I know there are a few people out there who are wondering what happened to me. I cannot go into details, but I will share a little. An extremely close family member may have cancer and I’m awaiting the results of medical tests. We will know something next week. My father died from it and I really don’t want to go through it again. Let’s leave it at that for now.

I want to say happy birthday to my great friend Marzie, who has been there for me since the day I met her. Happy birthday Marzie! I am really terrible when it comes to birthdays, and I wish I were more competent in that area. It’s easy for me to remember Marzie’s birthday because it is on the official hurricane Katrina anniversary, August 29th – how cool is that? I haven’t visited any blogs in a while – I am just trying to get through each day.

I am preparing for hurricane Gustav, which is predicted to hit here. I’m boarding up all the windows and expecting the worst – you cannot prepare enough for these situations. The residents here are freaking out because we have not fully recovered from hurricane Katrina. I never got to see any of the news coverage of Katrina because I had no electricity after the storm.

I noticed that most of the coverage was about New Orleans even though the worst part of the storm did not hit there. New Orleans had a levee problem, not a hurricane problem. The 175 mph winds hit the Mississippi gulf coast, and took the most severe damage from that storm.

After almost being killed by Katrina, I am weary of hurricanes. I live six miles from the beach and am clear of the water surge. If Gustav hits where predicted, I will be on the bad side of the storm which is the northwest quadrant where the most intense winds and tornadoes will be. I live in the beach side community of Long Beach, Mississippi. We are all afraid of what might happen and pray it doesn’t come here.

Right now, this area along with New Orleans cannot afford a bad storm right now. We are nowhere close to recovery from Katrina. I do have a good video camera now – if the storm hits here, I will post some exciting footage afterwards.

I have not quit blogging, I’m just taking a break. I’ll be visiting my fellow bloggers soon and you all mean the world to me. I’ll be back soon!

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