Ike, Ike Baby

We’ve had an eventful week! Last Saturday, Mia, Mom and I went up to visit Missy, Paul and Cara in Cincy. We did some scrapbooking on Saturday and on Sunday went shopping. We noticed it was a bit windy when we headed out, but hadn’t watched the news. We proceeded to stock up on baby clothes at a semi-annual sale at Old N@vy. While we were there, the lights went out. We looked outside and debris and trash were swirling around the parking lot. People were having trouble even walking upright. Of course we kept shopping, because the manager said they could manually check us out, and a baby sale is too much to pass up! After shopping, Missy and I pulled our cars up to the door of the store. The baby strollers kept rolling away, so we had to take the babies out of them inside the store, cover them up with blankets and run them outside. As we headed back to Missy’s, limbs were falling down all over the place. It wasn’t long before we surmised we should head to the basement! We started making phone calls, and it turned out that hurricane force winds from Ike were hitting the area. When we emerged from the basement sometime later, trees were down all around the house. Mom and I waited until the winds died down that evening to head home.

When we arrived in Louisville, we discovered the area had also been hit very hard. Over 300,000 people had no power, and we were among them. Our neighbors’ trees were all gone, broken off at the bases and shingles were off our roof. Mike’s parents were fortunate enough to have power, so I fumbled around in the dark to pack suitcases, and Mia and I headed over there. It was so eerie, driving down Shelbyville Road in complete darkness. People were driving through intersections because there was no light to see the cross streets. Mia and I stayed with Brent and Carol Sunday and Monday night. Last night we finally went home to Daddy, who had to stay at the house and monitor his coral reef tank. We sat in the candlelight playing games and talking. I got ready for work by candlelight this morning (hair is in a ponytail). We’re hopeful we’ll get power back soon!