ARGH!

So, I was all set to come home, curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a backlog of Property Virgins episodes and tell you all about my New Years resolution to be a more positive person, and  outline my various self-improvement strategies.  But then it started raining, and the snow started melting in far off lands, and the rivers started rising.  And then they shut down all of the roads leading into my house.

AND THEN THEY EVACUATED MY DADBURNED CITY!

I left work early, hoping to at least check on the dogs, but I couldn't get through on any of the roads before they started evacuating my neighborhood.  A friend managed to hop some fences and get into my house so that he could get Jack out of the crate in the garage and put him inside, but I had to divert to another friends house for the night.  (I say that like it's terrible--I love Nicole and bless her for letting me stay here, but you know, I can think of less natural disastery circumstances under which this hang out could have occurred.)  Anyway, I'm sitting here as she and her boyfriend take turns sucking up the water that keeps seeping through the walls of her basement apartment, trying not to worry about whether the dogs are eating each other (or all of my possessions) and if we did or did not buy flood insurance.

But quite frankly, I'm just not feeling all that positive.  Mostly I'm feeling a little dirty and greasy, since this morning was my non-shower day, quite tired because I was at work from 6:30 am to 5:30 pm with a break of just a couple hours mid-day, and sad because of course Colby is out of town right now on one of his mini-deployments and I could really use a good cuddle right about now.

Searching desperately for the positive in all of this, at least my friend DID manage to check on the dogs and they should be okay until I can try to spec ops my way into the neighborhood tomorrow, I got fed a pretty damn tasty tortilla soup for dinner, and I am presently working on my second enormous glass of red wine.

We'll see how tomorrow goes...

Comments

[Dingo]

Sounds like you have reason to be grumpy. I'm glad someone was able to check on the dogs. I would've been crazy with worry. I hope you get home tomorrow.

[Larissa]

I'd be downing the red wine too, after a day like that! Hope tomorrow's better :)

[Jay]

The positive: at least you'll probably come back to freshly-washed floors.

[Melissa]

I'm sorry for the flooding situation love. Isn't it always the way it goes. Boy goes out of town. Something happens. I'm so glad that you have a good friend to shelter you AND a great pal to hop fences and save your pups. It's okay to be grouchy - you're totally entitled to it. Hugs.

[A Super Girl]

Tomorrow (well today, now) IS another day ;-)

[Scarlett]

Oh my!!!! I hope everything's ok!! Chin up!

[Becky]

Oh my! How frustrating! I am such a creature of habit, it would kill me to be unexpectedly away from home. Hope the doggies survived (they probably caught up on Tivo and ate all your bon bons while you were gone...) :)

[Celia]

You poor thing! I hope everything turned out ok.

[Becky]

Ugh, that sucks! I hope you're able to get back home soon. So far, we've been pretty lucky up here.

[katelin]

oh no that stinks. i hope you're able to get back in tomorrow and your house and dog are okay.

[Shannon]

What?! How frustrating. Glad someone could check on your dogs. I would be crazy with worry!

[Kate P]

Hopefully things are still good!

[E.P.]

Oh my goodness, Angela! That's so frustrating and scary! I'm glad a friend was able to go to y'alls house to put the dogs inside. And I hope it's OK.

Have you gotten to go home yet?

[Risiblegirl]

Oh wow- how scary! Please know that you are always welcome here too, OK?

We live up so high that we never have to worry about that stuff.

I've read your next blog (reading stuff backward is weird..) and now you're OK. I'm glad your place didn't get flooded.

xoxo