Well, here we are, probably about 16 hours or so away from Gustav. All the prep work is done, and I even went and shelled out the bucks for a generator. At least with that we can keep the fridges working and I can plug in my crappy cell phone and office stuff. My wife is at the hospital working as mandated to all managers. I wish we could be together, but at least we are in the same town and our daughter is safely tucked away out of town with Grandma. Is it greedy for me to hope we still have the Cajunman Triathlon? I look at it as a distraction and a return to normalcy. Even if my house floods, I can take a couple of hours off next Sunday and do a race and feel like a normal person for a while. I’m exhausted from boarding up the windows and bringing everything inside. I’m sure our sunroom is going to get some water in it, but I hope not too much (the carpet can all be replaced for about $400, but the treadmill, tv, sofas, etc. might be pricier…). I like storms, but hurricanes are no fun. And I’ll be alone as far as people go, but will have our boxer with me. That’ll be fun, I already practiced howling with him. He just picked up his fluffy bone and threw it across the room so he could pounce on it. I hope everyone who is riding it out rides it out well with little if any damage…
Tophie
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