Ike

Just a shot from my way home today. LOTS of people getting gas. Matt said he couldn't find gas until Splendora this morning on his way to work.

Even though Ike is still in the ocean, it has already started affecting us around here. We're not in an evacuation zone, and we've decided to stay and "hunker down." My mom is off for the next couple of days so she'll be with us, too. Matt is going to stay home from work tomorrow. We're worried that he won't be able to get home tomorrow afternoon. That would be awful. This morning I headed to the church to bring Joanna to school and get my weekly work done. I worked for about 45 minutes on my bulletin before heading to our Sr. pastor's office for a meeting. We all got together to discuss the church's plans for the weekend. It was decided that all weekend activities would be cancelled with the exception of Sunday worship. However, instead of 4 services, we will just have one service at 11:00, electricity or not. It was also decided that we would not have a bulletin or a media program for that one service. So I got to go home early! I left a little after 11:00 and got to go home for a few hours before picking up Joanna from school. It was such a nice little break for me! My mom braved the grocery store this morning for us, so I spent some time organizing the fridge, freezer, and pantry. It was nice to do this without Joanna's "help." I also emptied the ice maker into bags in the freezer and caught up on dishes and laundry. I'm pretty sure we're going to be looking at living without power for a few days. Obviously, I'm not looking forward to this (!), but I'm feeling about as prepared as I can be. We have a few things to take care of in the morning, but I'm so glad Matt will be around to help. Luckily the storm which may knock out the power will also lower the temperatures over the next couple of days. That will help. I'm also feeling very thankful for our gas range. We should be able to still cook on the stove top, and maybe the oven, too. As soon as I'm able after the storm, I'll post how we're all doing. Hopefully, we'll be reachable throughout all of this. Matt and I have cell phones, but no land line. We're hoping to be able to call or at least text over the next few days.

Everybody try to stay safe! We'll keep you all in our prayers.