Hurricane Sandy

Boston and the greater New England area is all shut down and buttoned up waiting for the arrival of the storm. Hurricane Sandy has the schools closed, the T stopping service at 2:00 and officials encouraging everyone to stay home today.

James and I got up this morning and took our poor car (it was struck by two bad drivers on separate occasions this week) to a body shop. We were afraid if we left it parked out front today the tree in our front yard would inevitably fall on it. On the way home through the rain we listened to the NPR reports coming in about the hurricane and stopped to get cider donuts from a local bakery for breakfast.

Like most schools in the area, James' Cotting School is closed. My meeting at Emerson was cancelled tonight. Today we're home in our cozy house with a puzzle and lots of tea. The wind is growing stronger outside and all of my fall leaves are blowing out of the trees. Here in Waltham we are pretty far away from the coast and protected from rising water. The wind could prove a problem however, if it begins to knock down trees over power lines and such.

I have plenty of schoolwork to keep me busy.

Enough arts and craft supplies for a week.

Now if only we could find that last straight edge puzzle piece...