Hurricane Sandy day 2

When I was in high school my parents and I took a road trip to Detroit. We took the old Cadillac because we were going for a big car show. It was also supposed to be my first time leaving the country because we were going to day trip to Canada. Well we got almost there and the power went out for a quarter of the country. It was something with the grid. I'm not sure if any of you remember it, but I sure do. There were no street lights and it was downpouring. We got to the hotel and we showered in cold water in the dark. We could only use the bathroom if it was an emergency because it wouldnt flush. And we had no food. We were listening to this radio that barely told us anything. After we ate a granola bar my dad decided we needed to turn around and leave. We had to try to get out of town into where they had power before we ran out of gas. But we were in the Cadillac so that involved doing the math to make sure we could make it. All in a strange city. It was so scary! But we made it to Ohio and got gas and just drove home. So when they tell me to prepare for a hurricane in my own house, I dont get too worried (and we all know Im a worrier). After that blackout, this was a walk in the park. I was home with my parents, we had computers, cell phones, food, and a bathtub filled with water in case we needed to flush. We had snack, books, flashlights, and water. It was a nice day off. I've had the most enjoyable hurricane!

Here is a throwback picture from the blackout and a current picture of our backyard.

Hurricane day

I've had many snow days in my life, but this is my first hurricane day. School is cancelled today because they want us all off of the roads preparing for the storm. It seemed silly to me to cancel school before the rain even started but all of the local towns did. I went home last night prepared to spend today laying around the house in my pajamas. However, my plans quickly changed because I lost power already. It was barely even raining! So I packed my bag and my flashlight and slept at my parents. They still have power. So far I've watched about 5 hours of tv and made carmel corn with my mom. Its been the best hurricane day ever!

Viewers

I usually update my blog from my phone. Today I was on my computer and I checked it from there. On your computer you can see your stats and I hadn't checked my stats lately. I was so pleasantly suprised! Last week I had 48 viewers and I have a follower! Yay!

Walkie talkies

At our staff meeting today some of us got instructions on how to use our new walkie talkies. We were all sitting in a room practicing using them. Then the boss went into the hall to page each of us on the walkies. After she was done she asked if she missed anyone. This one lady yells really loud, "you missed me". She totally forgot she was holding the walkie talkie. The rest of us were rolling we were laughing so hard. It was the highlight of my day. Like something from a sitcom only she wasn't doing it to be funny.

Why didn't I think of that

As I was sitting on my couch eating my usual ice cream with peanut butter, Danielle sent me this picture. I should have invented that. It's two of my favorite things!

Jack o lanterns

On Sunday we went to a corn maze and then picked pumpkins. I haven't carved a pumpkin in such a long time. I still did the same face I always use to do though... why mess with a good thing!

God bless you, Ted

I felt like Barney Stintson today. I was out to dinner with some friends and Katherine mentioned that she didn't know I bought a motorcycle. (Earlier that day Thomas said the same thing.) So Kate quickly jumped in with "haven't you been reading her blog!?" She then went on to rattle off the web address from memory. So, god bless you, Kate, you're reading my blog! :-)

Kids say the darnedest things

Student 1: I cant wait to go to Disney next week!
Student 2 mocking (or trying to): Oh you're going where Scooby is from
Student 1: No I'm going where Ariel lives.

Student to me: You should always stand next to Mr. V because it makes you look skinny
(Please note that Mr. V is probably 3 times my size) She was trying to give a compliment haha

Random button

My hand slipped on my keyboard and I hit this random button today. I usually get nervous when that happens. Turns out a calculator popped up. Who knew! That's so useful. I wish I knew it was there earlier.

Take 2,537,361

After what felt like a million tries, this is the best shot of us at our friends wedding. Sad isn't it. You don't even want to see the other takes. You're just going to have to take my word for it. The room and people all looked nice and the ceremony was pain free.

Geek chic

My family has gone for the geek chic look lately.

Lookin good

It takes a lot of people, time, and energy to make us look good. Since me, my mom, and my dad had a wedding the same day my brother had another one, everything was happening all at once. Here Thomas is figuring out his hanky, my dad is shining his shoes, and my mom is ironing his shirt.

Sweats

Temperatures in the 50's and all day drizzle. You know what that means... sweatpants!

OC block party

Once a year Ocean City has what they call a block party. Its actually about 7 blocks of craft and food vendors mixed in with random live music. Here is an example of the type of rockers this event attracts.

Stupid things

Some people do stupid things. Some people do really stupid things. The rest of us can be thankful that our mess ups are really not that bad in the grand scheme of things. So good job to those of you that just made average mistakes today.

Footsie pajamas

Target sells footsie pajamas for adults! My mom is definitely getting a pair of these for Christmas.