Happy Birthday…To Me?

We’re still staying over at Justin and Jackie’s place. We’ve got a generator helping to warm our house enough to prevent any pipes freezing. Jackie and I went and drove around awhile and checked out the area around our neighborhood. It’s heartbreaking…

We’re kind of in a weird state of limbo. Just watching and waiting to see what happens next. I do feel guilty for complaining at all. While we don’t have power at home, many people don’t even have a home anymore. Our kids aren’t going to school next week. Then, it’s Christmas break. So, they won’t be going back to school until mid January. Tomorrow is my birthday, too. Hopefully, we get our power back on. That would be an awesome birthday gift, to me! I am thankful to have people we can stay with, though. It makes me so sad to see all of the people sleeping on cots, provided by the Red Cross, inside my kids school gym, because they don’t have anywhere else to go. What an unexpected, tragic weekend.