Saturday I was able to go down to Bismarck and spend some time with my really good friends Bob and Susan! I have known Susan for maybe 15 years or so. I truly love this beautiful woman!! I am very lucky to have her as my friend! I asked her where the nearest car wash was, since people in Minot don't have any car washes open due to the conservation of water. My car was filthy, it's never been that dirty, but it wasn't on my high priority list. Bob took my car and cleaned the whole thing up! It looked great!! I appreciated it so much!! He said he wanted to do something nice for me since I had been through so much!! How sweet!! these guys are great friends, we had a few cocktails, and some great food on the grill, it was a wonderful night and a much needed break from Minot and this horrible flood.
Sunday, Amy and I took off for a mother/daughter get away. We drove down to The Black Hills just for the day and spent the night in Spearfish. We had a great time, just driving around taking pictures, we traveled through Spearfish Canyon, this is my all time favorite place!! It's just beautiful down there and so calming, JUST WHAT I NEEDED. We took our shoes off and waded through a creek bed . It was so cold and refreshing, the water was clean, clear and beautiful!! Amy had a blast!! We then drove on to Crazy Horse, and stopped in Hill City and Keystone. We ended our trip in Deadwood, I had a great phone conversation with a good friend on the way out of Deadwood. I was so happy that he called!! We drove back to Spearfish and arrived around midnight!! What a great time!!
This morning, I realized that the three hours of sleep that I had last night was the best sleep I have had in two weeks!! We got dressed and started home. As we left Spearfish this morning, I realized something.. if Amy would have had a way back to Minot, I would not have come back!! I just couldn't stand the thought of coming back to this disaster!! I have always enjoyed coming back home after even a short trip, so these thoughts were very upsetting to me. I once again, realized that I don't have a home to come back to!!! Reality definitely set in!!
We drove into town, and as I do every day, I drove over to 6th Street. I have to see for myself each day how much the water has receded!! I can tell that it's not as high as it was. BUT.. we are still under a LOT of water in my neighborhood!! I saw on TV that the city is allowing some people in zones three and four to go back to their houses IF there is NO water on their lawns. While on Face Book a few moments ago, I saw a friend had been tagged in a picture from another friend. The picture was of a house that had been flooded with maybe four feet of water on their main floor. The damage it did to this house was incredible. I can only imagine what my house is going to look like!! My house is in Zone Four.. but it MAY be weeks before I am even allowed in the neighborhood!! Reality has definitely set in!!!
Having a nice day away from all the problems was great.. but you can't run from reality. The problems are still here. I am still homeless, I am still worried sick about what will happen, I still wonder where we will go and what we will do!! I can't run from it, I can't ignore it!! So.. I will keep on doing what I am doing.. taking one day, one hour or one minute at a time.. That's all I can do!! Reality has definitely set in!! Thanks for reading !!
Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows. ~Jennifer Yane
As Always~
Trish
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