Oh man, boy do I need one! Yeah a man! I need one! I want someone to cuddle with and sweet talk and do all of those gross things! JK they aren't gross. I have to spend hours studying today and when I study I get horny! The last time I went to the library to study half the time I was imagining someone throwing me against a bookshelf and ravaging me! I'm kind of scared to go there today cause I'm afraid I might fantasize the day away! It would be fun but I know with 3 tests on Monday I need to buckle down! I wish someone would buckle me down! Okay with that said I'm gonna try and get some work done!

It is Sunday or rather Monday morning! Unfortunately today I heard some bad news about my family. Luke went back home to gather up some more clothes and he said that the townhouse is destroyed. The first floor was flooded and you could tell where the water line had been. Everything on the first floor was completely destroyed. On the second floor my parents have a tree in their bathroom and the only rooms not destroyed were Luke and Matt's rooms. Luke said the whole house is so bad they should just bulldoze it. Dad is going to travel back on Tuesday with a U-Haul to pack up whatever can be salvaged. They have decided to stay in the D.C. area and try to find my dad a job. Luke has officially transferred his job from New Orleans to Houston, TX and is going to try making it on his own. Hopefully he will find an apartment to rent soon because they are being filled up fast. Everyone please keep my family in your prayers!
Also I'm trying to get financial help from the school to cover the rest of my tuition for this semester, unfortunately I have a funny feeling that they won't be willing to help, but we will have to see.

Oh dear God. I didn't fully realize until tonight just how bad things were in New Orleans. My family won't be able to move back there! I don't know if they have come to that conclusion yet, but it's the truth. They said Matt's school won't be back in session until atleast January and that's hopeful thinking. Luke evacuated to Houston, Texas with a friend, which would have been fine but there is no way to get a hold of him because all 504 area code cell phones are down. We have no other way to track him down. My parents are refuges! My parents have no home with running water or electricity for several months. To top it off they were already in a financial bind with sending all three of their kids to school and having my mom be the only person to bring in a steady paycheck. Dad was just hired as an interm priest at a church in New Orleans, but as you can see he won't be able to start that. We still don't know if their townhouse is standing or damaged, the inside belongings will not be able to be accessed for a while, that is if they still exist or if they haven't been stolen by then.
I wonder if the school will pardon my parents financially...probably not, but wouldn't that be a blessing! It's difficult to think that I probably can't go home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. We will all have to stay with relatives.
My uncle Jim called me today to let me know that my parents were coming up to Winthrop, which wasn't all true. It was true that they were thinking about it, but false in that this trip would be made immediately. I definitely want to see them and be able to talk with them face to face about everything. We haven't even been able to hold a phone conversation, it's been pretty much aim and e-mails. This is such a tragedy to think of a whole city in such disarray. The people being rescued often are left with nothing but the clothes on their back and with nowhere to go. It seems evident to me that there needs to be some definite plans of action to begin restoring the city and that those plans need to be put into action very soon. The chaos down there needs to end quickly. I believe that is all I have in me to type tonight so with that said Goodnight New Orleans!