Well, it seems the worst has passed. And without much damage. Last night (or early this morning) around 1 am I stepped outside our front door just to get a sense of what was happening. The wind and rain was howling and the trees were swaying. I got a little freaked out, so I put the kids pack and plays in the living room and transported them into the living room to sleep for the night (since we have no basement). My feeling was if a tree-and we have many of them-were to come down, it would have less of chance of hurting us if it had to go through the attic and the second floor first.
I cooked a little early this morning and around 2, tried to get some sleep on the couch. I realized that I would probably be on my own with the kids most of Sunday and I needed to sleep a little. Shortly after 3:00 am Felix came in the door. He had headed out (perhaps foolishly, but I was thrilled!) in the storm and came home early so we didn't have to ride out the worse on our own. I have never been so happy to see him! Once he was home, I was able to really sleep-although the storm was still raging, and before we knew it, it was 10 am, we were all still asleep and the storm was basically over!
Today we are just laying low. We have not lost power and since the storm is dying down, I doubt we will (JINX!). More than 600,000 houses are without power, so we feel lucky. I am doing as much laundry as I can so if the power does go out we are set for the week.
The kids have been great, just playing, and of course watching more than the usual television. Our house looks like a disaster zone (inside that is) but we are all safe and together, and at the end of the day, that is all that matters.
Good luck to everyone cleaning up after the storm.
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