Back to Normal

Hello everyone! Well things are FINALLY back to normal here in the big metropolis of Houston. After getting out of school on Thursday, September 11th, I finally was able to go back to school on Wednesday, September 23rd for a teacher workday. Kids at Sorters Mill started back on Thursday. Reuben had his workday on Friday, September 26th and his kids started back on Monday the 29th in Baytown. It was quite an experience for our FIRST natural disaster. It's funny, we never even thought about hurricanes when we moved here; then all of the sudden we had Dolly, Eduardo, (can't remember the "F"), Gustav, Hanna, then Ike. We lost power, had trouble finding food or gas, and had NOTHING to watch. I never thought I was so addicted to TV until I couldn't watch it!
After losing power on Saturday morning at 1 AM we finally hit the road with both dogs in tow and headed to Arlington. The Mallett family became our "shelter" for several days. However, we got to catch up with our good friends and "my" kids. I got to play with Ryland, Raylee, and Reese. All three have grown up so much! Reuben and I even got to take the kids for ice cream while Harmony did some work at her office. Reuben also got to go see some rehearsals of the Legacy HS band while we were there. "Ike" gave us a good excuse to go visit them!!
We headed back home to Humble on Wednesday after the hurricane to see if we had power yet. No luck, until about 6 PM that night our complex got a generator hooked up, so we were able to do some laundry and head out the next day to Arkansas to see Reuben's parents and brothers. It was a good visit. We were finally able to see his Dad's college band perform at a game
But you know how it is: you get bored when you don't have something TO DO. We both really love our jobs and kids, and I don't know about Reuben, but I was READY to go back!
God truly blessed us when we got these jobs. We weren't living in Baytown, Texas City, Galveston, or any towns south of Houston where most of the damage was done. None of our property was damaged, so being out of power for a little while was worth it.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that we SURVIVED IKE!!!! We should get t-shirts made!