Hurricane Michael Thoughts

This entry is a running summary of "lessons learned;" a trait I learned in the Air Force.  Please go to the bottom of the blog entries for the first entry and work your way up - it will make more sense that way ;-) As I make blog entries, I will come back here when I think of things I did right, or wrong.  I will be the first to admit that in so many ways, I had a lot of "luck" on my side.  Having great friends who offered me Guest rooms, already living a lifestyle that was used to living out of a suitcase, etc.  But as Thomas Jefferson said (paraphrased), "I believe in Luck. In fact, I find that the more I prepare, the luckier I seem to become."  Done right/got lucky: Always prepped for a minimum of 7 days drinking water and food.  Additionally, when I knew I was going to ride it out filled the tub in the guest bathroom, which was pre-identified as the "panic room." Computers backed up and replicated on transportable laptops.  I had bee...

The plans are coming together, so I cant imagine I will have that much more to blog. 06/01 Just got hit between the eyes with the realization that Hurricane Season just officially started, shudder... 06/03 Got confirmation from the window company that the windows took a bit longer to make than anticipated but would be installed within the week.  With that, everything has fallen into place and we closed at Old South Land and Title at noon.  Nice folks.  Not sure where the June rent is, so we added a codicil to get our portion of the rent forwarded 06/06 Had to do a request to get the rentor's deposit transferred to Ami's company as she is now my property manager. 06/07 - 06/12 Took Jeff to Castle.  Pictures and Posts on facebook 06/17 Had not heard from PMS regarding the move, so I left a voice message hoping that Friday, the 21st was the next day they were doing an Ashley run. 06/18 PMS called back.  I had misunderstood, they do the runs regularily, ...