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john the sartorial genius so from where we sit, the impact of hurricane isaac was pretty minimal. i know there are other areas that were much more negatively impacted, and our thoughts and prayers are with them. but here at our house, we were without power for less than 24 hours and we're getting close to back to normal. it was definitely an adventure keeping a two-year-old occupied when elmo, yo gabba gabba, thomas, and bob the builder were not an option. john did seem to understand that the tv was "broken," but he didn't like it at all. we had a lot of fun playing yahtzee and coloring, and we read about a billion books by lantern light. overall, it was actually pretty fun. daddy had to go back to work today, so john and i ventured across town to visit our family and see how everyone else was holding up. a lot of baton rouge is still without power, but they have a generator over there so they're holding up just fine. and we were in for a lovely surpris...

suddenly i want to make spaghetti for dinner. if you haven't heard, there's a hurricane in the gulf that's going to eat the universe. ok, maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration. (tho not much of one if you believe the alarmists!) the bad news: we're in for some rough weather overnight and tomorrow. tons of rain, some damaging winds for sure, likely power outages, etc.  the good news: isaac seems not as big and bad as they feared even yesterday, tho it is officially a hurricane now and will certainly bring yukkiness this way. as you can see from that map, louisiana is getting a direct hit. and pretty much every model has the storm coming straight through baton rouge. the mall is closing at 3pm today, at which point i'll be heading home to hang with the family and continuously drug the dog. (wouldn't you do the same?) i'll update as much as possible, and as your resident wind-fearer i'm a little bit terrified, but i have a ...