aftermath


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We just got power back this morning. Apparantly we had fish in the freezer – probably still there from when Bryan lived here. A day and a half without power doesn’t make fish smell very good.

I got very little sleep Monday night. It had little to do with the hurricane.

My window would shake as the shub outside banged into it. I would wake up sweaty and heart racing. Breathing was difficult. The air in my room was still and hot. Dim light outside made the storm clouds glow.

I calmed my breathing and my heart slowed. As it slowed, I could feel my heart beating irregularly.

Irregular. Flawed. Not normal.

The heat in the room fueled the internal storm. My stomach lurched. Just a few more hours to ride out.

The wind roared outside.