Birthdays & Hurricanes
Well, today′s my birthday, and so far it′s been about as exciting as a birthday can be on a Tuesday work day. At least I get to open presents from Kelle later tonight.
My birthday may be a little more exciting than was hoped for if Hurricane Ivan hits us. Right now, it looks like it's going more toward Mississippi, but we could still get a slew of bad wind, flooding, and possibly tornados. Frankly, I have hurricane fatigue. First, there was Charley. Then, came Frances. Neither was very interesting to us (we had a few limbs down and some mild rain), so I'm hoping to get some action from Ivan. I don't want any of that South Florida kind of destruction, but a nice storm strong enough to knock out the power and force us to drink a few bottles of wine by candlelight could be fun. Plus, power outages mean that I can't work, which is always a welcoming bonus.
In any case, I don′t think we're going to prepare too much for Ivan (famous last words?). For Frances, we waited 3 hours in line for 13 sandbags, which we′ve used to block the flooding that is prone to happen near our front door. We also had stocked up on bottled water, bought lots of extra batteries and dried foods (the hurricanes are the best thing to happen to Wal-Mart in a long time), and rearranged some of the rooms for possible window breakage or flooding. This time, we′re just going to sit back and go about our normal routine, although we may turn out all the lights, light some candles, and drink a bottle of wine just for fun.