Zephyr

My husband's store is underwater!!! The levee broke before they got the production area cleaned out so basically they've lost everything. Here's hoping he gets to keep his job. If not, that might mean permanent evacuation from Iowa City for the Laskowski family.

This flood thing sucks. We've been busy sandbagging (trying to save Zephyr store #2), riding our bikes, gawking and taking photographs. I'll try and post the photos soon, but my digital camera pooped out on me so have to go the old-fashioned route.

We felt like ants yesterday. We were working with a group of about fifty people...none of which were "in charge" or who actually knew one another. So we just worked together to sandbag the building which will probably be hit by at least three feet of water today. Who knows how much higher it's going to get!? It was so strange working with so many people. I'm still reeling at how quickly we worked and what a great feeling of accomplishment we shared when we finished the building. None of us had ever even been in a flooded area before, but somehow our instincts kicked in and we figured out how to save the fort. I learned a lot about people yesterday and it was a good feeling for an old jaded cynic like myself. I'm still reflecting on it all.

We're having sort of a sad father's day without the boy. He's visiting both sets of grandparents until June 28th. Fortunately for him he's missing all the proverbial waterworks. He hates storms, so I'm glad he's not having to witness any of this. He's been through enough over the past twelve months...I'm glad he doesn't have to see his favorite city fighting to *ahem* stay afloat.