what a great couple of days! so the new chainsaw works pretty good. my friend len and i have spent the past couple of days cutting up the trees laying in our yards. it was funny, yesterday at my house, we kind of were wondering how to use them. “you ever used a chainsaw before?”, but now we’re professionals. we heard about a church group of mormons who’ll come pick up the pieces (and cut up any remaining trees that are already down) and put them near the curb. btw, fema still has not picked up the big pile of stuff in front of my house. i’ve seen the debris trucks in my area for at least a week. but anyway…

last night a couple of friends helped me staple up some plastic to seal off my attic. its a HUGE difference. awesome. my uncle came into town to spend the night, he’s working over in pascagoula getting a plant up and running again. we were able to fix my security system (a wire had come loose when the tree fell). :) so things seem to be somewhat normal around here, if not for the massive amounts of people everywhere and all.

i’m supposedly going to be able to meet the contractor who is starting on my aunt and uncle’s house tomorrow. hopefully i can get him lined up, then i can go to huntsville. while i’m not feeling much loyalty to either of my bosses right now, i would like to make the extra money. i don’t think it’ll be for more than a month.

used the new phone today as a speakerphone. laurin called when len and i were taking a break from cutting trees. she was stuck at work. so that was a fun conversation. :) plus the phone kicked some ass, i have never had a phone that could do speakerphone. the reception is good too, no longer can len complain that he can’t hear me. and now that i have all my numbers transferred over, its time to bid goodbye to my old phone.