safe and silent [public]
Me, my cats, my girlfriend, my best friend, and my entire store team are now safely out of the city. Everyone but the employees are in Hot Springs with my folks. I alternate between distracting myself (with boat rides, Xbox, and the general happiness of being with my parents) and watching the Weather Channel, checking the NOAA website, and emailing my team to make sure everyone is safe.
It's too much like three years ago, the sitting and waiting and hoping and worrying. I haven't been able to bring myself to turn on Muriel's webcam and watch the storm roll in the way I did during Katrina. I just turn over in my head all the places I care about, all the bits of home I left behind, the way my altars looked when I left them. My bookcases turned against the walls.
My heart is tossed and battered. I just want the storm to pass.
It's too much like three years ago, the sitting and waiting and hoping and worrying. I haven't been able to bring myself to turn on Muriel's webcam and watch the storm roll in the way I did during Katrina. I just turn over in my head all the places I care about, all the bits of home I left behind, the way my altars looked when I left them. My bookcases turned against the walls.
My heart is tossed and battered. I just want the storm to pass.