Frances news.

We're here. We're alive. We've got power. We're mostly sane.

This is the first day since Wednesday or Thursday of last week I have not heard the wind outside whistling or howling. It is not raining either. I hope there will be some businesses open today. We need some food and staples. We went to the Texaco a few miles down the road yesterday, in an attempt to alleviate cabin fever. It was odd. There was a long line outside, and it probably took a half hour or more for Chas and Sean to get through the doors to get soda and a few things. It reminded me of seeing the lines for food in (the now former) communist countries. It was pretty dead outside otherwise. Me? I stayed in the car and looked at myself in the mirror, called a few people to see what was happening with them, logged onto AOL from my phone, and did anything to alleviate the boredom. I think it was more boring being in my car than it was being at home.

Well, I should go snuggle with my huggy bear some more.

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I am feeling very out of it at the moment. Not just from the lovin' from my huggy bear, but just that I have had the last few days off of work, and I have to go back in tomorrow, and that the last few days have just been kinda blurry being stuck in our apartment with seemingly never-ending winds and rain. The skies have been overcast or darker than usual which doesn't help the day take more shape or definition. Driving around today did not help things either. Chas was in search of food, but mainly to get out. We drove around only to find things either closed, or under boil water alert. Still we kept going and found a place to eat. After that, we needed to look for an open grocery store for a few essentials. The Publix supermarket by us had practically no power, but enough to light the store with back up type lamps. The cold and frozen food sections were off limits. It felt very odd shopping in such a dark and dim store. Lucky their credit/debit/atm card machines were working. Oh, and our phone is burping when it rings...it sounds like someone called, realized it was the wrong number and hung up in the middle of the first ring. And one of the phones was buzzing earlier. Hopefully it is just water related and will fix itself as things dry up more. I guess this is a feeling that will pass once I get back to work, and normaicy begins returning more and more here.