Wednesday night things

 * Still working on the blanket. I won't be done before the storm hits.

* I made a few more preparations today. I thought about "how can I try to stay warm in the house if there's no power" and I remembered those shiny mylar emergency blankets, and hunted around online, and found the local Ace had them, and they do "order online for pickup." So I got that, and more batteries for my little headlamp and the radio/flashlight/phone charger. I also got one of those "hot hands" thing that heats up from a chemical reaction just in case. And ice melter.  

I also remembered to get my snow shovel out of the (detached) garage; if I needed it it would most likely to be clear my porch and steps FIRST.

* I got another half gallon of milk. Plains brand, not the usual one I buy, but I opened it at dinner (it had the shortest expiry date) and it's not too bad, so I can remember Green Spray has that for emergencies in the future. 

* I think if we lose power for a while and it gets cold, maybe I try to make sort of a tent over my bed with quilts and maybe the emergency blanket draped over chairs. It would be small, might not be possible to sit up in, but I thing that's preferable to trying to make a "sofa/chair fort" (like the Belcher kids did in that one episode of Bob's Burgers when the family's heat was out) because my floors get cold (crawl space under it) and it's also harder to sit or lie comfortably on the floor now. 

*it's really hard to tell, though. The OKC news channel (which we get for some reason) makes it sound like we're going to literally be wiped off the face of the Earth and we might lose power for over a week; they seem a lot more sanguine about things locally and I don't know whom to believe. I guess the current forecast is for a quarter inch of ice at most, which is at the border line of where things get bad - less than that and we're probably in the clear; more and power lines and things like cable will snap. 

* I did all the accumulated "clothing laundry" in preparation of maybe not being able to do it for a couple days. (Sheets, I won't worry about, or maybe I do a set tomorrow night). I could also take unused sheets and hang them up over windows to block cold. I don't love climbing up to do stuff like that but maybe I can use a broom handle to do the draping and stand down on the floor. 

*I guess I'm pretty good at making plans to be safe and all that, but you know? It's kind of exhausting and it's a little scary and worrysome to do it alone. I did warn my mom that if it gets bad, the best I might be able to do was a short phone call Sunday night to let her know I'm OK

 

I really hope we don't get a multi day power outage with the cold; that's a situation where you have to go to a shelter, and that is something I would find very stressful because of noise and strangers and being alone in a place with other people.