Yikes, Ike...

Hurricane Ike, I am sure we will be talking about him for years to come. We left town before he got here. We headed to Dallas. D's office has a place there where they work from during disasters. He worked and we tried to stay busy. I was happy to leave because Judd freaks just at lightning so I think a hurricane would have sent him over the edge. The kids and I ventured out to Dallas with a vacation in mind - not what I think of as a great vacation destination, but since we were there we went with it. My childhood friend, Debbie, joined us since she is a local there in Dallas. We went to the Dallas Zoo and the coolest McDonalds EVER - it was like the Rainforest Cafe but with an indoor playground. Debbie and I also got to take Grace to the American Girl store which was fun, fun, fun. You can read more about that on her blog at http://sweetgraceellen.blogspot.com/2008/09/american-girl.html. We visited with lots of family and friends in Dallas and had a great time. We even got to go to a birthday party for a friend that had moved there.

It was just a bit creepy having a good time while knowing what Ike was doing at home and to the millions of lives he disrupted. We returned home to lots of trees down and a mess of a neighborhood but we were spared the wrath of Ike. Our house actually looked better when we got home than when we left - thanks to our neighbor who cleaned up the debris and mowed the lawn! Hurricanes have always scared me and Ike just further confirmed that fear!