Happy Hurricane Season

Today is the first official day of Hurricane Season. Oh yeah! Do you hear the sarcasm? It started yesterday with Tropical Storm Arthur. Until yesterday, I hadn't given hurricane season a 2nd thought. It is just one of those things that comes along with afternoon downpours and horrid humidity.

This mornings news reports were all about Hurricane Season and Hurricane preparedness. And while I am prepared for a Hurricane to a point, the thought of a hurricane brings Erin and I back to the summer/fall of 2004 and the many days without electricity.

Here are my top 10 memories of the 3 Hurricanes - Charlie, Frances and Jeanne.

1. The 2 hours commute home during the Charlie Evacuation and then lack of Charlie's presence in our area, and thank god for that.
2. Being in Sarasota for Kasey's soccer tournament when the Hurricane Warning was issued for Jeanne and staying for another Margarita, because we were SOOO over it!
3. Erin running for the coffee machine when the lights started flickering during Frances and needing that one last cup.
4. Me calling the last hot shower, because the kids could use hot water from the grill to take a bath. SELFISH Mommy!!
5. Looking desperately for ice after Frances and actually waiting in lines for it.
6. Being really mad because our cable company fixed our cable lines, but we didn't have any electricity to use the darn TV.
7. Erin falling and breaking his foot and hoping the clinic was open and had electricity to X-ray it.
8. Little Erin screaming everytime an electricity truck came by. And me getting so angry because they never stopped.
9. Getting the kids ready for school in the dark, because the schools had electricity and we didn't.
10. The happiness that came over us when we heard the air conditioning kick on after 4 days in the stiffling heat after Jeanne!!

So there they are. That was 4 years ago, it seems like yesterday. Here's to hoping for another quiet hurricane season....