Woke up at 2 am and have been laying in bed worrying about Texas for three whole hours. Maybe it's stupid but there's an ig mutual staying with her family there, and they're smart and I'm sure will be okay but I can't stop thinking of the discomfort of freezing temperatures indoors, of trying to sleep under those conditions, worrying about if her grandma is warm enough, worrying about their lack of safe water, worrying about the dog...
So I've been awake racking my brain wondering if there is anything I could do to help that they aren't already doing, wondering if her phone battery will eventually die, wondering whether it'd be weird or even rude to ask if there's anything I can do, because I've never met this person in real life and I'm sure she has friends and family who probably already are bothering her with the same questions, and I wouldn't want to come across as pitying as if she's in need of charity if she's not.
Checked the weather forecast and it should warm up in a few days. I hope they have water, firewood, and lots of blankets and warm clothes. I hope someone has thought to get those heating packs for camping, or the weird trick I learned about keeping a heated potato in your pocket to stay warm if you're really in a pinch. Or that you can make a quick candle out of anything if you have a dish of olive oil or coconut oil and a piece of twine or fabric for the wick... Probably everyone knows these things? But she's kind of young and from a moderate-climate place so maybe she doesn't? I don't know. (Why am I such a girl scout?)
I'm going to try to sleep since I normally wake up in less than two hours. I can continue worrying about this when I wake up.
4:52 a.m. - 2021-02-18