How to survive a hurricane like a toddler.

Most of you know I work in politics.  And all of you know that Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast pretty hard yesterday.  DC was lucky and I'm so thankful that I kept power and kept dry for the last 24 hours.

However, being that the election doesn't stop for 'a little rain,' I worked all weekend - and yesterday, and today and 7 days a week for the last 6 months.  So, what I'm trying to say is I haven't had a lot of time to go to the grocery store.  In fact, what I found out last night is that my cabinets consist of only Cheerios (no milk), Pasta (no sauce) and a lot of expired canned goods.  I also found some really moldy yams in my refrigerator crisper.  I don't even want to talk about that.

So what did I do last night when I got home from work, hungry for dinner and not a restaurant delivering or open for miles?  I survived the Frankenstorm like a toddler - munching on dry Cheerios and pasta with butter.  In fact - when I woke up this morning, it was the first time in months that I thought, "I can't WAIT to get to work....And order some lunch."

And that, my friends, is how to survive a hurricane as a baby adult, which I still kind of consider myself to be, considering I can't even get to the grocery while CNN is predicting the end of the world.

An Earthquake and a Hurricane Walk Into a Bar

The earthquake says, "What's shakin?"

That's the best I got.

It's true, in a span of 5 days I've been in an earthquake and now Hurricane Irene.  But not just me, the rest of the east coast.  Being from Florida, hurricanes mean breaking out the daquiri machine and getting pushed in the pool.  Fill your tub up with water just in case, but otherwise...Hurricane Partyyy!

New York on the other hand, is panicking.  Every bus, train and boat out of the city for the next 48 hours has been cancelled.  The subway stopped running at noon today.  Every Starbucks in the city is closed.  It's insane.  And a little overzealous if you ask me.

This comes to mind.

This morning it was really just this.  Sandbagging.

The only thing is, for the past 2 days I've been making fun of people freaking out about this Category 2 storm...which I think has now been downgraded to a Category 1.  Which is a joke, actually.  I do think that karma can be a high maintenance lady though, so to protect myself, I hope that no matter what, everyone stays safe and well-weathers the storm. 

I did get 2 beautiful days in New York though and managed to get in a couple of long, scenic walks - which this blog likes to refer to as 'hikes.'  Stay tuned for updates next week.

Until then, be safe, stay dry, and please - turn your hurriCAN'T into a hurriCAN.  Party on.