The Calm After The Storm - Getting Back into Routine

There are signs all over of Hurricane Ike's wrath but in our immediate area almost everyone has their power back. We are all trying to catch up on laundry and general household chores. We have pretty much assessed any damage and many of us are very blessed not to have too much other than downed tree limbs. Those of us who really just had disruption of our routines are very thankful.

People are feeling perhaps lethargic, a little down, because we have all been through a lot of disruption. 

Some evacuees are still here and worse, some have nothing to go back to. Most of them feel they have been treated well and we have tried to make them feel at home. Perhaps some will re-locate to East Texas!

In other areas, particularly the Texas Coast, the various services have been tremendous and Gov. Rick Perry has had teams of people really on top of the situation. He commented that Texas will be a role model for other states going through disasters. Of course, "THIS IS TEXAS!"

Centers for help here in East Texas are shutting down and hopefully, schools will re-open on Monday so the children and their teachers can get back into routine. "Buddy" the Lhasa has very much missed the School Bus at 6:45 a.m. and 3:25 p.m. that stops for our neighbor's granddaughter.

Yes. Routine! Good old routine! We like it a lot more than we are willing to admit!