Storm Update
8.30pm, and I still have power. The rain has been falling steadily since 11am or so, and I have to say, there's been very little wind so far. For a good chunk of the afternoon, the rain was actually falling straight down - no angle at all, and when there was an angle, it wasn't anything scary or unusual.
I am very sure this will change overnight.
I'm also pretty sure we'll lose power at some point. I'm just grateful I was able to get Andrew bathed and to bed first. He didn't take a nap today - he's been resisting for a few weeks now, and the only times I've been able to get him to nap in the last two weeks were when he fell asleep in the car (not exactly an option today). So I'm not surprised by the non-napping. There was a close moment around 4pm, but I wasn't about to let him nap at that late hour (he'd be up until 10pm, ugh), so I did the Bad Parent thing and resorted to letting him watch TV. (Megamind. He likes the music. You gotta like a toddler who dances to "Welcome to the Jungle" and Michael Jackson's "Bad".)
Speaking of which, I cannibalized Andrew's soap opera/musical crib toy and found additional C batteries for the portable radio. So far, he hasn't protested.
Andrew's nose is full-blown running now, and it's all I can do just to keep wiping it with Kleenex. Every time I go near him with the baby saline drops, he suddenly grows six additional arms. I'm afraid of how many arms he'd grow if I tried to squeege his nose, heaven forbid. But when he started coughing, I gave him a baby spoonful of honey, and that worked like a charm. Yay for being too old for botulism!
I have the new episodes of Torchwood and Doctor Who loaded, but since I still have power I'm going to save them for tomorrow, when I'm fairly sure I'll be in the dark. I noticed that Star Trek OS is on Netflix streaming, so Bill's watching the discs in the unmentioned location and I'm watching them on Netflix, so we can discuss/laugh together later. I haven't watched many of the old Trek episodes, they're something of a hoot. Which is a very old-fashioned saying, I know, but then, so are the episodes the saying describes.
I am very sure this will change overnight.
I'm also pretty sure we'll lose power at some point. I'm just grateful I was able to get Andrew bathed and to bed first. He didn't take a nap today - he's been resisting for a few weeks now, and the only times I've been able to get him to nap in the last two weeks were when he fell asleep in the car (not exactly an option today). So I'm not surprised by the non-napping. There was a close moment around 4pm, but I wasn't about to let him nap at that late hour (he'd be up until 10pm, ugh), so I did the Bad Parent thing and resorted to letting him watch TV. (Megamind. He likes the music. You gotta like a toddler who dances to "Welcome to the Jungle" and Michael Jackson's "Bad".)
Speaking of which, I cannibalized Andrew's soap opera/musical crib toy and found additional C batteries for the portable radio. So far, he hasn't protested.
Andrew's nose is full-blown running now, and it's all I can do just to keep wiping it with Kleenex. Every time I go near him with the baby saline drops, he suddenly grows six additional arms. I'm afraid of how many arms he'd grow if I tried to squeege his nose, heaven forbid. But when he started coughing, I gave him a baby spoonful of honey, and that worked like a charm. Yay for being too old for botulism!
I have the new episodes of Torchwood and Doctor Who loaded, but since I still have power I'm going to save them for tomorrow, when I'm fairly sure I'll be in the dark. I noticed that Star Trek OS is on Netflix streaming, so Bill's watching the discs in the unmentioned location and I'm watching them on Netflix, so we can discuss/laugh together later. I haven't watched many of the old Trek episodes, they're something of a hoot. Which is a very old-fashioned saying, I know, but then, so are the episodes the saying describes.