As many of you know I live in the VERY southern parts of southwest Louisiana.  We are facing the imminent danger of Gustav.  I have decided to blog my thoughts as my hubby is tired of hearing them. 

Today I awoke early to get sandbags.  I think either no one is worried or no one else was awake (most likely the second) because I was the ONLY person there getting sandbags.  The limit was 6 sandbags but I think that’s enough to block my two exposed doors.  Then I had to go to Wal-Mart.  On my way to Wal-Mart, I passed most of the town’s gas stations.  Four of the six I passed were COMPLETELY out of gas while the other two had lines 8-10 cars long for each pump.  CRAZY!!  Wal-mart had about anything you wanted to cook but lacked a lot of those staple hurricane items.  The canned good aisle was EMPTY.  There were no bottled waters left just the gallons which is fine when you are desperate.  HOpe you didn’t wait this long for batteries or you are out of luck.  I grabbed some cold stuff (after all we have to eat until we leave Monday) and a few necessities for the road like chips and lil Debbie cakes for the kiddos as well as single size apple juices and I left.  It wasn’t as bad in there as I thought it would be.  The workers were actually very nice and helpful although a little overwhelmed. 

Today’s agenda is to finish scrubbing the pool, tear apart the trampoline, and bring in the outdoor toys/lawn stuff.  Tonight I am packing pictures, CDs (pictures), videos, important papers and LOADS of clothes as the last time we were gone for 11 days before our house was even accessible.  Tomorrow we will go to church. Then board up windows and pack the vehicles with plans to leave around Monday mid morning.  I don’t have reservations past WEdnesday night which concerns me but until then I will not worry about it.  More to come later…..