Gustav has been a royal pain in my ass since he formed. We evacuated to Tuscaloosa, and WITH reservations at a hotel that we’d had since Thursday, mind you. After the 4 hour trip turned into an over 10 hour trip, it’s safe to say we were exhausted. When we got to the hotel, the real nightmare began…

We had to “check-in” at a window on the street. No lobby, no grand welcome, not a care in the world that we were evacuees. It was annoying, to say the least. And obviously, it was in a shady part of town. Everything else was booked though, and we needed a place to sleep.

When we got into the room, I thought S was going to vomit it stunk so bad. Then the light was flipped on, and we realized… we were at a real life roach motel. The roaches scattered.  I screamed. Hell no. No way were we staying there. We called the 800 number, and S and I both had our turns yelling at the idiot on the phone until finally, he hung up on us. We left, and chewed out the guy at the front desk and are supposedly, not going to be charged for any of it. If so, you can bet we’ll be raising hell.

We headed to Waffle House, it was after midnight, to try to regroup and find a place for the night. The crew at Waffle House were beyond rude, and never waited on us, so I chewed out some waitress and we left. I was in tears. Here we were, in Alabama with 3 kids and nowhere to go. Tired & hungry.

We called information to find out about any shelters in the area and they gave us all the info. We ate at a gas station, and headed to the shelter. It’s not been a bad experience, just a few bumps in the road (like a pervert scouting for kids, that I’ll tell you about later) but overall it’s a nice place, on a college campus, and the people have been extremely nice. Just waiting to hear when we can get back home. Hopefully tomorrow, but I guess we’ll see. Meanwhile, we’re living it up on our cot… which reminds me, S just texted me and said some brat dove onto my cot and collapsed it, so I guess I get to go throw a fit about that. I’m throwing a lot of fits lately, I think I am on the edge again…

The cops here are cute. Please excuse the camera phone pics. I don’t trust anyone enough to bring in the Nikon… lol

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