Normal? what's that?

Things are slowly getting back to normal.

More and more traffic lights are working, our neighbors have power (our side of the street got power the day of the storm - the other side got power yesterday - day 15!!!!), stores are opening. And - best of all - there is finally power at school! Ian and I go back to school tomorrow. Five weeks into the school year and we've missed eleven days!

I'm getting the eating back to normal, too. I self medicated for a little while - and, as usual, it didn't really help! When will I learn? I'll update my stats after I weigh in tomorrow morning.

Tonight's dinner is already cooked - I made a big pot of split pea soup last night and it smelled so good that I could have had some for dessert! It's always better the second day, so we just planned ahead! That should take care of lunches for a day or two this week, too!

It's been a strange 2 weeks - not like a vacation, just weird. Many places weren't open, so we couldn't go do things - although we did go to the zoo and the Natural Science Museum. A kind parent from school donated tickets for all the staff and their families to go to an Astros game, so we were able to do that on Thursday evening. It was good - it gave us a chance to reconnect! I feel like I've been gone for years.

The school building will be open today, so I'll go put things back in my classroom. When my kiddos get there tomorrow THAT will make me feel normal again!

This has been very random - sorry about that!