This is going to sound like I’m mad at PSE&G for the power being out. I’m not. Sandy was an unprecedented storm and it did tremendous damage and my power issues are minor in the grand scheme. Plus I know that an unfathomable number of people are without power and that their crews are working around the clock to get things fixed.
Continue reading “Powerless, for the moment (@PSEGdelivers)”
Month: October 2012
Survival
The storm blew through, ripping down branches and power lines, and flinging anything and everything else it could in all directions.
Continue reading “Survival”
Here she comes

Hurricane Sandy’s made landfall here on the East Coast. I’m inland, away from the worst of the flooding (so far; we’ll see what wind and rain do to the local rivers), Continue reading “Here she comes”
Hatches battened
I woke up from nightmares – about the storm of a project at work, not about the actual storm that’s approaching – but since there’s so little I can do about The Nightmare Project at present, I just moved straight into storm readiness.
Honestly, I hadn’t been doing a lot to prepare. Continue reading “Hatches battened”
Impending doom
Apparently, the storm that’s heading for the East Coast at present – call it Hurricane Sandy or Frankenstorm or Continue reading “Impending doom”
Light thoughts
You know what I haven’t done in a while?
I haven’t shared any of the 52 thoughts in months. Which means I’m pretty far behind. Continue reading “Light thoughts”
Playing catch-up, and stuff
Still adjusting
I don’t know if I’m mentioned it (ha!) but I recently went on a grand roadtrip adventure. I just went back to work this week, and they’ve been trying really really hard to make me regret returning.
OK, maybe they aren’t trying, exactly, but the net result is the same.
So in terms of workload, I’m still adjusting to the pace. But that’s not the only way that I’m a bit out of sorts. Continue reading “Still adjusting”
It’s colder than it looks
One of the things I did on my recent roadtrip was visit the Albuequerque Balloon Fiesta. Continue reading “It’s colder than it looks”
The return to the everyday
So, Gringita, it was your first day back at the office after your vacation… how did it go? Continue reading “The return to the everyday”