(the) Jebbica

After a two-day “vacation”, we went back to work today. The building was flooded, in addition to my car and house, so we were left to swim on our own for a couple of days. Today they decided it was dry enough to be productive.

We spent the first few hours of the day sweeping out water, with all the furniture and anything detachable hanging out outside. I think the general consensus was, “and they can’t hire someone else to do this?” I didn’t care; I was just happy to be back. The administrative office was in a shopping center in my hometown that went completely underwater, so the workers there are all dispersed amongst the other centers. Tensions and stress rise like the flood levels.

The rain isn’t over yet, but things seem to be looking up. While part of me would love nothing better than to drown myself in Blue Moon and chocolate cake, that’s no real way to be. It killed me to ask for help, though,especially after that lovely little “you can’t stay on my couch anymore” blog. Now who’s the one staying with someone else? Hopefully it won’t be for long though, even though my coworker and her family are perfectly lovely. I’m so, so thankful I have made the friends I have in the past year. Being proactive, I think, is the way to get out of any rut. I’ve talked with GEMA, and if you are a Georgia resident affected by the flood, I’d recommend doing the same. It’s not going to hurt, at any rate.

I should have my photos from the flood up in a day or so, and maybe once I get my thoughts together, a more cohesive and readable blog will be in order. Thank you everyone for all of your kind words and for thinking of me; please, please let me know if you are in this same situation and there is something I can do to pay it forward!

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I’m not sure whether this should be one story or four.

In a week, I lost my relationship, my new house, and my car.

There was a flood. But before that, there was a storm.

And yet, certain parts of this week have been the best, most liberating moments of my life so far.  I have done things I have never done before. I have seen things I have never seen.  And if I had to do it all over again, knowing that in the end I would be without home, car, or The Boyfriend, I still would.  I would do it all over again.  I could let this crush me, and it wouldn’t be that difficult a task. Because the rain is still not even over yet; they’re still searching for bodies, and there is more rain to come, which means there is likely to be more catastrophe on the horizon.  I am just going to have to refuse to let it defeat me and try to make the best out of it all–maybe even build a boat!  So, before I recount stories of the past few days, let me just stop for now and express my thoughts and concerns to all of you in the Southern states who are going through similar situations, and to those who aren’t as lucky as I was.  Best wishes to you all; may I sleep until October?

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I have been in a bit of a funk lately, for various reasons that have made me depressed, upset, angry, confused, and terrified.  I will spare you the details for now, until something is more concrete in my life and I know that things are going to go my way, but suffice it to say that it probably doesn’t help that I have to get my period during every SINGLE holiday (Seriously, Labor Day?  C’mon!).

So, even though I’ve been doing really well with eating healthy and have even dropped TWO PANTS SIZES, the past couple of weeks have called for a little chocolate therapy. There have been chocolate cupcakes. Ghiradelli chocolate turtle brownies. And today, a large slice of dry chocolate cake from a nearby restaurant.  And this cannot continue. So, I’m thinking, there has to be a way to indulge in chocolate therapy without having to loosen my belt again!

And so it was that I happened upon this recipe.  This cake looks delicious, doesn’t it? And the word from people who’ve made it say that the best thing about it is how moist it is–major bonus.  To me, I would say the best thing about it is that there’s no flour or sugar to speak of (blasphemy!). And I cannot WAIT to try it.  Because therapy is supposed to HELP with problems, not cause more.

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