The plywood is in place (thanks to our new best friend Lonny) so we are now getting the house ready. We have moved all of our stuff upstairs and are going to pack up and then put trash bags over important things like the laptop, I-home etc. The problem is not the wind as long as we stay in, its the flooding so we want everything off the ground. After some house rearranging this morning, we ran over to the college to check on progress there and then Katie biked back here so now both our bikes are at the new residence and safely stored in the upstairs bedroom. I went to the hardware store to get some sealant foam that Lonny recommended to use on doors as the water rises and we also stopped at Fosters and got some marinating sauce as well as treating ourselves to some cake and soda. We are having steak, corn on the cob and the cake for dessert tonight, morbidly we joke about our last supper with electricity for a while. Our neighbor Keith says it was six weeks after Ivan before electricity was restored in this neighborhood. The government is better prepared but who knows what will happen this time. The track is back to right at us and it has slowed which is bad news too. Today is a beautiful day in Cayman, hot and humid but the waters are clear and the sky has just a few clouds, you would never know something was up (except if you go to a hardware store or supermarket where it is organized chaos).
I used to think my enduring memory of Cayman would be the sound of the free range roosters. This may change Sunday night and Monday morning but right now the sound of Cayman is drills and saws as everyone boards up.
Will update this evening.
Mother's Day and Week 16 ultrasound
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