This is a little late of a journal, because we've been getting ready and was in the middle of traveling. We've been in central Florida for 13 years and been through so many hurricanes. But Hurricane Irma is huge and powerful. Originally my parents were going to visit my grandmother's in PA as she's getting older in years and her dementia is progressing. With the hurricane coming we weren't really keen on just me durring a Cat 4 hurricane home alone with the animals. So we came up together to PA to see family and get out of the storm. With the traffic and frequent stops for the dogs it was a collective 24 hours in the car. We've met a lot of other people evacuating on the way up. Everybody is friendly and helpful, striking up conversations about your plans and connecting over the mutual crisis. The animals did extremely well in the car. I think my rabbits weren't too happy with having to stay in their dog crate for such a long time but now that we're at our destination they have their pen set up. Claude was staring at me the entire time, the silly boy. We're not quite sure when we'll be back, especially depending on if Jose will back off. However I have my cintiq with me, so if anybody wants a commission I have all the time waiting around for this storm to go away. xD

Everybody else who also are or were in the path of Irma, I wish you, friends, family to be safe.