This has been a crazy week, but what in our life is normal anymore? Bill has done well this week and hasn't needed to use his oxygen much at all. He still gets somewhat winded when he moves, but it could also just be habit. I had noticed that for months he would breathe really hard but when I would ask him about it he immediately stopped. So it might be more habit than anything. 

Emily's family didn't have any water for the first part of the week. A company working for the railroad hit the water line and the entire housing area they live in was without water from Sunday until Wednesday. So, they were here showering and doing some laundry, which of course kept me doing laundry to keep the towels available. 

We had an ice storm Tuesday night and the kids were out of school Wednesday. It wasn't a really bad storm, but the roads were bad enough that the buses couldn't run. We were forecast to get quite a bit of snow from the storm that is now hitting the east coast on Thursday night into Friday morning. I had already stocked up on groceries before the storm on Tuesday so we were ready for anything. The storm started with freezing rain about 11 pm and we got way more ice than they had predicted. It was snowing really hard by 4:15, but by 10 it was all over. We only got a couple of inches of snow, compared to the 4-6 we were supposed to get. If you're wondering why I know the times, I'm a storm junkie and couldn't sleep, so I was up and down. The forecast had been so dire that the schools announced closings before any of the precip started.

We did lose power a little after 10 yesterday morning so we were running on generator power until about 2. We knew that the air conditioner wouldn't run in the summer, but we thought that the furnace was hooked in to run. This was the first time we had to use the generator in the winter and the furnace did not run. It didn't get too cool and we didn't need to have a fire. Just kept the coffee going. So, this spring, when the weather is nice, we're going to have the generator switched from manual to automatic start and have both the air and heat connected. It will cost a little bit of money, but it will be worth it in the long run.

Bill's appointment in Memphis is Wednesday but I don't think we'll have to worry about the roads. It's supposed to get well above freezing from tomorrow on so they should be clear. I'll post again after the appointment to let you know what we found out.

All for this week. If you're in the path of this storm, hunker down and stay safe and warm. Until Wednesday or Thursday...