Hurricanes, Chocolate and Diet Coke

By now I'm sure all of my readers know that we live right on the Gulf Coast.  The water is less than a mile from our neighborhood--which is wonderful and all except, you know, when a hurricane is approaching.

Waking up this morning I had a news alert on my phone warning us that we were under a hurricane watch for Ida.  What?!

When did this happen!  I knew Ida was looming herself out in the Gulf, but now she wants to come my way?  Eek!  I have a Christmas party  to plan!  I don't have time to worry about a hurricane 2 1/2 weeks before Thanksgiving!

After calling my parents to let them know that Ida may be visiting us I made a list of the necessities to survive.  Here are my favorite hurricane must haves:

Chocolate (preferably Reese's pb cup miniatures--you know, for the protein)
Diet Coke (if we don't have power I need to get caffeine in some form)
Spaghetti/Lasagna noodles (um, I'm blaming the cold on this one.  Unsure of the reasoning)
Water (for those not drinking the Diet Coke which would be everyone except for moi)

Of course I put other things on the list.  But those above were my faves....they have Chelle written all over them.

PS--just got another weather alert on the computer. Under hurricane warning now.  Why am I kinda excited about this?!  Not "I'm so happy I could sing" excited...it's hard to describe...

PS (again--and totally random, but they are on tv-again-as I type this...)--can someone please tell Jon Gosselin and his girlfriend that they aren't that important to be doing television interviews? Please? And how weird is it that she's giving an interview and he.is.right.there. hovering all over her.  Ew. So over them.  Them and the whole Sarah Palin/Levi Johnston (Playgirl?! Really??) saga!

Man, Gustov...You're REALLY Ticking Me Off Now....

He just won't quit.

Ya know?

Now an enormous cat 4....so NOT what we were wanting to hear today.

This will be a short post.

We are packing to evacuate.

I hope the base lets Leo go.

If not, well, it will be a long drive to Dallas. Or Montgomery.

I have not decided where to go.

All the traffic heading east is already a nightmare.

Well, I need to keep packing.

Just wanted to update everyone. I'll post more when I know more.

Or when I can.

I'm Warning You, Gustav....

Gustav has me freaked, my friends.

Scared.

Worried.

Not knowing the unknown.

I have never been through anything tropical.

Nada.

I am from the midwest (shout out to Missouri!).

We have tornadoes.

Ice.

Snow.

Not hurricanes.

We are on alert to evacuate.

Lists are being made of what we will take.

What will be put in our attic.

We will be in Dallas with my sister if we must leave.

I have taken pictures of everything worth value.

But that got me thinking about the worst.

That's what they say about life, right?

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best?

Because I am and we are.

This is the first home Leo and I bought.

We saved the whole two years we were in Turkey.

We bought our home.

The home we moved into when I was 8 months pregnant.

The home I unpacked boxes and decorated.

The home we took our daughter home to.

The home that became an actual home because of our daughter.

It saddens me that this storm can take that away from me.

It scares me that we may not have a home after this storm.

I have heard the horror stories.

I have seen the pictures.

I do not want to go through it.

That's the thing about the base we are stationed at.

We are right.by.the.coast.

So tonight as I lay down on my bed (which is oh so comfy!) I will probably lay there wondering.

Thinking.

Praying.

And hoping.

Sorry this post was all over the place.

But that is the state of my mind right now....

Just all over the place.

I hope by Thursday morning as you are reading this that Gustav will have made his mind up.

To.

Stay.

Away.