Aug 30, 2005 23:50
Am feeling rather glum. I think it's the hurricane. Mr. Shags has been listening to hurricane news nonstop for days now, and he doesn't even have friends there anymore. I have at least a dozen families I know that are effectively homeless now, perhaps indefinitely. It's hard enough to hear about it when the people are all nameless and faceless but when they are friends it hits even closer to home.
I'm just glad they all got out of town. Houses are replaceable, people aren't.
It makes me feel guilty that in general things are going well. Mr. Shags has been pushing for us to plan our December vacation, and I've been a good girl and doing it, but I feel kind of like a cross between Nero and Marie Antoinette for doing so.
Hopefully no nightmares tonight.