Winter!

We had heavy, wet snow here in Durham, NC, last night.

The power is out.

Which means the phone system here is also out. I can’t call up to the main building to see if they have the little comforts like heat, a working kitchen, etc.

One of the things people with eating disorders do is stay home and isolate.

We have a different type of isolating going on here today.

They have shoveled the path to my apartment but it is not clear all the way to the curb and they haven’t shoveled the cross path on my side of the street.

So, if I go out I need to walk through wet snow that is several inches deep to get to the cleared sidewalk on the other side of the street.

Thus, I was pleased to see someone coming up my path this morning.

It turns out many of the staff stayed here last night so they wouldn’t have to figure out how to get in to work this morning. Durham doesn’t often have this type of weather so they don’t have the snow removal systems we have in Minnesota. Here everything just pretty much shuts down.

Now the staff are going door to door assuring people that the kitchen has a gas stove so they are making limited breakfast items. And we can have it delivered.

So I am staying home this morning where I can wear lots of layers without caring who sees me.

And breakfast is coming to me.

And I have a cell phone number I can call if I truly need something.

Hopefully the rest of the paths will be cleared by noon and I can go up for lunch.

I hope.

TTYL,

Linda