It's Here!

Today at church, in every meeting, they reminded everyone that the typhoon is coming and they were wanting to make sure that everyone was prepared. So, today after church we ran to the store to buy some more water and food to last us at least 3 days if it was needed. We also moved everything that was outside on our balcony, inside. We've shut up all our windows. We've moved our bikes to a better covered area. We've got flashlights. And, Joseph came by and gave us the key and alarm code in case of emergency and we need to leave our tin box and be in a safer, more sturdy area.

The wind started to blow harder around 5 pm and then on and off we've had strong wind and some rain. Nothing too bad yet, but the last time I checked the weather report, it said that the storm would actually hit Hualien around midnight and then everyone says that it will be the largest tomorrow. The worst part of the storm isn't supposed to last too long, only a few minutes, but all of the residual wind and rain can still wreck havoc so that's why we've got to be so ready. When Joseph stopped by to help me move the bikes and drop off the key, he told me that the preschool would be closed tomorrow. It's my last week, so I don't really want a day off, but I am teaching on Wednesday because Luke and Kaylene have to be gone by then because Beth is coming Wednesday afternoon and so it's really okay. The worst part about the school being closed is that I will have NOTHING to do all day, and I'll be stuck inside because tomorrow is supposed to be the worst of the storm.

In other news, at church today I signed up to feed the sister missionaries. There is a new branch mission leader and he came into Relief Society with a sign up sheet. He started it at the opposite end of the room and so I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to sign up for the day I wanted. I wanted to do it this Thursday because I don't have tutoring to worry about and I need to do it this week because I'm not sure what my plans will be in August. Luckily when it came to me, this Thursday was open. I turned to Sister Woods and asked her how I sign up to feed just the sisters (I can't feed the elders because it's just me and now priesthood in the house). She said that the new branch mission leader was American and so I could just write on there "I want to feed the sisters" and so I did. Hopefully the stores will be open again by Wednesday so I can pick up the supplies I need. They announced that the missionaries only have from 5pm-6pm as their dinner time. That means that I'll have to book it out of class (school ends at 4:30pm) and make sure everything is prepped as possible before my last lesson. As long as the stores are open, I'm going to make chicken cesar salad with garlic bread, corn on the cob, and fruit. I'm way excited.

Luke was in charge of dinner for tonight. He made tuna in a coconut sauce that we put over rice. He was thrilled about it and he loved it beyond belief. The rest of us, however, were not as fond of it. It tasted alright, but no one but Luke had too much of it. For dessert we had the cheese cake we bought yesterday. It tasted pretty good, it had chocolate cookie on top. But it was way rich and I ate too much of it so now I'm a little sick.

Ever since dinner I've been doing some reading and some fiddling on the computer, but I'm not having an easy time keeping myself entertained. And what's worse, it's not even tomorrow yet, where I'll be locked inside ALL dang day. I hope I survive. Thinking about it, I'm more worried of surviving the boredom then I am surviving the storm. I don't know, maybe something will happen tonight that will make me more afraid of the storm (but hopefully not).