Update~

Still not much to updated: the river crested, the world didn't end, we haven't floated away.

Thursday, Josh went and sandbagged in a neighborhood in way North Fargo from early afternoon til 10 p.m. He made some new friends (and actually remembered their names ;) ) and says that the people that they sandbagged for were friendly and super grateful. By the time he got home, his arms felt like jelly and he was pretty sore.

Friday, Bert's was going to close down early so Josh called the dealership to see if they needed any help or people to work, since a lot of people can't make it into town to work with the road closures. No one at the dealership answered the phone, so he called his service manager and was told that they were closed until further notice and that Luther was sending a company from the Cities here to build a dike around the building. That was around noon. He came home from work, thinking about going sandbagging again even though he can barely stand up straight, but decided by the time he got anywhere, they'd be done since they were shutting down at 6:00. At 5 or so, he got a phone call from his service writer at the dealership saying that they WILL be open on Monday after all.

Rumors started circulating early Friday afternoon that West Fargo Public schools would be closed all of the upcoming week so that the buildings can be used as emergency shelters. Great. I decide to make the executive decision that we will still have preschool unless something happens and the Sheyenne River ends up being a problem or there is flooding within West Fargo. That decision wasn't too complicated ~ it's kind of silly to cancel school if West Fargo isn't flooding, they're not using the church as shelter, and the Sheyenne isn't flooding. My real dilemma came when it came to deciding what to do about our field trips. I knew there was no way we could take the trip to the dental office, it's located on University Drive and a lot closer to water than I'm comfortable taking the kids when the river is like this. Tuesday's field trip was supposed to be to Coldstone Creamery, which is closer to West Fargo but by the time I factor in the fact that the bus service I use is located in Moorhead, chances were we wouldn't be able to get there anyways. Makes me sad because I know the kids will be disappointed, but at least we'll have something to look forward to on the April calendar!

Today, I am at home, making lunch/dinner/whatever it ends up to be for Josh and some friends that went to sandbag at someone's house. I was supposed to work at the store this morning until 3:30, but since the mall shut down, there's no fabric shopping for the Fargo-Moorhead area today! Chances are, we'll be closed tomorrow. We shall see....

I need to make the phone calls to the remaining families about school next week and then I am on a mission to get the baby's room cleaned out some more so it is ready to paint.

Hope everyone is staying dry and safe!