Deja Vu

No it is not just the name of some bottled water. It is what we are living with now that Ike has come aboard the Texas coast. We are all too familiar with hurricanes unfortunately, but you can never really prepare for the idea of being out of power for about a month. Eric stayed behind this time and he rode out the storm in our house all by himself. The dreams I had last night while my husband experienced a CAT 3 storm by himself were wild. He is ok, our home is okay and so we once again feel very fortunate to have been blessed once again with only the headache of evacuating and being out of our home for a while. I am told that the power companies think it will be a month before there is power restored, but I am thinking that they say some of that so that when it only takes them 2-3 weeks you are super excited with them. I don't know if that is true or not, but that is the assumption that I am going with and hoping for. Our home and property did well, and we hope the same for our friends and neighbors. Well, I won't bore anyone with my frustration, gratitude or other thoughts on hurricanes, but I am ready for the fall and for this season to end.