Cleaning Up the Porch: Rita Part 2
Well, I’ve cleaned most of the porch of potential projectiles.
I got the plants and little things and the cheap plastic chairs all cleaned off the back patio. I still have to get the garbage cans inside and tie down the grill and bench. Everything else is either light enough to forget about, like leaves and small twigs, or is too heavy to move, like the fountain. The working car is in the garage and there’s no room for the other one. I found a whole bunch of old kitty liter containers that I’ll fill with water for flushing the toilet, before I throw that last hose into the garage. After that, it’s just time to hunker down and wait.
I’ve had several people call to check in with me today. My sister-in-law, who can’t understand why I haven’t left yet, up in Palatine. My former in-laws (ie. my wife’s family), called to say that they were bugging out, then decided to stay because of the impassable traffic. I’ve checked in with a couple of friends from church. I had two guys who thought they might come stay with me, but they ended up heading somewhere else.
