Today is the first day that I don't have to work. Well, technically, yesterday was, but it was spent trying to drive from my parent's house to my apartment on post-hurricane roads and some other surprises I'll get into later.
The big thing that happened over the weekend was, of course, Hurricane Irene. My mom called on Friday and said to pack up everything I cared about when I came over this weekend. We left my Deity statues on my altar to protect the apartment.
Originally, I had wanted to go to Hershey Park, but we figured it would be closed. I guess I'll go next weekend. Anyway, my boyfriend and I packed up our more precious things, at least things that could be carried, and headed to my parents' house. Friday night, we got there and set up the bunny in her cage, then watched the Doctor Who marathon on BBC America. I love Doctor Who. I stayed up until 1 am watching it.
On Saturday, the skies started to darken, and Hershey Park wasn't going to happen, so my boyfriend and I took a nice long walk around the neighborhood. When we came back, most of the rest of the day was spent watching the weather channel tracking the storm. I was sleepy most of the time because I can never really wake up if the sun is hiding. It started to get more interesting later in the afternoon when it started raining more heavily.
We made an offering to the storm Gods in the form of the smell of dinner (according to ancient Greek tradition, the Gods like the smell of cooking meat, but not the taste, so the people actually eat the meat). Apparently, it worked, because the power stayed on all the way through the season premiere of Doctor Who.
When we woke up, there was no power. My boyfriend and I accompanied my mom to church, mostly to see how everything had held up. I'm glad to say the church held up well. It is a beautiful neogothic building with gargoyles and huge arches and stained glass windows. The roof is a bit leaky and needs to be fixed (for more info on the church, go to stlukeslebanon.org). There was a grand total of ten people in the congregation who had decided to venture out.
After church, we picked up my dad and went to Mel's diner, a Sunday tradition for my family, and extremely popular today as it seems that the diners had retained power capabilities while most houses hadn't.
After brunch, we went to Lebanon Valley College and walked around. There were a few people from the community using the gym facilities for showers and such as the storm had knocked out theirs.
When the sky was clear, we let the bunny run around the back yard she was happy to jump and eat grass. She had been cooped up throughout the storm. Also, my mom got out her sewing machine and showed me how to use it so I can speed up my historical wardrobe project.
On Monday, my parents were at work, and my boyfriend and I went out for doughnuts. He had to see the thrift store one more time, and I went to Jo-Ann fabrics to get some nice Halloweeny fabric. We went back to the house to pack up, and just as we were pulling up to the house, there was a POP! SSSSsssssssss! And my boyfriend and I got out of the car to watch the front passenger side of the car sink as the air was released from the tire. He went to the tire place while I packed up. It took a few hours, but we were finally underway. There was traffic, and confusion, but finally we made it back to the apartment. Luckily, nothing had fallen or broken. My Gods and Goddesses had done their job well.
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