For the most part, Sandy left us relatively untouched. Obviously, there was the whole power outage thing, but we didn't flood, we didn't see any sign of wind damage to our house, and we are all safe and sound (even if we were a little chilly). We're learning that we're lucky to have our power back at this point - a lot of people still don't (my sister included), and the power company is saying it might be Monday before everyone has power again. We're also lucky to have a very generous neighbor who let us (practically insisted on it) siphon power from his whole-house generator by running extension cords from his house through our window. He wanted us to plug everything in (TV, internet, fireplace, fridge, phones, etc.), promising that the generator could handle it all. We were a little wary of putting too much on the extension cords, so we just plugged in our fridge and charged a couple phones, but that alone was a HUGE help.
We actually ended up having a blast both Monday and Tuesday nights. My best friend and her fiancé were over for dinner on Monday night. We made it through dinner and dessert and were partway through a game of Settlers of Catan when we lost power, so we finished the game by candlelight. Having also lost power, they came back over on Tuesday night and we did everything by candlelight that time: cooked dinner, cleaned up, and played more Catan.
The biggest stress was surgery being cancelled - I don't like when my plans get changed on me. Completely understanding why it would be cancelled (the hospital was running on back-up generators) doesn't make it not stressful. Fortunately, I was able to get in touch with the doctor's office this morning, and am rescheduled for surgery on Monday. So for now, I am still thyroid partly included.
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