Home At Last

I made it home Thursday, September 15, 2005!

Blessed Be! It's so good to be home. We have electricity, gas, good clean running water and even cable and internet.

House is a mess and pretty smelly. The cats had overfilled the litter boxes and pooped on the floor beside them. The fridge still smells from last week but at least its not gut wrenching like it was.
Looks like we only lost a few of the potted plants. That doggone gardenia was gonna be beautiful. New hose is missing, holder and all. I just hoped that it was taken out of need and not for syphoning. I watered the plants first thing but the gardenia doesn't appear to be forgiving :'(
Cleaned the fridge and kitchen next. Still had more in the cupboards to toss out.

I brought fresh meat, veggies and beer with me. Bob followed later. Pat and Robin popped in and we had a beer in celebration. Baakir and Lisa showed up with our hose. They had borrowed it to clean out their fridge. That's cool. They had their new baby last week. They are staying with family down the street.

We popped in to the Dry Dock for a coupla beers then to the "Thank the Troops" block party/BBQ. It was so great to see so many of our friends back already and safe!

NOPD (and volunteer cities), National Guard, Armed Servicemen and Fort Pelican:
Bless you and Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!