"Catastrophic"

Maddie had chapel this morning, and of course that's not a catastrophic thing at all.  How great and wonderful it is that Emma picks her up on Thursdays, the two of them sharing a coffee and heading into chapel together.  It's just such a nice thing.  

Here they are above with Ansley, another wonderful person we work with at KidPak.  They're walking in to get ready for service.

Got another Elvis post card today, as I'm still virtually marching along around Memphis here, all while watching Elvis movies that I haven't seen before.  Today I was in the Wild West with the movie "Charro!"  It's a movie that you only hear one Elvis song at, right there during the opening credits.  And that's it for the musical numbers - the rest of the movie is soundtrack, and old-school western tropes.  It's fun, kind of slow at the start, but there are moments that work.  I'm not sure which one I'm watching next, but I'm about halfway through the virtual path now and on movie number six!

Okay, pretty slow day today as we brace for impact.  I was able to get some wood for the fireplace, just in case power goes out - and by the sound of it, a lot of people will be losing power.  They are using words live "catastrophic" or "devastating" to describe this weekend:

You can see here that we're in the "CATASTROPHIC" zone.  Yes, that's right, we have meteorologists now predicting a catastrophe for us this weekend. 

As a refresher, the definition of "catastrophe" is simple, as explained to Felix above.  It's from the Greek.  It means a misfortune, a cataclysm, or a serious calamity.  And so yeah, the stage is set for this weekend as to what this ice will be like for us. 

Moving on, today we were doing a good bit of work for our skit for Better Together in a few weeks, plus some limited work on the booklet for March.  Mom was deep in the closets upstairs cleaning them out and getting the housework done a good bit.  Maddie was at taekwondo tonight to help instruct first, and then join the leadership class a bit.  She loves that class, and I'm glad we could make it.  We'll be there tomorrow too, as things are quite catastrophic yet by that point.

Tonight Mom was wanting to return to Neverland, watching the movie "Hook" together.  That's another one we love dearly.  All of it is magical.  I remember seeing this in theaters, and it just brings back such warmth and joy of a time long gone. 

Maddie started a puzzle today, her Buc-ee's puzzle she got at Christmastime a few weeks ago.  She's just getting started with that one, but it'll probably be on the table during the catastrophe.  We read tonight from our book, just a short bit, and after that it was time for prayers - and sleep.  We get to sleep in tomorrow, and that's great.  There are a lot of supplies being sold out tonight at grocery stores and elsewhere.  The panic is setting in for folks, which is what generally happens when meteorologists use words like "catastrophic."