KATRINA!
hello all. i'm quite aware of the fact that i haven't updated my lj in a while. and for that i'm truly sorry. but i have been busy. but now I'M NOT! well, i was busy earlier this week, you know, just trying to SURVIVE! HURRICANE KATRINA SUCKS! everyone just thought this one was gonna blow over like all the other ones but we were all very wrong. my mom makes even the tiniest thunder storm a huge deal so she and mari beth and kaitlynn and myself were at the hospital. safe and sound. the power went out and we lost phone contact, heck ANY kind of contact with anybody! the next day when i got in my car to drive home, i was just, in a state of shock! people who havent seen the damage done, i can't even explain it to you. it looked like God took a huge bowling ball and knocked over EVERYTHING! trees, buildings, street lights, telephone poles, EVERYTHING! it was and is soooo horrible! most of the streets you couldn't drive down. my street had barely been remotely cleaned. just enough for one car to fit on it and weave through all the ruble scattered around. i was worried about my friends so when i drove to check on them a lot of times i had to get out and walk because there were telephone poles blocking the streets. i wish i could explain the damage done. i never realized how dark the world is without power. it is actually very scary. im soo lucky and blessed to be where i am though. i know the people in new orleans have it WAY worse and the thousands of them have my prayers and blessings. the power is supposed to be on in a week or two here and like a matter of MONTHS in new orleans and the coast. i don't even know if they can repair all the damage there. i am still shocked and angry that action was not taken sooner to help those people. Gosh, i can't even imagine what it would have been like if i were there instead of good ole petal. theres some plant, i forget what it's called but they have it up and running, even though it costs a million dollars a day to run it. but its powering carterville road and some of main street. you lucky dogs. anyways. i can't wait for all of this to be over so i can go back to school and band and HOME! does anyone know about school even? i can pretty much kiss my senior year of marching season goodbye. sigh.