). She has 2 years worth of digi pics on here, that would make me nutty. One crash and there goes everything.
Ok, enough useless information. I thought I should at least make an appearance here this week, sorry it isn't more interesting, but this is the most I've said since the ice took over my world.....
Thank You to everyone who has commented and emailed, I appreciate knowing the thoughts are out there for us. Truly...
Hopefully it will only be another day or two (I'm an optimist) before I can announce that we are home and the clean-up has begun. I miss Tulsa and feel bad for leaving her during this, but it was too much for my boys to have to go through. I may go back tomorrow for the day, Muskogee is only an hour drive away.
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We survived the ice,
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