10:31 a.m.

Still windy. The rain has stopped for a bit. Hurricane John has slowed down significantly, from about 14 mph to 7 mph. That's not necessarily a good thing. If it had continued at the higher speed, the theory is that it would be here and gone. If it slows, well, obviously, the storms slows and lingers. (Not what we want.)

The "big stuff' was/is supposed to hit us around 11:00 a.m. (in 28 minutes), and I'll be surprised if it does.

I'm totally and 100% over the waiting for hurricanes. Ugh.

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Earlier this a.m. we had a bit of water in the house. It seeped in through the low-lying door and the slope that has created a small pool outside next to the family room wall and due to ill-arranged sand bags. Presently, everything's dry (for the most part), the furniture is on bricks, and all is well.

We (my sister, brother, niece, nephew, nephew's friend and I) all enjoyed a superb french toast breakfast (thank you T.). We'll soon be embarking on making pasta for dinner. Just to be ready.

So - that's that.