Still trying

Still haven't been able to speak to Mom and Dad but I spoke to Uncle Wayne again yesterday and he said that Grandma fell on Tuesday and broke her arm! I don't know all the details yet but Grandma has been in a bad way for a while. She's suffering from dementia and gets confused easily. Mom has had to find a nursing home that can take Grandma temporarily because her nursing home in Silsbee was damaged in the hurricane and won't reopen for at least a month.

I bet Mom is going nuts right now. Dad has been home for a few days but Mom and Grandma are still and Uncle Wayne's. They only got electricity a couple of days ago but the electric is still out in Silsbee and they're not letting people go home yet. Nikki managed to speak to Mom on her mobile and Mom said she was going to try to sneak home by going late at night. I haven't heard if that worked or not. I know she's desperate to get home and start cleaning up the yard and getting things organised. Nikki said that they could buy a generator and a window air conditioning unit (the temp has gone right back up to 95 degrees) and FEMA would reimburse them. The problem is finding these things because everyone wants them. It must be such a nightmare.

I know the little things like not being able to wash clothes will be wearing Mom down. She's usually immaculate. She's the kind of person who would iron her underwear if she thought we wouldn't tease her about it. The thought of having just a couple of changes of clothes for over a week will be really hard for her. I hope she managed to get home where at least she can be in her own space and I know she'll feel better if she can get busy on the house. As far as Dad is concerned, I think he's been moving prisoners and sleeping at the house at night. I haven't heard anything about Jon, Angie and Dyllin though. I've tried to ring Dallas but Mark, the friend they're staying with, had a full voivemail inbox so I couldn't even leave a message.