Monday, August 29, 2005

Pouring misery down.

Right now in the south, there's a hurricane happening. Hurricane Katrina is basically intent on destroying much of New Orleans and some surrounding areas. Zac and I evacuated per mandatory orders and spent eight hours (instead of the usual three) in the car with Amber, Zoey, and Mawmaw's dog, Otis. Otis had a puppy panic attack when we reached Meredith's. Everything is chaotic right now. I'm only able to use the computer for a little while as the power may go out.

Dad is in Hattiesburg, which is about two hours from here. He just had his gallbladder removed and was in the midst of recovering when they had to transfer him to a safer hospital. Mom is freaking out, everyone is fighting, and nobody knows what to do or what is going on. Send happy thoughts our way, please.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Garbage

My all-time favorite band in the universe is Garbage. I've adored Shirley Manson since I was a teenager and first heard "Only Happy When It Rains". She and her music helped pull me from personal darkness when everything was black and getting blacker. Needless to say, I wasn't able to go to the concert on the 13th. I had an opportunity, but it was not an offer I was willing to accept. There will be a next time, I'm sure. To cope, I decided to get my hair chopped off and babysit Abbi and Payton this week until they go back to Mississippi. It's been fun. Abbi is a sweetie pie and Payton has been such a good baby.

Sunday, August 7, 2005

Grasshopper!

Sorry for the silence. I haven't had much to write about for a while. Something I guess is blog-worthy: Zac and I were visiting my parents and they took us out to get snoballs. I was sitting in the backseat with Zac, talking about I-can't-remember-what, when suddenly, a giant freaking grasshopper landed on my head. It was horrible! I screamed and practically leaped into Zac's lap. I do not like insects. It was at least three inches long. Gross! But, the snoball was good. I usually get strawberry shortcake with condensed milk... or wedding cake with condensed milk.