I really don't feel like blogging this week, so I am going to give a quick recap. We survived Hurricane Dorian! Haha! It was no big deal. We lost two branches from our favorite window tree, but that was all. The hurricane mostly whirred over night and while it put down enough rain to fill our little "ponds", as far as I know there was no flooding anywhere.
We spent the week preparing for the hurricane, which basically meant hurrying up and finishing the roof, except for the half of the garage. It took 15 hours and it was mostly just dealing with the valleys. I definitely way under estimated how hard and how long it is to do a roof. But all that is left we know is easy.
The roof held firm! We didn't lose a single shingle. We didn't lose electricity or water, and we were only without internet for about 6 hours.
Joseph and Joshua were very disappointed. They kept asking when our electricity would go out. When it didn't, they said "that was the stupidest hurricane ever". Kids are funny.
Indeed Dorian was not at all stupid. The Bahamas are devastated and the amount of life lost from the aftermath of the hurricane is not yet known.
We didn't get school in as well as I would have liked, so we will have to do a few math lessons over Christmas break. But for all of the younger school kids, the week was definitely vacation-y. Joseph was just mourning the fact that school will be in full swing tomorrow.
Everyone is doing well. The family seems happy enough and next week will be business as usual.
Pictures
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| fire ant bites on Gideon's pinky finger |
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| This is our sometimes pond. After the hurricane, the pond was full and the water was cold and clean. The kids had a blast before it dried up again. We've had a dry summer and that has been nice. |
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