It was just starting to get quiet around here. Everyone had started to settle down from our big earthquake. We had a couple of days where we got to start every conversation with "Can you believe we had an earthquake?" and trade stories about where you were when it struck, what you thought it was, how you reacted, etc. It was kind of hard for me to join in since my story was pretty boring. I was in my car on the BW Parkway. I felt nothing. Of course, feeling nothing is pretty much par for the course for me.
Now, we've got the hurricane coming. I think it's going to be a big deal. Everyone's certainly preparing as if it's going to be. I had to stop for gas on the way home from work because the warning light came on in the car telling me I was running low. There were so many people at the High's at the traffic circle that I actually had to wait to turn into their lot. After I got into the lot, I found a spot in line behind one of the pumps, and waited my turn. Luckily for me, I got to hear all of Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go" (you know you like it, too) while I waited. Even better, no one had used our Giant gas points in a while and I got 30 cents off each gallon. That always makes me so happy. I saved a whopping $4.20. That almost pays for the overpriced yogurt parfait I bought at Starbuck's in the Columbus airport on Wednesday. Overpriced but pretty darn good, too.
When I got home, the spirit of hurricane preparedness really hit me. All spring and summer, I've watched the gutters over the front porch overflow whenever we get a heavy rain. Actually, all our gutters overflow but the ones over the porch are the only ones I can really reach with my ladder. So, I decided I needed to clean them out before the big storm hits. As I headed outside, Jay told me he was worried about me. He remembers my last ladder fiasco. But, no problems this time.
I can't wait for tomorrow morning. I'm going to bring in the outside furniture and fill the bathtubs up with water. I may even head down to Kim's bomb shelter and do an inventory of our back-up food supply. Just in case.
This is where the magic happens.
