February Craziness

 So... we have kept walking, however, we stopped tracking.  I decided I would like to keep a monthly journal about the happenings at our house so we can remember, laugh, and maybe decide what we need to include in future counseling..  ;)

February was a wild month considering the ice storm and challenges as a result from that. I already posted a bit.. but here is some more. 

First of all, February is Kathryn's Birthday (the 17th!)
! She was thrilled!  Her plans were to go to her Dad's the weekend before her birthday and they were going to have a party.  Now, all Kathryn really wanted for her birthday was a snow day.  The forecast was looking good... except it came early, keeping her from going to her Dad's(Neither of us wanted to drive in the ice that was forecast).  And worse, it didn't snow much in Salem, it only iced!  And her Dad had at least 5 inches of snow and then ice. She was devastated!

So, trying to make her happy, we went out on Saturday to get her Pop-Eyes Chicken.  Her favorite! Well... the ice messed up A LOT of power.  We never actually lost our power but neighbors across the street from us did. in fact, so many people were without power school was canceled for the entire week (75% of staff was without power apparently!).  This actually put a huge strain on fast food restaurants-all restaurants really- since many people were without power and hungry.  We drove to our normal pop-eyes and the line was so long- it went through their parking lot into the street.  So, we decided to try the other location.  On our way there we saw MANY downed trees. And then traffic was a stand still because traffic lights were out!  We decided we couldn't make it- I asked her if we could order from Shari's and she wasn't sure since she didn't know if she would like their food(and this was supposed to be special for her), so we pulled over to Carl's Jr(only 5 in line!) and ordered her usual(chicken stars) and they were ALL OUT!  She wasn't happy, so I got her their chicken strips instead.  I ordered her a milkshake AND THEY WERE ALL OUT! Yikes! She is stressed out and beyond disappointed- so we take the food home. She decides she doesn't like the chicken strips. I suggest we get a chocolate pie from Shari's and she reluctantly agrees.  We get there and THEY DON'T HAVE ANY! But they did have a smores pie, and she liked it. So phew....

We still celebrated her birthday on the 17th- which was a fun evening- and not having to do any online work was amazing for her. 

The other kids were great with no school- I was worried.  While school was cancelled, I still do work: grading and planning.  And worried about my students- the area by my school was hit really hard and I was getting e-mails from my students that they were out of power for the full week.  So much worry and uncertainty. 

We never lost power or wifi.  We were safe.  We had no damage to our home(A lot of trees around us and homes around us did!).  The ice storm was just another example to me that I have zero control over my life. I only have control to how I respond to it all.