For the Record

On August 23rd there was an earthquake in New Jersey and on August 28th we were hit by a hurricane. The earthquake came while I was at work in an overly-emotional, and sleep deprived state. This left me feeling slightly hung over (note: no drugs or alcohol were actually taken) and noticed my chair and office shaking. My initial reaction was to make sense of this phenomenon - a truck driving by, someone walking on the roof or someone banging on the delivery door. Nope...no rational explanation other than what it actually was...an earthquake.

The hurricane came through on Sunday following plenty of rain on Saturday. L. was very excited for the hurricane to come. While looking out the window at the rain she asked, "When is the hurricane coming?" I told her in a little while. Pause...more rain watching... then, "who is driving the hurricane?". Hmmmm, "Mother Nature is driving the hurricane." Pause...more digesting of information. "When will Mother Nature be at my house?" Reply, "Mother Nature is all around you". L's interpretation of this, "She must be at someone else's house. When will the hurricane be at my house?" And this conversation continued for 12 more hours. Luckily the hurricane has passed.

We did something spontaneous together on Sunday. Driving by the park L. asked to stop; we both looked at each other and turned around. It was windy, rainy and no one was there but us. Felt right.