The calm before the storm...

We wanted to spend part of our day in a photo session but our day didn't go exactly as planned. Instead, we ran a bunch of errands, took my parents to the doctor, and ran some more errands. What kind of errands would take ALL day to run? Well... like the rest of the Houston & surrounding areas, we were getting ready for the storm that is looming out in the Gulf.

Our car was running on fumes, so we NEEDED to go to the gas station. The rest of the city of Pearland was at the HEB gas station too, I think, fueling up "just in case". Lines were LONG. Then we went inside the HEB store to get some groceries that we have been needing to get - cupboards were looking pretty thin! I had been gonna go tomorrow but with the storm coming in, I had to go today. The rest of the city followed us inside too, I think. "D" batteries, water bottles, bread, canned foods... and even the ice cream... were already sold out because no one wanted to be out during the storm. I kinda expected the staple items to start running out but I had to laugh when we got to the ice cream. Who woulda thunk it?


Tonight, the weather is so calm. Almost too calm. Yet, Channel 2 was saying tonight that the storm has taken a slight north turn and they aren't sure if it's coming into Houston or going more towards Port Arthur. As badly as we need the rain, we are kinda hoping it will continue towards Houston. I guess we'll see tomorrow.