My World

Today we had to report back to school for the first time in a week and a half. I was kind of liking the time off, but I'm glad to get back to normal. Besides, we have a short week now :) And, there's a sweet car show at Splashtown that I'm dragging my '58 truck out to (it's debut show as a real rollin truck). Next weekend, I head off to San Antonio to jump in with my brother and his 55 Olds (pics above) to head to Kerrville to a old traditional rod run. Last year was a blast, so this year aught to be pretty cool. It'll be a good break from everything that's gone on this past week.

Well, after 9 long days with no power, they finally got to us this morning. It's so nice to sit in A/C again! We report back to school tomorrow and the kiddos come back on Wednesday.

Well, it's been 9 days with no power...just a generator, and CenterPoint says it will be at least Thursday before it's fixed. We are wiring the breaker box today with an extra fuse, so I can plug the generator directly into it and run the whole house (minus the A/C and dryer). My girl's bro gave us a window A/C unit to use though. I just installed it, and wow it feels nice in here! Hopefully, there will be no problems with it. Now, I just have to go apply with FEMA to get reimbursed for all the gas I'm using in that thing. ;)

Well, it's been a week since Hurricane IKE blasted through Galveston and Houston, and we still have no power. My neighborhood was luckily spared any major damage, but everything around us was not so lucky. I actually got to hear what a tornado really sounds like, which is not really anything to be proud of, but is kind of cool after the fact. One good thing about all this is that our cul de sac has gotten to know each other very well from all the campfires we've built in the driveway this week. It would be nice to get back to normal life again though.