So with (now) tropical storm Irma bearing down on us, this seemed like as good a time as any to restart the good ol' blog. I'm sorry I disappeared, I hit a massive introspective streak and I try to spare people from my insane ramblings and navel gazing.
First thing's first. If you are out of town and reading this, I'm pretty sure we are all going to be ok. Everyone's house but Ryan's and mine are in high-ish areas. My house is in a low point but we are also right next to both the storm drain access points and a above ground stream drainage for the area. While I'm sure there will be flooding, it would have to be much more than what is predicted to hit the house. The next biggest threat is the trees, and really where are you going to go in Atlanta to avoid trees? The monsters right behind our house are deep-rooted specimens so hopefully they will weather the storm well. If not we've establish the most structurally sound places in the house to weather the worst of it and have an exit plan if we need one. So we are about as fine as anyone is going to be.
We also pulled in all the outside tools, moved the wood planks and pulled in the bean towers and tomato cages...any other debris is probably unavoidable.
Interesting point of fact: this is the very first time that Atlanta has been under a tropical storm Warning/Watch.
On a somewhat lighter note - I've come out the other side of my introspective streak with a refined set of priorities and a renewed interest in my surroundings. It's all very calm and very zen.
My reading pace has slowed down tremendously, but I've been enjoying the challenges the new school year has tossed my direction.
Stay safe everyone.
