Evacuation

So last night we had to evacuate our house due to possible flooding. Our house isnt right on the river and if we got any damage, then we were all in trouble because we are about a mile back and not in an immediate flood zone (except of course if Mr. Rainier blows! but then we are ALL in trouble!) but we left as asked to because the first flood models said it was going to be BAD, possible worst in recorded history (it ended up being 6th worst). And i will always rather be safe then sorry especially with a little one and me being pregnant. I just dont want to be one of the people that has to be airlifted out when we have 5 different possible family homes we could go to just 10 minutes away. The only thing it cost us was $12 to buy Subways for dinner instead of making something at home, but hey its not like that was a real inconvenience! LOL!

So we packed the Durango of everything we would need.

One of the things that could have happened was that the roads would flood even if the houses didnt, as well as the power could have been shut off to our area and also a possible water contamination, so just in case we couldnt get back to our house for whatever reason we wanted to make sure we had clothes and things for the three of us. Plus we packed a few things that are important, like my camera, external hard drives, and my beloved trip journals [which chronicle (and i mean all the details) ALL my vacations from 1996 to present (almost 30 or so vacations)]. My 4 trip journals would be the first thing i would grab in a fire after I would grab Brett, even though i knew they were safe in my house especially upstairs, they came with.

So with the car packed, we left.

And sat in traffic. It actually wasnt horrible, it went a lot faster then i would have thought, thanks to the police department for doing a great job of traffic management! Although what was funny was that our roads were ok but the main road i had to take was flooded by a foot and someone almost swerved into me.

So after making it to dryer land, we stayed at my mother in laws house and ate our Subways (big thank you for letting us invade!!!), not as easy going to bed though as we all three were in the same room and at home we would be in three separate rooms at night during the evening hours. I just cannot go to sleep at 9pm when Chris has to, so i am usually in the computer room while my two boys sleep in their rooms. So all being in the same room was like being on vacation, except in the morning Chris had to go to work and I had to go home to unpack! LOL then of course Brett was wound up so he wouldnt go to bed at first, but finally both my boys went to sleep and i was able to sit quietly and play on my computer and read up on projected flood totals.

Although waking up at 1:30am to a scraming terrifed baby wasnt fun, poor thing. he does that sometimes when he wakes up in a strange place and doesnt know where he is. Man it took some time to calm him down, and since he is getting heavier lately and my belly is getting bigger, that isnt as easy anymore ;) But i did finally get him to go back to bed. But then Chris had to get up with him once more. poor kid!

So in the morning we got up, got the ok to go home and yup i had to unpack everything. but it was good. because of it i ended up cleaning out the spare closet that needed to be cleaned for the baby and i also cleaned a side of the garage that needed to be cleaned (Chris had taken his Chevelle out of the garage today, so it left room to work with).

But man was I tired and my back hurt but of course Brett wouldnt take a nap, why would a tired kid do that?!!?

But then once Chris got home, we settled in, ordered pizza and watched football. our favorite kind of night!

So that was my evucation story and thanks to everyone who was thinking of us!