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The panic alarm continues to ring. ‘Ernesto’ is such a star that the John Mark Karr Show has all but disappeared from the tv. Yet, there remains little to panic over. The storm stays a tropical storm, not a hurricane, and though it shows some strengthening it has very little time to grow into a massive storm. The biggest worry round these parts is whether to go home now and put up the shutters, or wait till the storm picks a more decisive direction before making that decision. We’ve chosen to risk having to put them up in the rain tomorrow morning as opposed to putting them up for no reason. Right now we will be on the ‘good’ side of the storm and can expect lots of rain but not much wind ... or at least that’s what the forecasters tell us. Florida weather differs very little day to day in the summer, and sometimes they screw that up, so who knows. (The little yellow star is a rough approximation to where we are).
Our remaining preparations are few, (other than shutters) two trees to tie down, trash cans to bring in, and laundry to do. I know, doing laundry in the face of a storm sounds funny. But, we learned during hurricane Charlie, that it only takes about a day of no AC and small pile of dirty clothes to make the house smell like a gym locker - blech. Of course, we also learned that it sucks to run out of clean underwear when there’s no water or power. The dog gets a bath before a hurricane too, much to her chagrin, because dirty dog smell is oh so much worse than gym locker. Despite the fact that we are going through the motions, we really aren’t getting too cranked-up over this one, there just does not seem to be much threat (famous last words, right?).
In other news, my glasses came in today and, boy, has my brain forgotten how to function without contacts! I’ve worn contacts since I was twelve, that’s twenty six years for those of you taking notes. I’ve been mostly blind for longer than that. That’s not too much of an exaggeration either. The lady who orders and fits the glasses had to call the office manager over to show her my lenses before she cut them down to fit the frames. Though made from the ‘thinner’ material they are still the thickest they’d ever seen. It’s so nice to be special - ack. Even with small frames, the distortion is pretty bad, and I have to keep reminding myself to point my nose at the thing I want to see. I’m also a little seasick, my focus is sorta slow when I change distances. I’m determined, though, to leave them on through the end of the week, woozy or not. I put the last pair away practically the same day I got them and when I needed them realized the prescription was wrong. Not because my eyes had changed, but because it had been wrong from the beginning...what a waste! We’ll see if my determination lasts through the morning’s routine of make-up and hair, its been a very long time since I couldn’t see to do that. I’ll post a photo tomorrow, the frames alone aren’t very entertaining, but my hair should be - heh!