It’s been a week since I stated that I was eager to make more hurricane memories, and I can truly say I have been blessed. Good things that came from Ike include:

• My husband now realizes we need to fix the skylights that leaked all over the atrium and that I’ve been telling him to fix for six years. Maybe he will get it done before the next hurricane.
• I got to see a bout on a Monday night – TXRG vs. Madison – and totally free!
• I spent a whole uninterrupted week with The Kitten – until I dropped her off with Gramma about an hour ago.
• I finally got the new barstools I’ve been needing for six years (see above…we moved in six years ago!).
• The 2008 Season page was updated to the best of my ability – hadn’t done that since the HaRD Knocks season went down the tubes in June.

Yes, it has been a good week because our yard only looked like this…

and we had another little visitor who only stayed for a few minutes…

I’m still using Ike as an excuse to drink heavily, and I just noticed my long, tall vanilla vodka and coke is empty, so I’m sure this post does not make a coherent summary of my awesome week.

Today, my family is one of the many in Houston who are hunkering down for Hurricane Ike, ready to make more hurricane memories. I can’t help thinking about how mad I was when Alicia hit and I couldn’t go see my boyfriend at the skating rink. And how we had a baby possum take shelter in a birdhouse in our backyard when Rita was blowing around.

Later this afternoon, I’ll be moving my bed and the computer I’m working on right now. Then I will pull the carpet up and away from the back of the house, because our backyard tends to flood when we get a ton of rain. We are also worried how the construction on our road is going to affect this tendency. At least I don’t have to worry about skating in a bout this weekend. Houston Roller Derby will be playing our Championship bouts on September 28th instead September 14th.

I’ll also be dreaming about the beautiful weather where I was a week ago: