As Bugs Bunny would say, "That's All Folks!"

Across the street there...

I'm safe and sound at my new home in Greenville, North Carolina after an eventful end to my time in NYC.  The transition might take some 

                          getting used to...

across the street here.

Yep. That's my house. This is Greenville.

Until the next adventure! ...If this isn't one.

We Get Around

So the next chapter of our not-so-bad Hurricane Sandy story:

The George Washington Bridge. Only 3 miles to get out of the city from my apartment.

 










After the subways closed on Sunday at 7:00 pm, my mom and I waited at my apartment Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we decided to make a move.  Laguardia Airport was said to be scheduled to stay closed until Thursday morning at least.  Both of our flights were supposed to be Thursday afternoon.  We went with our gut and decided our flight would probably be canceled and rented a car to make the drive to North Carolina.  It turns out we got the last car for hours, and the place we got it from was also the only Hertz location open in all of NYC...and only 11 blocks from my apartment.  Blessed.  And the gas tank was full.  Blessed.

Our ironically beautiful drive through unaffected parts of New Jersey.

NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC = $24 in tolls

Welcome to Maryland

Capitol Building view from the freeway.

With 2 1/2 hours of crawling traffic through D.C. rush hour, it was a very long day.  But we were blessed more than we even realized when we returned home where the was a TV to see the devastation across the Northeast Coast.  We had no idea just how bad it was while we were holed up in my apartment, safe in Washington Heights.  Thank goodness my mom was with me to rent a car since I'm not the legal car-renting-age of 25...or I might still be there waiting.

Yep, The Pentagon too

Oh Sandy...

Well as you might have guessed, my mom's trip ended up being extended due to the kind Hurricane Sandy.  Her flight was originally scheduled for Monday night, so she decided to play it safe and reschedule for Thursday.  This way we could go to the airport together too.  Here's how we spent the next few days at home while all public transit was down:

What can we say?  A girl's gotta have her chocolate chip cookies!

On Monday afternoon before the storm really hit, we attempted a trip to the store to satisfy our craving for chocolate chip cookies.  Needless to say, the storm was just getting worse and the store changed it's early close time from 6:00pm to 2:00pm.  Outta luck.

Instead we...

...did puzzles,

 

 

 

 

 

 

...read books

...and watched movies.

On Tuesday we decided to get some fresh air, go to the store, and check out the damage.

One of the trees down in the park across the street from my apartment.

That brick building across the street is my apartment.  Glad it didn't fall the other direction.

Another tree...

A spattering of leaves at my front door.

Thank you Jesus for keeping us safe.  Although we could hear the trees cracking across the street, Washington Heights did not even lose power.