Another Day... another dollar

Today has been.... interesting. I took an extra clumsy pill this morning and tripped over: the SE's sandals, the pop up pavilion case, the pup's toy, the box of gaming books and my own pants! I was lucky to make it out the door.

Work was significantly warmer today. I didn't need the Snuggie the man bought me. (He hates the things, so in my mind, Snuggies=love).

Work continues. The hurricane stopped everything for a few days so students are still getting into the swing of things. I found out that I'm having a busy October. Along with teaching Religious Education at church, and going to the Renaissance Faire, it looks like I'm giving a lay-lead sermon on October 16th. Need to get working.

Over all, I've just been..... *blah*. There's no other way to describe it. I don't feel well, not poorly. Just.. off. Perhaps the dance class starting next week is the cure?

Falling off the wagon.

I'm a stress eater. Always have been. And after an earthquake, and a hurricane, I was just about done.

Not to mention, all the stuff bought in the hurricane prep weren't the best for my diet either. Now it all has to be eaten.

So, I'm doing what any good dieter is doing. Counting the week as a loss, and getting back on the wagon for next week. Since my Weight Watchers week starts tomorrow....

Tomorrow is another day!

One positive from Irene

My house is relatively clean!

We spent most of the weekend washing dishes and laundry in anticipation of losing power for a few days. Well, the power stayed on, AND the dirty things were washed.

I am pretty close to having the house ready to company (not that I'm having any).

Today's tasks:

• Clean up from the Hurricane snacking.
• wash the dog (the last dirty thing in the house)
• Deposit the cash and check into the bank (I had ANOTHER surprise check. That's 2 in a week!)
• Order contacts with the newly found money.
• Scrub the stove
• Exercise. I have the time. Need to work off the Hurricane snacking.

Taco cheese turkey burgers for dinner tonight. Are you jealous yet?

Scenes from the hurricane

11am- It's blowing and sprinkling

Pup: Wanna go out!

Hurricane: *rains*

Me: *grumbles and takes her* *Gets wet in the process*

3pm- It's raining hard, and the wind is rather violent

Pup: Wanna go out!

Me: fine.... *Opens outside door just a tiny bit*

Hurricane: *the wind blows in hard enough to flip the pup's ears back*

Pup: I can hold it!!! *cowers into a corner*

5pm:

Hurricane: *takes a break*

Me: Let's go potty!

Pup: THANK YOU!!!!

10pm- It's NASTY out

Pup: Gotta PEE!!!

Me: No, honey! It's too bad out! Use one of the thousand pee pee pads I put out for you

Pup: *pees everywhere but*

Irene: The aftermath

Well, we survived Irene. We even had power the entire time. Southside wasn't so lucky. (Apparently with higher property values, comes a higher risk during storms. Remind me never to live in Virginia Beach.)

The only damage that we have is carpet damage. The pup was pissed off at us, so decided to NOT piss on the pee pee pads we have scattered about. Apparently not being able to go outside is a grievous sin in puppy world.

Come on Irene!

Well, ready or not, here she comes.

Unfortunately, payday was TODAY, so we're a little unprepared. I have some food, and some water. It's not the storm I'm worried about, it's the power outage after.

My plan today is cleaning. After my breakfast settles, I'm getting started on washing dishes. I want to have dishes and laundry washed by tomorrow afternoon. I also want to make ice, incase we need to move stuff to a cooler.

I guess I'm as ready as I'll get.

IRENE!

So, on top of the earthquake yesterday, now we have a hurricane on the way.

People are either freaking out, or not caring. We're falling somewhere between the two. I think at this point the grand plan is to have things around to eat that don't require power, have some water in jugs, have gas in the tank and have pee pee pads for the pup. You think I'd take her out in a hurricane/tropical storm? That's crazy talk.

I have a feel that we're in for a very wet weekend. I believe the current plan is to hold up for the weekend. I hope things are decent for church on Sunday morning (since the hurricane is supposed to be hitting on Saturday). I'd hate to see the concert on Sunday be cancelled (even if we're not planning on going.)