Adventures of the Past Week

So it's been a while and the adventures have not ceased.  This weekend, while everyone was freaking out about Hurricane Irene and looting I mean buying out the grocery stores of bottled water, milk, eggs and bread, I just went on with life as usual... or almost usual.  Since all I expected was local flooding and a power outage (I figured the maximum would be 3-4 days at worst), all I did for preparations was the following:

• fill my 5-gallon camping jug with filtered water
• fill a couple of buckets with tap water (you know, for washing dishes, bathing and flushing the toilet)
• get some non-perishable food like instant noodles (I have a gas stove plus my camping gas stove to cook with even if power went out)
• froze a couple of containers of water for refrigeration
• and last but not least, did laundry before the power went out!

In the end, I ended up spending Saturday night at church since hubby had to be there to switch on the generators when the power went out.  Did not even make it home till almost 6.30pm on Sunday... and I had power at home!

Leading up to the weekend was a long and hard week at work, working 70+ hours, 14 of which involved an event in VA on Monday, and also training a new employee.  Did I mention a pretty nasty sprained ankle which happened on Tuesday?  

Okay, so the picture is not pretty and I am no foot model...

There is a slight chance that I might have broken my ankle, but only God knows and God is healing me because I do not have time to go see a doctor!  The swelling has gone down (but not completely gone) and the pain is somewhat negligible (but that could be due to drugs...).  I gave the borrowed crutches a shot but gave up after 2 nights (can't use them during the day at work) because my triceps were (and still are) screaming at me.

Before the ankle adventure was a last-minute decision to go to Chima in Philly on Sunday night.  That was fun and yummy.  I found some of the meats to be somewhat too salty and too much black pepper, but otherwise the experience and the rest of the food was great, especially since it was a very rare date night with my spouse.  It is a nice place to take someone out for a date.

I think of these adventures in the past week and I am nowhere near ready for another work week but I take comfort in knowing that the ultimate adventure is really journeying with Jesus and He is with me as I go through each day, no matter what comes.  Even in the midst of a hurricane, He is there.  Thank God for God.