ike update from mom

i talked to mom this morning for the morning ike update. i think my parents are doing ok. sounds like they are hanging out with the neighbors a little more. since they have a generator my mom has been washing clothes and hanging them out to dry. she is guessing they will have power by the beginning of next week. i can imagine it does get a little boring- especially at night. even though they had to wait about 30 minutes to get gas, they were able to fill up my dad's car and extra cans of gas for the generator. the grocery stores are open and so are most restaurants. things are slowly getting back to normal. i got a voicemail from my aunt. she sounded really tired and frustrated. we think her house in galveston sustained some wind damage to the roof but was spared from first floor flooding. she has not been able to see it for herself and i know that is wearing her down. fortunately the weather has been really nice since the storm so i think that is helping to keep people calm. our a/c has been off for the whole week! it has been nice sleeping with the windows open. i know this won't last forever though- i'm sure that next week we will have temps close to 100. i will enjoy it while we have it!