Bring it on, Ida!

Our first hurricane since our move back to Florida! Woo-hoo! Well, I say that now. When I think of these small hurricanes, I think of them as an excuse to stock up on goodies, hang out with the family and not leave the house for a day or so. But of course the possibility is there that we could lose power for a few days, which would seriously put a hamper on my classwork (I have a group project due this coming weekend. Sorry guys, natural disaster and all that, lol!) And we do live only a hop, skip and a jump from the Sound, which has been known to flood the road that runs a block behind our house. Hmmm, we shall see. Most of you probably remember Petey's wind anxiety. When I told him that Ida had been upgraded to a hurricane he got very upset...at me. "You shouldn't have told me!!" I replied that I wanted him to know so that he had time to process it before he went to school (if they go to school tomorrow, that is.) He's not sure how he feels about it. Part of him is somewhat excited to see a hurricane, but the other part is in fight-or-flight mode. He took out my Macbook so he could google the question, "Is hurricane Ida hitting Fort Walton Beach?" He typed in "Is" and then google provided him with several options, the top two being "Is lady gaga a man?" and "is lady gaga a hermaphrodite?" Sheesh. I thought it was interesting that he turned to the Internet like that, though. That's the first time I've seen him try to research on his own without asking me to help.

My visit with my mom was wondrous. We had such a good time and the weather on Saturday was just beautiful (feeding the fury of Ida, no doubt.) We went to the beach and the kids swam for well over an hour. I thought the water was freezing, but they loved it. Fun, fun day.