Post-Snowpocalypse

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today began our journey back to some sort of normalcy after last week's craziness.  To recap, on Sunday, February 14, we started to see sleet and freezing rain which eventually turned to snow by evening.  At 12:30 am on February 15, we lost power.  When we woke up that morning the high was 7 degrees and there was nearly 7 inches of snow on the ground.  We remained without power until 8pm that night.  On Tuesday evening, we saw a dramatic drop in water pressure and by Wednesday morning, February 17, we had no water to the house.  We remained without running water until last night, February 21.  

On Friday, our friends, the Edwards, let us come over to do a load of laundry and all shower.  It was nice getting a hot shower.

Saturday, the highs got into the low70s.  Evan and I went to Grandmom's and picked up some water that she had bought for us.  Then Evan had baseball practice for the first time since the cold weather set in.  

On Sunday, I went golfing and the highs hit in the mid to upper 70s.  Evan again had baseball practice. And then we got the good news about the water.  Of course there is still a boil water notice, but at least we have water coming out of the sinks.  We still have problems with two of our toilets that may need a plumber to look at.

This morning, though, everything seemed back to be heading in the right direction.  The boys are still off from school as there was damage to quite a few schools in the districts with burst pipes, etc...  But I got up and had my normal meetings.  Everyone was back to work fully.

We had the trash out and the trash came for the first time in two weeks along with recycling and composting.

The boys played wiffleball for quite a while outside.  Rachel went for a long walk.

For dinner, I made beef and shrimp for tacos.

Then we went to HEB for the first time in over 10 days.  HEB had been, literally, cleared out last week.  Because of the poor road conditions, there wasn't any deliveries.  But tonight, we shopped.  There were definitely stuff picked over and they were still replenishing, but we did a decent job getting the things we needed.

The boys begin school on Wednesday and everything will start to really feel like pre-snow.

Until next time...

Two Hour Delay...for Noah

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

When Evan got home from school yesterday, he didn't feel well.  Later in the night, Rachel took his temperature and it was 101.7.  So we kept him home from school today.  He had a low grade fever most of the day - around a 99.  His teammate and friend also came home sick from school yesterday.  So we did not send Evan to school today.

Noah did have school but it was delayed two hour because or road conditions.  It was 28 degrees over night with rain and freezing rain.  It was sunny this morning and delaying school was probably a good thing.  It was fine by the time everyone needed to go to school.

I had a haircut appointment at 10 after I had a meeting this morning.

I had two meetings in the afternoon.

I signed up for Disney+ today since it was the first day and I put it on Evan's phone so he could watch what he wanted.

Noah went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner this evening.  He was home for a little bit before he went over there.

Rachel picked up Yaghi's Pizza for us for dinner.  Evan requested it.

Rachel, Chewie and I went and picked Noah up.  Chewie enjoyed going to Grandma and Papa's.

Evan just worked on his Bar Mitzvah speech some.  He's now laying on the floor in my office.

Until next time...

Carpet Cleaning

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was raining this morning but in the 60s when we got up.  We drove the boys to school.  I think Lizzy is getting upset that we haven't really been able to walk with her all week.

I worked from home in the morning and had a meeting.  Then I went into Aaron's new office.  He moved to a building behind the house they are renting.

I came home before Rachel left to get the boys.  Rachel had scheduled a carpet cleaning and the window they gave was between 12-3.  When I got home close to 2, they hadn't come.  We called them and they said that it would be between 3 and 4 so I stayed home while Rachel got the boys.  At 4pm they called and said that it would between 5 and 6.

Between 4 and 5, a big cold front came in.  By 7pm, it had already dropped 30 degrees.  They are predicting bad ice and freezing rain overnight so all the school districts have already canceled school for tomorrow.  The boys are very excited.

The carpet cleaners did not come until after 6pm.  It took them until nearly 8 to finish the carpets and they also cleaned the tile in the kitchen.

After dinner, the boys watched the Simpsons.  They watched the first episode of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"  When I saw them watching it, I told them to tell me who they thought shot Mr. Burns after they finished the episode.  All of their guesses were wrong.  So I told them to go and watch the second episode that revealed the shooter.  They were very surprised and thought it was funny.

The boys are now upstairs in their rooms for bed.

Until next time...

Another Physical Therapy Appointment

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rain and possibly freezing rain was predicted for this morning.  The kids were hoping for a delayed opening to school or a cancelled day.  Unfortunately for them it was not raining this morning.  It was very very cold though.  The wind was really the tough part.  So we drove to school.

I stayed home for a while in the morning but later I made a stop at Aaron's before running to an embroidery shop to drop off the bat bags for the Bucs.

Evan had a second physical therapy appointment right after school.  Rachel left to tutor and didn't come with me to get the boys.  But as soon as I got the boys, I made a bee-line for the therapy office. We were a tad bit late but it wasn't a problem.  I had texted the therapist.

She put some sort of wrap around Evan's knee and ran some machine on it. I have a feeling it was some sort of heat/massage machine.  She then did some stretching with Evan.  Then she took the same measurements of how well Evan could stretch his leg in various directions.  In every single case, Evan had a marked improvement from last week before she started working with him.  All of his movements were within the "normal" range.  At this point, he doesn't need any more therapy unless he feels a relapse or anything.

Rachel had started a corned beef so I carved it for the boys to eat.  They watched the Pink Panther 2 while eating dinner.

The boys are ready for bed and in their rooms and Rachel is about home.

Until next time...