Hurricane Ike Survivor AND Daddy Came to Visit!!!

Well, since my last blog, we had a hurricane and Joel came to visit!! Yeahhh!!! So, about the hurricane, I was lazy and didn't take any pictures, but I have friends that did and as soon as they e-mail me some pictures I will put them up. Basically the night before Hurricane Ike, we had a neighborhood block party at my AMAZING friends, Matt and Kristin's. We just sat outside and visited w/ all of the adults on their street while the kids ran wild. (Seriously, Allegra was trying to get naked the whole time, so remind me to lock her in her room when Spring Break comes along). It was really fun. Friday night the hurricane hit our neck of the woods around 1:00 AM. Mostly just fierce winds (75-110 mph) and a lot of rain. I couldn't sleep all night because I kept having crazy dreams about tornado's sucking us all up into them. I woke up and looked out the window and the trees were blowing like crazy and looked like they were about to crash into the window. Oh did I mention I slept at Matt and Kristin's house. It was a blast!! Cause staying alone would not have been fun. Although I did have several other invites (thanks to all of you who offered!!!) By the next morning it was just a ton of rain and debree everywhere. There were hundreds of trees that were blown down here in the Woodlands. The only damage to my house was that a tree fell through our fence. Thank goodness it wasn't onto the house. I stayed w/ the Burgons one more night, and because of lack of power and no phone service I decided to go party w/ my girlfriend Karen from college up in Dallas. It was a blast! We stayed for 5 days and they graciously took the kids and I in. We really loved seeing Dallas and going to Ikea for the first time. We also went to the zoo on my b-day (Yep, I'm the big 29!) and then out to dinner that night w/ Karen, her sister Emma and my friend Nicole (who lives down the street from me). I was happy to have my Hurricane Ike refugee w/ me. It was a little sad because Joel had planned a big deal w/ flying in on my b-day and surprising me. But he cancelled the trip for two weeks later.

Joel flew in last Wednesday and we surprised Gianluca by picking him up at school. He was so excited to see Joel that he just rushed over to him w/ a smile from ear to ear. He kept saying, "Dad, I am so happy you are here, I missed you so much!" Allegra and Gianluca were all over him the whole time he was here. He also gave me a girl's night out to celebrate my b-day w/ my girlfriends in The Woodlands. It was so fun! We really enjoyed having Joel around to play and fix the fence and just be a family again. I really have a new respect for single mom's. I totally miss Joel. He is such a good man with a good heart! He's my BFF, what can I say. :) Anyways, he left Tuesday and now I'm back to the same old same old.

It looks like there's a couple interested in our house. So Please keep us in your prayers. We are dying to sell the house and be back w/ Joel!!!

A big thanks to all of you who have come to my rescue and invited us over for dinner or to hang out. You have no idea how much that means to me!!! It has kept me from the going on the verge of insanity! You are true friends!!! I love you!

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