Stormy Weather

Note to avid readers: this was written several days ago. I only yesterday regained access to my internet connection and only had time to post it today. Love you like lovers!

As I am writing this, the last (I think: although I retained power, other than a few flickers, my cable service and therefore my Internet connection have gone the way of the dodo) of Hurricane Jeanne is passing over my house. That makes four hurricanes to hit Florida since August 13, with 5 more weeks left in the season. Hurrah! Seriously, though, I would like to put a shout out to the divine forces that conspired to keep my power flowing this day.

I suppose that Jeanne qualifies as my first real hurricane experience, and even then I was not what I consider to be “directly-in-its-path-oh-my-god-its-coming-right-for-us” because the eye (around which the most severe weather occurs) passed well to the north of us. Don’t get me wrong: I am more than grateful to have been spared yet again. The winds were quite brisk, but I didn’t lose any trees (yet: the winds are still blowing, but it is dark now, so who knows what the morning may bring?). It was hard to resist the temptation to go outside, not to experience the raw power of nature, but just to get outside. I don’t like it when my options are taken away. I watched three movies and some TV, ate, took a nap, and played computer games. Which, honestly, is mostly what I would have done on a lazy Sunday anyway, but since it was all I COULD do, I became restless. So, flouting all the conventional wisdom, I went outside. Just for a little while.