When I first heard word that Hurricane Sandy was on its way to the east coast, I didn't really think anything of it because it wasn't expected to hit hard. At work on Friday, that all changed as meteorologists started saying it was going to hit land and that we needed to be prepared for it. Friday night, we made sure we had everything we needed at home to be ready for whatever might happen(especially no power) and went to the store to get what we needed. Saturday, we went to the corn maze as you saw on my last post. Sunday was kind of a gloomy day, but nothing happened as far as the hurricane. Sunday night, I got a call that I would not have to go to work on Monday. YES! Sometime Sunday night, it started raining, but the storm still hadn't hit. Monday morning, I went with my sister and niece to Target to grab a few last-minute supplies and this below is what we found as we passed the bread aisle! Apparently people were planning to live on bread when the hurricane hit.
Most of the day Monday, there was just a lot of rain and wind. The power stayed on all day which surprised us because we had expected it to be out all through the storm. It finally went out Monday night and stayed out until this morning. All the electric companies in the DC area were very well prepared for this storm and worked fast to give us back power. It was a blessing to know that while the storm raged(or not) outside, we were safe(and especially warm) inside.
Despite the circumstances, it was so nice to have a couple of days off of work to just relax and hang out with my family here. We did puzzles and played games, built forts and watched tv, and we carved our pumpkins for Halloween. My thoughts and prayers are with those who were strongly affected by this storm and are now experiencing the after-affects. As for us here in Virginia, the storm has calmed down and tomorrow we will be back to business as usual...
Oh, and Happy Halloween tomorrow!
