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Hurricane Irma

Well, that was quite the storm. We have no major damage or flooding, just a lot of leftover debris and anxiety. I barely slept this weekend but I managed to finish packing up LuLaRoe, cleaning out my room, and get a good about of knitting done. We ate horribly, watched a ton of Netflix, and I don't think I took a single vitamin. But I am blaming everything on Irma.

Today's post is just a breakdown of my feelings over the past three days during the hurricane. If you stopped by to see what I ate, I probably had Five Star Pizza, Chinese Takeout, and cake. Yup, it was one of those weekends.

The fear of the hurricane hit me hard Sunday night listening to the limbs fall on the roof above me. All weekend I experienced high amounts of stress (paired with terrible food) and IBS symptoms. We barely left the house so I didn't get much exercise until today when I packed up all of the LLR boxes and moved them to the garage. We stayed up late watching the first season of Sense8 and I convinced my husband to make a cake on Saturday which provided us sugar-rushes much of the weekend.

Thankfully, I had today off work because most of Gainesville was without power and our home was without WiFi and cell data. I am so happy we didn't lose power and I still had a day off. That was a wonderful surprise. I have to work tomorrow though...

Now I am just coming down from the stress and trying to remind myself that the hurricane is over, LuLaRoe will be over soon, and I only have to go back to my current job 9 more days. Just keep plugging away until it is all over, right?

Today is also the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Usually this day hits me pretty hard because I was at the site of the Twin Towers less than a year after the attacks. This year, I was so consumed by Hurricane Irma I barely thought about the attacks. I feel a little bad for this but we could have been facing another disaster in my home so I think I can get away with it this time.

Over and Out,
The Girl with IBS

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