Dani 3.0

Life Slowly Returns To Normal

// September 26th, 2005 // Flotsam & Jetsam

Nearly forty-eight hours after Rita made landfall, our cable went out
last night. For my household, that meant more than just no television.
It also meant no phone service and, most importantly, no Internet.

However, this morning the cable was back on, so I’m able to post.

Jay and I took a ride around the Westchase area last night. Things are
slowly starting to return to normal. Local institutions like Randall’s,
Wal Mart and Starbucks (!) remain closed, but McDonald’s, HEB, and
Kroger’s were open for business. More importantly, several gas stations
are open and have fuel. Jay was finally able to fill up his car
earlier yesterday and he reported that the line was only was only
three deep. By last night, lines had returned to almost normal.

I’m dreading my return to work this morning, and it has nothing to do
with the fact that I fell down the stairs this morning (more on that
later). What I’m not looking forward to is having to reassemble my
office. All of us workers stripped our offices bare and placed all the
contents in the center of the building. Putting my computing setup back
together is going to be such a pain! However, I’m grateful that I have
a job to go to and a computing setup to put together, so I’ll just quit
my kveching.

Okay, about the fall down the stairs. Normally, this would have never
happened. You see, I never try to do anything as complicated as
navigating stairs until I’ve had at least one cup of coffee. However,
this morning when I awoke, I put the coffee to brewing and headed
straight upstairs to see if I could get the Internet situation
straightened out. Once my mission was accomplished, I started back
downstairs with my laptop and cell phone clutched in my hands. I’m not
sure how it happened, but the heel of my right foot slid out from under
me as I stepped onto the last landing. My left leg twisted back
underneath me and I unceremoniously bumped down the stairs on my
behind, dragging my left leg under my not-inconsiderable bulk. Ouch! At
first, I thought I had broken something in my left foot but it turns
out it’s just badly bruised. My right hip and leg took the brunt of the
blow and they really hurt. But I’m alive and nothing’s broken – just
late for work.