The Aftermath...

So we left San Antonio and headed back to Houston this morning without any problems. Traffic wasn't bad on I-10; we drove along with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Army National Guard caravans as they were traveling to Houston. As we got closer and closer to Houston, we were amazed at all the sign/billboard damage and the windows that were out, but nothing seemed too bad (being on the West side, we didn't see all the flooding).....then we took the exit to go to our house.

Here's a picture of Richmond Ave right in front of our house; boy am I glad we own a Yukon!!!


Me following behind Greg's truck as we drove to his parents house in SugarLand (since we didn't have power at our townhouse). We're such the stereotypical Texans-I have a Yukon and he has a Dodge truck....no good gas mileage for either of us :)

This was the big shocker for us....This is the tree Greg usually parks under and is about 5 feet from our front door. We were all blessed that it fell the way it did; it tore up the sidewalk and the lightposts, but didn't hit the building or any cars.

We lost our little cute tree that I love....I guess all the trees around here have pretty shallow roots...

What we walked home into...

The ceiling above the stairway.

The hallway ceiling.

Apparently the wind knocked off some of the shingles and it started raining into the attic, which saturated the ceiling in our hallway and the guest room. One of our dressers (a brand new white one) has some water damage (Note to self: next hurricane don't leave a purple piece of paper sitting on a white dresser-it bleeds through). The stairway carpet and the guest room carpet are pretty wet, so we hope mildew doesn't set in.

I know it's a little selfish/silly of me, but I was most worried about checking the bathroom walls and ceiling to make sure there was no damage there....I just finished painting!!! Everything there seems fine-most of our damage was to the hallway and guest room, and a little in our living room, so nothing terrible.

The good news is that our HOA should cover the damage, and if not, we have insurance, so we won't be out much. It's more the stress of having to deal with all this now (on top of work, baby stuff, Aggie football tailgating, Volleyball season just starting, etc). My school district is closed for at least 2 days, so that's nice :) but Greg has to go in to work tomorrow.

We're staying with his parents in SugarLand for the time being until we get power back. Greg and I have been so blessed; no matter what, we have each other :)