Gwenllian

Gas and Katrina

I'm in Mississippi and hating almost every minute of it!! hahaha I hate the heat, the mugginess and the bugs. I know there is one state that I will never agree to living in, and that is Mississippi. The only thing that would ever get me here is my brother and his wife! Ok, well, since I'm stuck here, thought I'd drop a post and let ya'll know I'm still on the face of the earth, albeit barely. My kids and I are staying in a cabin on my brother's property. Nice little modern thing, very cute, 1 bedroom. So 3 kids and I in this one bedroom. The other night I smell this nasty odor, but can't figure out wth it is, so we go to bed and after an hour of not being able to get this odor out of my nose, I told my older daughter to shut the bedroom door (since I knew the smell was coming from the kitchen, even if I couldn't find it) so she did. About 7:30 the next morning, my mother calls the cell phone, waking us all up. I tell her to come over (she's staying at my brother's) and figure out what this horrible smell is. She walks in the door and says "that's GAS!".....Well, I (obviously) haven't had a whole heck of a lot of experience with that smell, so I never even THOUGHT to check the stove. duh. In any case, my kids and I are very lucky to be alive. I think the only thing that saved us was closing the bedroom door. All we could figure was that my youngest (19 months) must of turned one of the knobs on the stove. Scared the you know what outa me. Oh yeah, and then...we get stuck here during hurricane Katrina, no less. That wasn't too bad, considering we mainly got the edge of it all. hehe But for this northerner, it was pretty scary. So, all in all, it hasn't been my favorite vacation, but it definately has been eventful. hehe BIG HUGS to all!!!! Oh, and Nok and Smab? Don't worry...its only Pai. :P

posted by Heather @ 8:45 PM