Pre storm photos- scroll down to see the water rise before the power goes out. 
Post Storm water on campus- my building is the one on the left about 6 hours after the eye of the storm passes through
So I am still very unproductive at work. Still no diH2O, no autoclave and certainly no animal work. I am currently putting together a fellowship due in January, but with the deadline so far away I am not very motivated to get much done on it. It seems like much of the day is set aside for chatting. It is actually therapeutic to tell our experiences and how we are getting by. Most are still dealing with FEMA and windstorm insurance. Others that will be rebuilding are waiting on a green light from the city or the availability of a contractor. This weekend Ryan and I spent 2 full days picking up donated furniture from Houston and delivering it to Galveston students. It was quite miserable because there were so many homes, so many items and Houston is BIG. We only got half of the items, so we will be at it again this weekend too.
Post Storm water on campus- my building is the one on the left about 6 hours after the eye of the storm passes through
my building is out of the photo, but on the right side. This boat is about 200m from the bay on the left!
So I am still very unproductive at work. Still no diH2O, no autoclave and certainly no animal work. I am currently putting together a fellowship due in January, but with the deadline so far away I am not very motivated to get much done on it. It seems like much of the day is set aside for chatting. It is actually therapeutic to tell our experiences and how we are getting by. Most are still dealing with FEMA and windstorm insurance. Others that will be rebuilding are waiting on a green light from the city or the availability of a contractor. This weekend Ryan and I spent 2 full days picking up donated furniture from Houston and delivering it to Galveston students. It was quite miserable because there were so many homes, so many items and Houston is BIG. We only got half of the items, so we will be at it again this weekend too.We had an inspector out to the house today and he said that we may need to replace the shingles on one side of the house because they were loose, but luckily there was no water damage in the attic or elsewhere. I think our windstorm deductible is about $600, so this may end up hurting a bit. FEMA won't be helping us because we didn't have to live anywhere else nor were we in a 'mandatory evacuation' area.
Unexpectedly, we have been infested with ghost ants since the storm. We finally had to call out an exterminator because the 50 ant baits throughout the house seem to be doing little. I've had to move the cat food from one end of the kitchen to the other to prevent the ants from finding it temporarily. Luckily we have not had to throw out any food.
On a happy note, we will be coming home for Christmas. Not that we can really afford it with all of the extra expenses lately, but for our sanity, need to. I found out last week that I received 2 scholarships, one for being dedicated to our graduate student organization and the other is an academic scholarship. They were a blessing right now.
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