I'm easy to please

It has been days since we have really had a hot meal. We stocked up on non-perishable food items with the hurricane coming. We didn't lose power, but it wasn't like we could just hit Kroger and real food.

Since the hurricane hit, I have had MAJOR cravings for pizza. Ask Tricia. I had to make her stop talking about food the other day when she mentioned what she ate or saw open on her way back to Houston. Anyway, every pizza place was closed since they didn't have power and most likely water.

So, I have been stuffing my face with anything I found unhealthy like Oatmeal Cream Pies, Pop Tarts, and Goldfish crackers. I am so burned out on all that junk now. I don't think I can look at it without feeling sick.

Daniel's restaurant opened for business last night. So, he enthusiastically went in to work since we definitely need the money with all that is going on here. I begged him before leaving to bring me home a steak and some mashed potatoes. He said it shouldn't be a problem. So, all night I drooled over the thought of enjoying yummy prime aged beef and fresh potatoes.

Well, he calls me on the way home to say that they were too busy for him to order me any food before they shut the kitchen down to make the city-wide curfew. So, he had to order me a pizza instead. I swear, you could hear me cheering across town with the news that we had a steaming hot order from Domino's on its way over to my house.

I think I ate four slices in less than five minutes. It was sooo delicious. Oh man! Satisfaction during a natural disaster is easy to come by in this house.

Hurricane Update

We are doing fantastic here. We have power and water which is much, much more than most Houstonians can claim right now. We did not have any damage to our property at all. It helps that the area around us is all new developments and farmland. In other words, we do not have tall pine trees like a lot of people have. That seems to be what has caused a lot of damage around town. I think we just really lucked out in our area because of the way the storm hit and moved toward the northeast. Daniel went out driving around the immediate area to see damage and said it just seems like landscaping got its butt kicked along with some street signs and traffic lights. Businesses with power were already trying to reopen.

I have a number of friends around town that have some major issues going on with their homes. Mostly trees coming down causing damage to their home or cars. My parents' home is well, but they lost parts of their fence. Their neighbor's oak tree came down in their backyard. They are without power and water. I would say that is what most people are dealing with as well.

The only issue we really seem to be having today is cell phone service being sketchy. It takes a while to get calls out. I can receive text messages, but it is hit and miss to return anything. Just a minor irritant, and I will take that any day over what it could have been.