God Love OCD Friends

4 days later, and hello again from Harrison =..= Yeah...

So…Reiko and he dad left…Friday? Saturday? God, I don’t even know…I’m pretty certain it was Friday though. Anyhoo. Yeah, she officially hates Arkansas…but I’m sure they’ll reconcile eventually.

Saturday was a blur of activity. Mom and I went to town, because oddly enough, I wanted to shop for clothes. I bought one pair of dress pants, two casual pants/shorts, and about 7 or 8 really great shirts. Then we went next door to Pay Less, and Mom got me some shoes. Or at least that was the idea. There was a buy one get one half off sale going on, so we were trying to balance things…in the end, I got 5 pairs of shoes and she got one…yeah...hardly seems fair. But she was in a generous mood, and I was feeling adventurous. So there ya go.

We had gotten calls Saturday from family and friends reporting damage and trying to reassure us that our houses were mostly alright. In fact, my parent’s old house is in worse shape than mine. I got a call...Some time Saturday, from Reiko. She asked me if I wanted her to go over and clean our my fridge for me. See, hurricane hits, right? Yeah, well, bad one comes and the power goes out. Power stays out for a long time with no generator….everything in your fridge congeals and then slowly melts. You’ve got a great amount of sludge leaking out of your refrigerator and freezer. We all know this. It’s a harsh part of living that far south. Anyway, Mom said that one of my cousins had gone over there, and she’d said that she would clean out our fridges. She called back to say that my house didn’t even smell bad or anything. So, I told Reiko, thanks but someone beat you to the punch. Well, she decided to go and check everything out anywayz, since she knows where all my spare keys are and everything.

She called back a little while later saying that my house smelled like ass. She checked my fridge and there was no cleaning done at all. So, she asked where my garbage bags and cleaner were, and I told her. A little while later, she called back and said that she was officially not hungry, that she cleaned everything out of my fridge (except candy and soda), and then she cleaned the fridge…and then, she hauled everything that resembled trash to the road, along with what few branches she could manage! Then, she went next door to my parents place and did the same thing for them!...you know, I know she’s bored and all, but she didn’t really have to do that. There are friends that you have to ask favors of, and then there are friends who just go above and beyond...Reiko is definitely that.

After she went back to her dad’s place, I thought of something. Ike. Yeah…big mess all over again. And it’s headed in our direction…again. So, I texted her, asking ‘how much do you love me?’. She replied with ‘oh, God. What?’ and I asked if she would mind going to my house and making sure my computer tower, books and DVDs were safely stored upstairs. She asked if I wanted her to pack up my movies and computer tower, and I was like ‘If you don’t mind…’ because I don’t know if Ike is going to hit around my area or not, but at the very least those things are protected. She enlisted some…help. And she went over to my place. I got a call from her… “You have power! Son of a-!!!“ So…power was restored to my house Sunday…obviously. She asked if I minded her staying there (since there’s air and she’s been such a help and all), and I told her I didn’t. She packed up all my movies, my computer tower and the box of pictures ranging within the last 50 years that my parents left with me. She called me later on to say that she had gotten extremely bored, and that she ended up cleaning my entire house….yeah…the whole thing. Then she said “I hope you don’t mind…but I took a shower.” And I’m like….”?...no. I don’t mind.” I mean… seriously. It’s not like I’m there to enjoy the power and all so…she might as well.

So, last night, she packed almost all of my valuables up (let’s face it…no one would be able to pack up my books. So I’m sort of satisfied with them being protected inside the shelves of my bed =..= I’ll have to be), cleaned my house, and had a movie marathon. Today, she’s meeting up with her Dad again and they’re going to her house in Hammond…then it’s evacuation blues all over again. Seriously? I’m so ready to go back to my house...

Oh yeah. Today was…long. Mom woke me up, yelling for me, around 8. She asked me to take her in to the emergency room. She said she’d been feeling so sick since about 3 in the morning (I scolded her for not waking me sooner). She let me get ready, and then we were out the door. I told her to give me some directions (we were in Sheila), and around 9:15, they finally got her a room. At 11:30, they determined (after several blood panels, a urine test, and some x-rays) that she merely had a virus. I brought her home and gave her some Ramen Noodle broth...and she took a benedril and went to bed. She slept till…oh…4 something. I’m pretty tired too, but I have a bad feeling about taking a nap. So, I’ve decided to stay up…till tonight after I shower, when I shall promptly fall into bed.

I’m hoping that if Ike does hit near my home, the damage won’t be too bad…or that it’ll be a very weak, fast-moving storm. I really…really…want to go home. I guess that’s all for now though. I gotta get back to Mom. I’ll talk later, Sunshines.

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