Caught Between Going Out and Staying In

A part of me wants to go out and do something on my days off. Get out and see the world! Travel! But another part of me wants to just stay at home and take care of the tasks at hand. Lots of things to do, lots of things that need to get done...

We have been away from home for 10 days now between our vacation to Fredericksburg and the Tornado hitting West Houston - causing us to lose power at home for 5 days. That part of my head just wants to stay at home and get caught up on shows, do laundry, grocery shopping, etc.

But another part wants to still get out and see the sites and sounds of Texas and beyond. We've enjoyed the road trips, exploring small towns, eating at local restaurants, visiting local museums, etc. I want to do more of these.

One thing I have noticed is that when I am home...I want to be out on the road. When we are out on the road...I want to be home. Day trips out would probably be our best best right now.  That way I can be home after a while to handle the things that need to get done.

Just Wanting to go Home

For our birthdays this year, we decided to spend 5 days total in Fredericksburg, Texas. We toured the National Museum of the Pacific War, toured the Pioneer Museum, checked out the Old Tunnel State Park, LBJ State Park, LBJ National Park, Enchanted Rock State Park, Pedernales Falls State Park, did 2 different wine tastings, did a beer tasting, went Antique shopping, and walked Main Street window shopping in the stores there. We went by Fort Martin Scott to check it out, but it was closed. Mom and David decided to join us on this trip, and we had a great time with them!

After getting home on Thursday, May 16th, an intense storm came through. A confirmed F1 Tornado touched down in the Katy/Cypress area. It actually began not far from our house and did some extreme damage to electrical lines around Grand Parkway and West Road, about 15 minutes from our house.

Several houses in the neighborhood saw damage to the roof shingles being torn off. As of now, we do not see any damage to our house, thank God! But power has been out since Thursday, and it is not expected to be back on for days to weeks from now. Power lines that feed into the neighborhood have either snapped in half or have fallen down. As of Saturday, May 18th, nothing has been done to begin repairs of those power lines.

Mom and David did not lose power at their house in Brenham, so we have temporarily relocated to Brenham until we can get back in our house. We were home for a grand total of 4 hours before having to head to Brenham. On our drive to Brenham, we passed 5 trees that had fallen over the road, and were being moved off the road by locals.

Bellville had downed power lines as well right at the golf course, and they were repaired on Friday. Several school districts closed on Friday because they had no electricity to supply the classrooms!