hurricane irene

i wasn't taking all of these hurricane warnings all too seriously until... well... i just started imagining my parents deck patio furniture flying into our neighbors' house or into their pool or something.... so, i took a last minute and quick trip home to their house to secure everything.  what a pain.

thankfully the neighbors helped me secure the grill cuz i had no clue what to do about that... everything else.. well, let's just say the kitchen and garage look like large storage closets.  whatever... my college buddy tomo came down from nyc to hang and go through this hurricane together and well... just do work... before we hit the sack last night we watched the first half of the usa brazil women's world cup replay... great half... sadly i missed most of the world cup this year while i was in india...

the dinner spread

had a good day today, eating lots, celebrating garcey's bday, prepping for the hurricane, coffee shop hopping, doing some work, running through rain, eating.. oh i said that already... sometime during the day my dad called from his china phone number but calling from brazil telling me to check for an email they just sent me which said:  NJ is closer to water than PA. do NOT go to NJ home. stay in PA.  thx for the tip...  how fortunate that whenever there is a major storm or natural 'disaster', the entire family is in some other country leaving me here to hold down the fort in the states...  fun times.

camped out in the living room

i've got mixed thoughts about this hurricane. it's kind of bizarre. i mean, it's somewhat scary but also oddly there's this slight feeling of excitement... perhaps it's my optimism that everythign will just be fine... knowing we don't really know and we should prepare... but... i don't know... it's weird. it's been a fun day i have to admit... although when they were announcing tornado warnings on tv for our county, a few hairs did rise... i mean, you can't just announce these warnings and not tell us what to do about it... we prepped, i think, because we don't really know what it means to prep, but we did what we thought we should do, and now, we're just waiting it out... sleeping... together... 4 girls... in the living room of the house... camping style. we tarped up the windows near us, and are ready to run down to the basement if need be.  other than that, our bellies are full, we've got plenty of food and water, and we're enjoying each other's company and hoping for the best.