Never A Dull Moment...

I was enjoying the lull in business. All two days of it. We've been nonstop busy since the beginning of May and finally, FINALLY the kids disappeared. So those two days were great because this morning I took my twice-daily gander at NHC and saw this:



Wonderful. In case you don't remember from last year, impending doom storms mean we get to pack up the CAOS house and hunker down in some cave while the storm blows over. Today was the last day of operations for the hotel, and tomorrow will be spent packing everything up. And this hotel has a lot of things, let me assure you. Last year we at least had a little warning and had a full week to see that Dean was on its way. 36 hours ago, Gustav was a dinky little tropical wave and now it's a Category 1 hurricane, and expected to be a 3 by the time it reaches us. Don't worry, we're well prepared here in the homestead and have been for months. Ironically, my roommates and I went shopping for all sorts of perishable food yesterday because we wanted to do some real cooking now that everything is slowing down at work. With the storm coming, though, the fridge has to get emptied by Friday morning. I tell you, these next three days we are going to be feasting like kings!

I'll be updating this blog as much as possible over the next few days and after the storm to see how the island and I have fared. I'm sure that those of you in contact with my mother can also call her for any new updates. I have a feeling she'll be glued to the Winchester-Swann's emergency hotline. So yeah, there's never a dull moment here in the Caribbean. Even in the calm before the storm.