A Day in the Life

Man, I'm really tired! I have been tapping into that caretaking part of myself that lies dormant most of the time quite a bit in the last 6 days. B's on the road to recovery after a harrowing dental nightmare. Check out his blog for the details of the experience. I've been getting calls from the Salvation Army and will be heading back downtown to help again this weekend and probably for the next few weeks to come. Anyone wanting to volunteer can contact the Salvation Army here in Dallas at 214-637-8299. Not sure what the contact number is for you 817 types but I'm sure they could tell you if you called the Dallas number. I encourage everyone to help out, they need as many volunteers as they can round up to help out with all the new residents of the DFW area. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Got this one from my Shelly today and I had to share. Hope y'all enjoy! The husband had just finished reading the book, 'MAN OF THE HOUSE'. He stormed into the kitchen and walked directly up to his wife. Pointing a finger in her face, he said, "From now on, I want you to know that I am the man of this house, and my word is law!" I want you to prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, I expect a sumptuous dessert afterward. Then, after dinner, you are going to draw me my bath so I can relax. And when I'm finished with my bath, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?" His wife replied, "The funeral director would be my guess."

Neither of us made it downtown yesterday because B's tooth pain flared up even worse than it had been Friday night. We put in an after-hours call to our dentist who called in a better prescription and we'll be seeing him first thing this morning. We managed to get our household stuff taken care of while we were home yesterday which is good because we're both needing to go to work. I hope to be back at work this afternoon after I get him all situated here today. :) Gonna have to wait to volunteer again until I can either get off at a decent hour some night this week or it'll be this weekend. Hope everyone had a happy holiday!

B finally got a respite from his tooth pain yesterday so he packed up some meds and went with me downtown to volunteer. We got down there mid-afternoon and the scene was chaotic. We started at Reunion Arena where the Salvation Army had finally cut off donations because there was such a volume of stuff. After quickly realizing there were plenty of volunteers there, we headed over to the convention center. As soon as we walked up to the volunteer entrance B was immediately ushered inside and I was made to wait in line. We had our cell phones on us so we knew we could keep track of each other and it was all good. As it turned out, they were getting ready to organize the showers and they needed men to help out with the male showers. They had portable showers set up outside the arena for the men and the volunteer guys were helping everyone get in and out of there and assisting however they were needed. Once they let the girls in, I helped fold towels and get everything set up for the wome...

I am on the mailing list of a terrific restaurant that B and I ate at on our honeymoon called Marisol. Both the chef and the restaurant are still unharmed and in the city and the owner is sending out information from her temporary home West Virginia. I received this email in my inbox yesterday: Marisol September 03, 2005 Greetings! Marisol wants to feed relief workers and neighbors who are still without resources. Chef Pete and I have called and e-mailed FEMA and every person we can find, who might have access to their inner workings. Please read on for the distressing details...... Marisol & other agencies prevented from assisting! The following story was culled from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Homeland Security Won't Let Red Cross Deliver Food... Saturday, September 03, 2005...By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said that federal emergency management authorit...

Yesterday I donated items and time to the Hurricane Katrina victims from N'Awlins and I must say that it was the most rewarding experience of my life. I had planned to go help at Reunion Arena yesterday morning with a girl from work but fate decided to change those plans. B and I spent Friday night in the ER because one of his teeth abcessed and I didn't finally get to bed until almost 3:30 yesterday morning. I got myself up yesterday morning but had to cancel on my friend because I needed to be home taking care of my sweetie. I purged the pantry and the bathroom cabinets while I was home yesterday and managed to come up with two boxes and two bags of stuff. Not bad for a small apartment, eh? My sister, niece, and nephew had a trip to Dallas planned so I was going to meet up with them while they were in town. I finally got B comfy enough yesterday afternoon that I was able to meet up with them. We went to the dollar store and loaded up on a bunch of toys for the displaced kid...

I still grieve every day as I read the news and look at the pictures of my dying city. I am relieved to hear that Poppy Z and Fats Domino got out okay, but am still worried that many people are dying every day and the government has done very little to help. I mean if we can send troops to the Middle East and aid to the tsunami victims then why the fuck are we not helping the city of New Orleans??? It's the home of jazz and has one of the richest histories of any other city in the nation but it's still filled with rancid, contaminated water after four fucking days. Wtf is wrong with our country that we haven't already pumped the damn water out of this city and that there aren't troops shooting the stupid junkies who are looting and trashing the place? I just can't rant enough about the whole thing to anyone who will listen. The news makes me weep and I'm actually grateful that we don't have our tv antenna hooked up right now so I'm stuck with internet ne...