Back to Normal

We are all back to normal again.

Not that we veered that far off course anyway.

But there is always that little kernel

of stress hiding deep in your belly

when there is a giant, history making,

record breaking, red and yellow

blob heading your way.

However, the boards are off the windows

(at least the windows we take them off of)

although they aren't yet put away.

(Jose is still churning out there.)

We won't put them away until hurricane

season is officially over.

November 1st.

Circle the date on your calendars!

(Not really, it winds down pretty quickly

in October...)

Yesterday Kyle took the rest of the shutters

off Linda's house (did the 1st floor on Tuesday

and the 2nd floor yesterday) in preparation for

her flying in today from Utah.

Spent the rest of the day picking up branches, etc

and then raked her large front yard.

Didn't want the house to look un-inhabited.

As usual, there are unsavory characters

bouncing around looking for empty homes

to break into.

After work yesterday Rod drove up to New Smyrna

and picked up the feed for the month.

He usually does that on a Saturday, but

he and Kyle will be heading somewhere for the 

weekend to assist in the cleanup efforts.

(They don't know yet where they will be assigned.)

(They thought they were heading south west to Sebring,

but there has been talk about Naples and even

Jacksonville...  Doesn't matter, it's all the same.)

I'm teaching this weekend.

My classroom in West Palm Beach survived

the storm and got power back on Tuesday.

I emailed all 51 registered students and even

got a couple of RSVPs.  (never happens!)

As long as I have 5 humans in the room,

class will go forward.

I also discovered there is a Costco just a couple

of blocks from my school!  (Off the main road,

so I hadn't seen it... I only travel between my

school and my hotel - my 3 restaurants are located

in that small square as well... I'm not very adventurous

after a long day in the classroom.  Even with GPS.)

Although THIS weekend might not be a great time,

I do plan to drive over one evening and check it out!

Costco has WAY better stuff than Sam's.

(Including the soap Kyle fell in love with using in 

Sondra's Heber upstairs bathroom and has been

trying to duplicate ever since...)

They also carry Rodelle baking cocoa - but only

in the fall for the Christmas baking season.

I buy it on Amazon, it's the BEST (even better

than GASP Ghiradelli!  Never thought I'd say that!)

It's a better price at Costco too!

Anyhow.

We are doing well.

Life is getting back to normal.

(Although the girls cut back on laying 

a little...or they are hiding their nests

out in the pastures somewhere...)

(Discovered SEVERAL holes in the wire,

and watched them hop in and out like it was

something we put there for their convenience.)

The wire needs to be replaced.

But we are planning to move the whole

thing to the back.

I hate to spend the money to fix it when it's 

going to just be temporary.

But I'm losing money if they are laying

somewhere that I can't find.

Conundrum.

And I'll leave you with that.

HA!