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So my grandparents have been wonderful in relaying any information they hear from Slidell on to me, and then tonight I heard from my brother! For anyone who knows me you know how much I love my brother. It seriously made my week to hear his voice, but the worst part of my week was having to say goodbye. He was at my Aunt Sondra’s house loading up on supplies to bring back to Slidell tomorrow. He even told me that my mom is going to Baton Rouge on Sunday and is going to call me!!!!! I can’t wait for that. I don’t think I’ve ever gone this long without talking to my momma. Stewart filled me in on all the details of Slidell. Evidently our house got 2 feet of water in it! I just can’t even imagine. That is absolutely unbelievable to me! During the ‘95 flood we were an island but the water came nowhere near reaching our house. I am just in shock. I feel terrible that I’m not there to help out. My car is finished. She no longer runs. Hopefully I will get to say my goodbyes to her. She was a great car for the past eight years, and the only car I have ever had. It’s sad to see her go. Funny thing is that I told some friends here that if anything got destroyed in the hurricane I was hoping it was my car (nice excuse to get a new one). Well I guess that wish came true, but now I’m sad about it. I think I’m more sad that I’m not there to go through this with my family. I just wish I could help. Stew said there was really nothing I could do and the best thing right now is that I am in school. This was his last year of law school but now he’s not sure because Loyola is done. I just can’t believe that all this is happening. It’s been one thing for me to watch it on the news, but when it’s relayed to me by my family it sinks in that this is real and it’s affecting people I love. I’ve said this before, but I never want to be this far from my family again. Even if I were in the US I could home and help out. I don’t even have an airport to fly into to get home right now!! Well I am going to go to bed. It’s been a long week and I’m going to try to sleep in tomorrow then get some work done. I need to get back on track. My thoughts and prayers are with all of my friends and family. I hope you all are safe, and know that even though I’m forever away I’m thinking about you constantly. I LOVE YOU!
~M