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Aftermath...
Sep. 7th, 2005 07:15 amI'm staying with some friends in Baton Rouge and knowing that it's not where I am normally keeps me in a place of realization. Everyone I know had their life turned upside down..for good or for a short time is relative to who that person is.
I went back this morning and began to read some of the LJ's from the past couple of days (I didn't have the energy to move any farther back than that). People are moving on from this disaster and letting life fill them up again. I can't say, after seeing the things I've seen in the last two weeks, that I will ever be able to move on. If they rebuild the city I've known for so long, it will never be the same. It's a relative warzone down there right now. I was going to take my best friend on a tour of the oldest, and most beautiful, sights of one of the most historical cities in this country. And now, I don't know that I'll be able to do that ever, or if I am able to, whatever they are able to salvage, it isn't going to be the same.
As far as my home goes...
My parent's house received a little damage, but no water. My sister had over 8 feet of water in her house and is going to have to go down to the pegs and rebuild. I had two aunts and an uncle that are probably in close to, if not the same, position. Life is going to suck down here for awhile and I'm trying to decide whehter or not I'm going to take advantage of it or just get involved in the massive cleanup.
Not sure when I'm going back to work. I'm not going to live in slidell until they get power and water that's safe and my car won't travel 45 minutes twice a day without my engine falling out. I'm just hoping that they either find me somewhere to work up here at the capitol or give me leave time for this. I need to get paid.
I was supposed to go help two friends from the community try and salvage what they could from their house before the mold took over, but I woke up with my tonsils(sp?) swollen and my head and ears hurting. Right now I'm just passing time, waiting for the Dr.'s office to open around here to see if they can see me. God I hope so...I just don't want to be contagious.
I went back this morning and began to read some of the LJ's from the past couple of days (I didn't have the energy to move any farther back than that). People are moving on from this disaster and letting life fill them up again. I can't say, after seeing the things I've seen in the last two weeks, that I will ever be able to move on. If they rebuild the city I've known for so long, it will never be the same. It's a relative warzone down there right now. I was going to take my best friend on a tour of the oldest, and most beautiful, sights of one of the most historical cities in this country. And now, I don't know that I'll be able to do that ever, or if I am able to, whatever they are able to salvage, it isn't going to be the same.
As far as my home goes...
My parent's house received a little damage, but no water. My sister had over 8 feet of water in her house and is going to have to go down to the pegs and rebuild. I had two aunts and an uncle that are probably in close to, if not the same, position. Life is going to suck down here for awhile and I'm trying to decide whehter or not I'm going to take advantage of it or just get involved in the massive cleanup.
Not sure when I'm going back to work. I'm not going to live in slidell until they get power and water that's safe and my car won't travel 45 minutes twice a day without my engine falling out. I'm just hoping that they either find me somewhere to work up here at the capitol or give me leave time for this. I need to get paid.
I was supposed to go help two friends from the community try and salvage what they could from their house before the mold took over, but I woke up with my tonsils(sp?) swollen and my head and ears hurting. Right now I'm just passing time, waiting for the Dr.'s office to open around here to see if they can see me. God I hope so...I just don't want to be contagious.
