so it was a quieter week with the hurricane. luckily we didn't have it bad in no.va - i didn't have work monday & tuesday, i didn't loose power, but some of my friends did. it was pretty windy and the lights flickered a few times, but i was lucky to be home and take it easy.
new jersey on the other hand... i still can't believe the devastation of my home state. all monday and tuesday as i was seeing pictures and the news i was in shock. while my family is from northwest nj -but we always went to the shore growing up and i have countless friends who live or have houses along the shore. seeing places where i've been destroyed, in the ocean or covered in sand is just so surreal. you never think a storm like this is going to effect your area - especially a hurricane. my hometown was hit with pretty high winds and a majority of it is still without power and a few roads are still closed. my parents were lucky and it came back on thursday afternoon. it is bad in our area because most people have wells, so without power we have no water. so compared to other parts of the state not having power for a week isn't bad, but not ideal. so it will be interesting to see when full power is restored to my area. also with the gas rationing - it is just crazy.
so it was a quiet week after work - halloween party at my apt on wednesday, happy hour drinks with a friend on friday. i'm hoping for a little bit more fun next week! but i was excited because my first birchbox arrived! it is fun little samples and it was really exciting! i LOVE the lip butter that was in my box! and i'm excited to try the others. each month you get a box of samples to try. i'm not that big into hair/makeup but it sounds like a fun way to try new things and to learn more. if you are interested in getting one let me know and i'll email you the link to sign up! i'd seen it on twitter but one of my hs friends was all about it so i decided to try it!
but my big fun was my friend kelly's wedding! i went to her bachelorette in baltimore a few weeks ago and had a blast there. the wedding was so much fun! great to see so many college friends - and the last time i saw a few of them was at my little's wedding two years ago! we had a fun night dancing and chatting. it was also great to see a few friends parents too! so i forgot my camera so i only took a few on my phone. i can't wait to see the wac photo from the professional ones. i love the alumni photos that end up in the college magazine!
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| little and i! |
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| kelly and i |
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| brandon and i - we were history majors together and good friends in college. 2 years ago at little's wedding he randomly picks me up, we have since made it a tradition at weddings. brandon gets an invite to my wedding just to continue the tradition. |
how was your weekend?
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the birchbox sounds fun! i feel like i probably wouldn't use most of what is in it, but i hope you get some cool stuff!
how is it november? i don't like it. can we go back to DST?
and very sad about NJ. i never felt like i had a specific jersey shore town that i spent my summers at (aside from wildwood when i was a kid), but i've visited them all (or almost all of them). so surreal.
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