The Tom Petty song, "Refugee," came on the other day while Heather, Sean, Brian and I were sitting at Roly Poly in Birmingham, and we couldn't help but laugh and sing along a little bit. We're supposedly not supposed to use that term, refugee, but I'm pretty much feeling like I'll call myself whatever I want as of right now ( Read more... )

We are still in Birmingham, with Heather's parents, at their beautiful old huge house in a rural community in Alabama, and it's currently still filled with five refugees, Heather's parents and her nephew, four dogs, and three cats (two of which are our kitties, Willow and Sam ( Read more... )

I just sent the message below out as an email to many friends and family, but wanted to just copy it to my LJ in order to inform those of you who I don't have email addresses for. Here is the latest update ( Read more... )

Thanks you guys for the love and support - I couldn't reply to each of you separately as we're leaving in 30 minutes and I need to help pack up the car, but I just wanted to stop in to let y'all know that the 504 area code is entirely down - impossible to get through, which sucks, as everyone is saying that they tried to call but couldn't get ( Read more... )

We're leaving Texas tomorrow morning and driving to Birmingham, AL to stay for a few days with our friend, Heather's parents. No idea how long we will be unable to go home, or what state home will be in when we get there ... trying hard not to think about it too much, trying to keep a stiff upper lip and all of that, but to be honest, I'm doing ( Read more... )

It's nearly 5am, and we are about to leave our beautiful little home in the hopes that it'll still be here as we left it when we get back. We decided late last night that we are going to evacuate with a few friends to a house in Dallas. The drive is going to be long and tough, but we'll be safe, which is the most important thing. We're currently ( Read more... )

*battens down the hatches*Just a quick note as we settle down to eat and watch some Veronica Mars episodes, 'cause there's nothing like Veronica Mars to help keep you in denial of the hurricane breathing down your neck ( Read more... )

I read this article this morning, and thought it was really interesting, so thought I'd share: Stark Reality of the American DreamAnd, there's got to be someone, whether it be God or the universe or whatall, looking out for me. I was so grumpy this morning in the car - I don't know why I can't just sit back and enjoy the wedding preparations. But ( Read more... )

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Driving in towards my gigantic office building, sitting in traffic, I felt entirely trapped and lifeless. Just one of those mornings where, try as you might, you can't find anything to look forward to. Which is silly, becaus I have so much to look forward to right now - Pensacola this weekend with Otter, Jeanie's birthday in Palm Springs the ( Read more... )