Today was a trip to Costco - I don't know why but I enjoy our trips going there. You can't escape the facts of the hurricane even in a trip like this. On our way we passed a convoy of National Guard trucks coming into town. At Costco lots of generators for sale and food cases stocked very full - I'm guessing they are anticipating as people's power goes on they will need to totally restock their refrigerators and freezers. In fact that is why we went. We never lost power, but we ate down almost everything in our chest freezer and needed to fill it up again.
It was an odd week - mixing the routine with the recovery mode. I now fill my days with calling and meeting with fence contractors. A friend suggested we contact FEMA about our fence since insurance won't cover it - that will be Monday's chore. The kids are getting ready to return to school Monday (that thought caused me to remind them to finish their homework after a long hiatus). I find that now when I enter an intersection where the lights work I am surprised!
Another odd thing this week. We were awaiting our weekly magazines we get to see how they covered hurricane Ike. We remembered the extensive coverage of Katrina. There was nothing. Not one word - oh I take that back one of them had a sentence. I am hoping this doesn't mean that the nation will forget hurricane victims of this year. There are still so many needs. The recovery is just beginning. If you would like to help visit http://www.core-alliance.org/ - it is a volunteer group coordinating efforts of different churches to help with disaster relief (they helped with Katrina in Mississippi).
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