Hurricanes, attempts to steal cars, and more support than I feel I
deserve. Let’s recap, shall we?
-Hurricane Isaac:
You see, I have no prior experience with any sort of, how
you say, hurricane, tropical storm, or anything in that region of natural
disasters. You also need to understand that my roommates & I have been
joking about the fact that we are cut off from the outside world currently. We
do not have any TV channels, we have to travel to nearby locations and steal
their Internet, and our only time listening to the radio is in our cars on the
way to campus (more about said car later in the post). This hurricane thing is
coming out of nowhere, I’m telling you! People sending out warning messages,
schools getting cancelled, hurricane safety and preparation craziness popping
up. This is the real deal, people. Our hurricane shutters are in position &
ready to roll! We’ll see how this whole thing goes down…
Right as I was leaving for the drive to Miami, I was saying
farewell to my wonderful friend Ryan & he made up a great song/rap for me.
At one point, he starts spelling out my name & when he gets to R he says “R
is for the rain…because she brings the rain”. How right he is. The rain is
a-comin’!
-Poor, poor car:
Just your normal Saturday morning—you wake up to a cancelled
beach day due to your good friend Isaac (see above), and after getting dressed
and brushing your teeth you stroll on out to the street to hop in your car and drive
to get some Internet & do some work. Harmless. Oh, but what’s that?
Registration and car papers strewn about? Arm rest console items thrown
haphazardly into the back seat? All potential hiding places for valuables left
open and empty? Woah. I thankfully realize that nothing of worth was in my car
& that nothing was taken. I mean, what’s someone to do with written out
directions from Boone to Miami, an ice scraper (there’s not even a hope for
snow here, y’all…still coming to terms with that one), and a small figurine of
a sea lion? Not a whole lot. But then you look over & realize that your
ignition is torn to shreds and sitting in pieces on the floorboards. Your car
can’t start. And you begin to realize that it wasn’t just a break in, but an
unsuccessful attempt to steal the car itself. The rest of the day becomes this
blur of phone call after phone call to the police, insurance agency, family,
boss, repeat, repeat, repeat.
A great deal of shock and fear came out of yesterday to be
honest. It’s an overwhelming day for your mind when it does not stop racing for
hours on end. However, the car has been towed to my boss’ house to take a break
from life’s excitement until Monday when hopefully I can figure out where it
needs to go to be able to work again. Things are figuring themselves out slowly
but surely.
-Shout outs:
My mother is incredible. I spoke with her more times in one
day than lizards I see scamper when I open the front door. Now that’s a lot! I
am so thankful for her & the wonderful, strong, supportive, loving woman
that she is. I have roommates that make up songs to sing and dances to dance,
who give me hugs and support and care. I have the deepest caring friends who
will sit on the phone with me for hours and listen to the craziness that has
been this transition. I even have a boss who will drive out to my house while
suffering from laryngitis, unable to speak, to help me attempt to
unsuccessfully push my car around the corner into our janky old garage. Who are
these people? Why are they so great to me? All I know is that I feel so loved,
supported, and encouraged. And what more can you hope for in such a crazy
transition…plus some unexpected dashes of additional crazy along the way?
Excuse my language…or don’t…but the people aren’t kidding when
they say that shit happens. Because wow-ee, does it! But thank good golly
goodness gracious that there is so much more that surrounds us. It really is there,
even if sometimes it is hiding under all that other stuff.
Waddup, Miami. Keep the excitement coming. Let’s do this
thing.
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