Gustav Update

Ok so here is my Gustav story before I start to forget things:

Let's start with Thursday August 28th.  Loyola decided to cancel classes on Friday, and they were going to kick everyone out on Saturday morning.  The plan was to re-open the school on Thursday September 4th.  Since classes were canceled on Friday, we decided to have an impromptu Hurricane Party, which was awesome and somewhat eventful as always.  So, the next day I had to get my hungover self up, drive from Kenner to Belle Chasse, shower, and drive 5 hours to Natchitoches all on 2-3 hours of sleep. 

Let's go back a little and give you some other possibly necessary information.  (It depends on if you want the full effect of my evacuation.  It's your decision to skip this paragraph).  My dad and my brother decided that they were going to stay home while me, my mom, and my brother's girlfriend were going to evacuate.  I pretty much had no say in it, but that's the way my life is, I guess.  My dad is in the local government, and I think he felt like he needed to stay.  My brother, on the other hand, just wanted to stay and help.  They helped build a sandbag-levee, which I think probably saved my house and everyone else who lives in the Belle Chasse or general Westbank area.  So, congrats to them.

Back to the story. So my hungover self drove to Natchitoches to evacuate.  We unpacked our 3 cars, and I passed out.  When I woke up the next morning, I found out that the people who took us in (and who also took us in for 4 months after Katrina) had family who were evacuating from Lafayette.  My mom decided that we would be intruding, so we drove about an hour to my grandparent's house in Mansfield, LA.  Mansfield is about an hour north of Natchitoches.  Still don't know where that is?  Google is you best bet of figuring it out.  Let me just say, it is the most po-dunk town I have ever been to.  My grandparents didn't have internet, and I couldn't steal wireless internet from anyone because NO ONE had it.  Seriously, the best thing about the town is probably what my grandmother calls "the mini Super Walmart."  So yea, I spent most of my time there at Walmart, studying (which was a big surprise to me), eating, and sleeping.  My grandparents drove the 3 of us up the wall, but I obviously still love them.

So, we decide Sunday that we were going to make the 7  hour drive to Memphis, TN (where it just so happens that some of my parent's friends were staying. Lucky coincidence, I think.).  So, Monday (today) we left Mansfield around 8:30 A.M.  I don't even start to think about getting up at 8:30. So, that was bad.  Plus, I hate driving long distances.  I get tired easily, and I hate the traffic.  I think next time I will just rent a chauffeur. 

That's everything that's happened so far, but I'll keep you updated later if things change (bc they probably will).

Oh yea. This is probably the best part of my week: I think y'all would like this. Yesterday, Garrett saw Wicked in Chicago, where Annaleigh Ashford is Galinda (She is #1 in my  TO DO BLOG). After the show, he waited outside the stagedoor and called me when she came by. He gave her the phone to tell me hello, but my call got dropped. I immediately called him back, and she answered!! She said hello, and had to go. Fricken amazing!I checked my voicemail a few minutes later, and she somehow left me a voicemail when she tried to say hi the 1st time. Best moment of my life...this week.