Recovery

Time for a real post.

I have been staying at a friend K's since the 29th. I am so grateful for her kindness. I got there Monday and stayed til Sunday morning when I left to go to a friends wedding.

My friend a got married Sunday, it was beautiful. I planned to carpool with my neighbors. I got ready at my friend K's house then drove to my place. And went with the neighbors. The wedding was amazing. This is the one where I got the pink dress for. The dress looked great. Some of the pics are still being posted on Facebook. When I find one that isn't of me being completely drunk then I will post it. I ended up staying at the hotel and hitching a ride home with other friends who live on the other side of town. It's great to be in a party dress the morning after and walking around.The walk of shame and with a couple to boot! Fun times! The hangover not so much. I got home and cleaned out the fridge. Picked up the dog at K's house. My cat wasn't too happy that I left him for so long.
The landlord was running the freezer in the basement off his generator in his RV so a lot of stuff was saved but some not so much. Finally got a chance to see what lost yesterday. A lot of stuff was lost. Some didn't stay frozen. I am lucky that a lot of it did stay frozen. all my condiments were lost so there is a lot money to be spent. I went shopping yesterday. And don't ya know I had coupons for cleaning stuff and it was on sale. I got enough to eat for the week and a few things that were on sale.Maybe this could be motivation not to keep my fridge too full and buy more fresh. But I have to say sometimes that isn't possible. Buying in bulk and having stuff available in the freezer. I wish I had a before pic of my fridge but here is what it looks like know.

Today will be spent cleaning and doing laundry. Back to the gym as well. The last week has been a definite break my routine. I haven't really worked out and haven't eaten well. Got on the scale this morning and I am up about a 1.5 lbs. This isn't unexpected. Now to just get back into my routine.

An Update

After 8 days I have power back! I saw power trucks from Quebec, Tennessee and who knows where else. The guys who traveled thousands of miles and work 16 hr days to get my power back and me back at home. Been a rough week. I missed my personal space.

Went to a wedding last night, got home this afternoon. Yes it was that awesome! Pretty decent hangover. Cleaned out the fridge when I got home.
I really need some sleep. Maybe a more detailed update tomorrow.

Come on Irene!

I live in Eastern CT. We got lots of wind for Hurricane Irene. I don't expect power back until Tuesay Sept 6th @ 6pm. For the record, I lost power early Sunday morning on Aug 28th. Yes, Ladies and gentlemen. That is over 1 week without power. I do not know what I would do if I wasn't staying a friends house. Since I don't live in the rich part of the state, I don't have power. Yellow is with less than 1% outage.

This week has been rough. The gym only got power back Wed night. I ran only once this week and no gym. Need to get back into my work out routine. I haven't been eating great. I did run once this week but it wasn't great.

Got the dress for my friends wedding last night. Fits great. I think I could have gone a size smaller actually. My friend disagrees but it feels big in lots of places. And Spanx can hide a lot ;)

I am trying really hard not to be whiney but I miss my house :(

No Power No Water That is a problem!

Hurricane Irene hit on Sunday. I lost power early Sunday morning and it still hasn't come back. Today is Wednesday. Since I have a well and not city water I also don't have water. I am staying at a friends with my dog because I need to shower I am such a city girl it isn't funny. I am going back to my place today after work to check on the cat. I keep hearing different estimates of when I might get power back. The gym down the street is 2-7 days. This is not a good sign.

I did go for a run in my friends neighborhood last night. I don't know all the side streets so I did a loop that was .89 miles. Since it wasn't that far I decided to do another loop. This time her 13 yr daughter and the girls across the street decided to join me. Then my friend decided to walk her dog on the same loop. Fun night of excercise. I think the girls may join me running while I am there. I really want my power back. I miss place and my cat. The dog is with me since my dog and my friend's son are BFF's. It's pretty darn cute.

I never realized how much I took running water for granted.