Update

Nothing new. My car is safely in a garage a block away (up high). The wind is picking up, but nothing scary, and the clouds are starting to fill the sky. My neighbor was hemming and hawing about staying, and he finally decided to stay so he is off relocating his car. I'm very relieved he's staying - that means I won't be completely alone. My next-door neighbor, Doc, is here, but my downstairs neighbor is also a co-worker and great fun (and I know him better than Doc).

Oh, and for the annonymous comment-poster --> that quote you posted is about Galveston. My area is an evacuation area, yes, but I'm at the furthest point. Besides, I don't live in a house. I'm safer than those in houses.

I've been watching lots of ABC, CNN and the Weather Channel. Their pictures do look quite frightening, but I'm not worried anymore. Or maybe I'm not worried because I just ate a bunch of sugar cookies. I decided about 30 minutes ago that I needed chocolate. I did not, however, buy any and the stores are closed. Luckily I had eggs, butter, flour, sugar and vanilla. I therefore baked sugar cookies, which are just as good as chocolate. I don't have baking powder nor baking soda, but I decided to make them anyway (I'm not a baker, by the way). The end product is actually quite tasty. They're not cookie-ish because of the lack of baking powder and soda; they're more like madelines. But they're sweet and cake-y and will be dunked in coffee, so it's all good!

I'll post later. My last post will be right after my electricty goes off. I'll keep my laptop on enough to send that word, but then won't have my laptop on for a while. If you have my cell number, you can send me text messages.

Cheers!