Colby's first hurricane

Well hurricane Gustave was not only Colby's first hurricane to deal with but, also was the reason for his first over night trip out of town.

Thurs, Aug 28- We made reservations in Plano, Tx just in case we had to evacuate. It had been changing paths often in the few days of watching it. But, it looked like it may come straight for us.

Sat- We decided to leave at 3am on Sunday morning. I couldn't get Mel or Mom to come. I was hoping they would change their minds.

Sun- See earlier post about Colby being sick. It took about 13 hours to get to the hotel.

Mon- Went to aquarium.

Wed- took Colby to the Dr. then headed for Larose since they were letting people into Lafourche and not Terrebonne. Plus Mrs. Pat said that Issac had the AC hooked up to the generator so we wouldn't be hot. Carroll was only running his AC at night. We got to Alexandria and decided to stay there since the generator wasn't hooked up yet. Thankfully we found a hotel. In Texas it was $69 and there it was $129. But, we wouldn't risk possibly not having AC.

Thurs- Headed for Larose again. Stopped several times for another window unit with no success. Got there and the generator was hooked up but not to the AC. We were able to wash Colby's clothes instead. During that time, Colby was just in a diaper. Later on, the AC got hooked up. Shortly after, the power came on.

Fri- Still no power at home. But, we came to check on the house and it was fine.

Tues morning- Stephanie called to let me know that our power came on at about 9:00 Monday night. I went to work then came home for lunch to mop. We found ants that needed to be dealt with. Then I went back to work.

Wed- Slept at home with power again.

Thurs- Slept at home with power. That is until 4am when it went out. Rowdy lit candles which made to smoke alarm go off. Which woke up Colby.

Fri- Power was still out so we went stay at Mel's. Kept watching HTV's IKE coverage of water coming up.

Sat- Still no power so slept at Mel's again.

Sun- Stephanie called at 11:30 to say we had power back. I decided to let Colby nap at Mel's and leave after. I called Stephanie just to make sure it was still on before I packed up the cold stuff. She said it had just went out. Then she called like an hour later to say it was back on. I decided to home home but not to bring the cold stuff. Colby fell asleep early at 7:45. Power went out at 8:15. I put a battery powered light in his room. I went in bed at 8:30 with a light for myself. 9:15 Colby starts to cry and I know why. I see my light if off so of course his is too. I go put another light and rock him. 9:30 power comes back on. 10:15 put Colby in bed awake because he won't stay still.

Monday- Went to buy some things at Wal-Mart. The power went out right after I got there. Very annoying after getting wet from the rain in order to get in there. Came home and Mel brought our food back. This power on, power off bit is getting very old. Rowdy couldn't come home after work because the road was closed. Waiting to see if I have to go to work tomorrow.