Saturday, December 20, 2008

Homeless and more puking...

Yes, you read that right... we are officially homeless. Our power went out yesterday around 11am, and we have been without it since. We stayed at our house until about 4:30 yesterday afternoon, but it was getting too cold for the little ones. We were going to spend the night at Ryan's parents, and then they their genterator went out. They got it back up and running, but we had already called friends and headed over there. (Thanks Truesdale's!!!)

When we left last night, our house was 60 degrees. When I went to check on the house today and turn the faucets on a teeny bit, to prevent freezing pipes, our house was down to 49 degrees. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

Right before Ryan went to the car to get Hannah out last night, she puked... Yep, she did not escape the dreaded stomach flu... So, here we are; all SIX of us; getting ready to invade our friends' house and Hannah pukes... HI... WELCOME HUBLEY'S... :-) And then, Ryan started feeling yucky too!

We were there until after dinner tonight, and then we moved to our friends, Megan and Eric Kelly. They do not have any kids, so we can only get them sick... :-) We had to leave Truesdale's because Ben's dad and mom are coming in tonight, and his dad does not have good health. It would not be good to get him sick! We can not go to my parents, who live 30 minutes south of us, because my 88 yr. old grandmother got to their house today, and we cannot afford to get her sick either!!!

So, we will be at the Kelly's until we are all healthy for over 24 hours, or until our power returns. I do not think that the power will come back for the next few days... There 1/2 inch of ice on EVERYTHING, and we are expected to get snow and winds up to 40mph tomorrow and probably more power out... So, once we are healthy, we will head down to my parents to wait this out...

This really brings a new meaning to Christmas. Is this how Mary and Joseph felt? No where to go... I am just soooooooooo thankful that we have great friends that will take us in, despite the stomach flu!!!

4 comments:

Tracy said...

Aw! What an awful situation to be in. We had the stomach bug last weekend. I hope no one else catches it...and you get back in your house soon!!!!!

Abby said...

Oh my....I hope you all get better soon and get some power1! I can't imagine.....

LaDawn said...

Oh wow ... can't believe your power is out for so long ... and that you expect it will be a few more days yet. That is just not fun ... and everyone having the flu doesn't add to the "fun factor" either. Hopefully life resumes back to normal real soon.

Sarah Amick said...

It's been a real event around here hasn't it? We are keeping our fingers crossed here that all gets better for you and your family.
Sarah and Scott