Loose ends - that kind of summer

It used to be I thought I had things to say, ideas to share and, face it, warnings of potential problems to come in our everyday world and, hopefully, ways to be ready for them.

Somehow this summer, it all started to either come apart or disappear!

My life is normally pretty structured: go to doggy obedience school (with the dog),  garden,  try to prepare for things not going as well as hoped and somehow in the middle of all that, keep my friends close and my not so friends at least in sight!

A long time plan to go out to South Dakota in August for 3 weeks pretty much derailed the normal flow of my world.  Not that I didn't want to go, I just actually didn't know how to plan for it - me:  the quintessential planner.

Who

Knew

Along with all the non-planning (not much garden - no canning or pickling or relishes to make) there was travel planning to do - meals en route, apps to put on my phone so we could find fuel and RV parks and not just go blundering around hoping one or both fell into our laps.

What I appear to be getting at is I haven't had what I considered to be a shareable thought for months!  Every time I had a few minutes to think, my brain turned off.

So here we go into another fall season (read: hurricane season to be shortly followed by winter) and I would be remiss in my self-imposed duties if I didn't get back on that soap box and remind you:

Lay in supplies for when you can't get to the store or when the stores are empty (check out the Carolinas right now!)

Make sure you have enough water stored so if you can't get your faucet to provide any, it's not such a big deal.  Doesn't have to be fancy, just available!

Have flashlights handy and keep your car filled at least 1/2 full of fuel - if you need to leave, you need to be able to.  And you need to be able to see your way to do it!

You do not want to be "that guy" who never gets even a little prepared and is caught with his proverbial pants down and/or up that famous creek.

This is a little scattered - ok, a lot scattered - but see if you can at least put your mind to being the one who is ready when something like a bad storm hits - just think - you could be this guy!