Rain games

 Last Sunday it rained all day in south and central Texas.  Then there was a catastrophic situation in Houston, with The Girl and Teddy smack dab in the middle of it.

But Hubby had planned to clear out the garage for "big trash day" on Sunday, so to his credit, he opened up the garage door and got to it.  A lot of crap got put out at the curb, including a giant roll of carpet he had been hanging onto for 12 years. 

The original plan was to putter around the house in the morning, then go to a wine pick up party in Wimberley.  But due to all of the flooding the pick up party was cancelled.  We were both a little stir crazy. I continued to putter, and he stayed glued to the TV news.  To kill some time, forget the TV a little bit, and try to relax, we made our own pick up party with snacks and a card game or two.

It was a temporary reprieve for us from worrying.

The weather radio was still alarming in our ears, Hubby was still checking his phone often, we weren't able to get our messages to The Girl about the storm, and the rain just seemed to go on and on.  By the time Monday got here, I felt like a zombie at work.  Fast forward through the week and our nerves are pretty worn.  It's hard to go calmly about your daily business when there is so much destruction and uncertainty happening.  Our plans included getting her to Austin as soon as we can because who knows how long it will take life to get back to any kind of normal in Houston?  And yet getting her here represents its own set of challenges.  So even though the rain is over, it isn't over.