Summer Storms...

Seems all the news is talking about at the moment is the current tropical storm heading our way. Its all the hype while these storms are fairly far away that makes people ignore them entirely...until the storm is at our front door, huffing and puffing and blowing the roofs away. While it is nice to know we have the possibility of the storm hitting us...do ya have to start keeping track of it the minute it forms as a wave off the coast of Africa??? Most of these storms fizzle out before they ever reach anywhere near us. Stock up, stock up, stock up....and then the storm never comes anywhere near...a waste of cash in a time of limited funds.

We've always just made sure that we know where certain things are in case there's a need...oil lamps, candles, the propane camp stove...extra propane cans.....and of course made sure we have our normal food supplies stocked. Once it looks as if we could get nasty weather for sure, then we move to the next step of making sure we have cash on hand, fuel in the vehicles and fuel for the generator. We always figure if push comes to shove, we can use the fuel in the vehicles for the generator....fifteen to thirty gallons in each vehicle....would run that generator for quite a spell with all the vehicles we own...lol.


Summer storms are also in the lives of several of my friends...my heart cries for them. One is a friend I have known most of my life. Not real sure exactly what she's experiencing at the moment, but from her cryptic emails, it doesn't sound good. She's been having some issues in her marriage, as well as health and even the death of a brother inlaw in the past few months. I worry for her, knowing that depression can lead down dangerous paths...especially for one who is feeling so disconnected from everyone.
Another really close girlfriend is also having family issues that are wreaking havoc with her marriage...and they've been together for thirty years. This friend has a child who although adult, still lives at home and the shenanigans this one is up to has almost destroyed the parents.


For the moment, the storms have left my relationship and things are going better between hubby and myself. A big part of our 'storm' damage is due to my own sharp tongue jumping out to slice to the bone. Since I did the 'binding' of my sharp tongue and mean words, things have gone smoother... should have done that quite some time ago...ah well, hindsight is always 20/20.