Party like a Hurricane

Where was I when the first hurricane in almost 50 years hit the Northeast? At my job. Was hoping I would be able to leave early but afterward I took a short drive into Philadelphia to attend my friend Karen's housewarming party. I felt fairly confident about dealing with the storm with the storm since I helped perpare my parents' basement and already asked Karen if I could stay over since I was not sure if I was going to be able to make it home afterward. Nor did I want to ride it out with them since I knew I couldn't sleep. That's how I deal with things now, it may requre some extra effort but I have better piece of mind. And I beat my fear of hurricanes, I'll still be wary when one comes near my part of the country but now I have a plan that I can use to protect myself, my family and the things that are really important.

Even though many people couldn't make it, it was still a nice party. I met Karen's new Guniea pigs, hung out with Rob and Mark who we used to work with. We watched the flashing outside which was not actually lightning but a transformer arcing. The power did go out for a few minutes but that was because a car hit a pole down the street. We had a new friend stop by from work. Watched a few YouTube videos and listened to the George Michael channel on Pandora. We met Karen's upstairs neighbors who seemed pretty nice and hung out and had a few drinks with us.