In which various adventurous things happen and also I post too many pictures.

As you may remember, I live in Connecticut. And if you know your United States geography well enough, you would know that CT happens to be on the East Coast (New England, to be exact,) and directly in the path of Hurricane/Big Bad Storm Sandy. So, obviously, we got hit. Thankfully, we don't live too close to the coast, so we didn't have to worry about the surges and flooding. We did, however, have to go through trees falling down everywhere. One tree (the one in the background of the picture further down, in fact,) came apart and a large size chunk of it fell on the girls' room and scraped the garage/clubhouse. Right now we have a tarp covered a largeish-but-not-too-too notch on that part of the house and we've got guys painting their room. I think the girls managed to agree on what colors to do. :) Anyway, so that was fun. I got to drive in the aftermath, with all kinds of power lines and trees and debris out on the roads. Yaay. And at night. Double-Yaay. But we were safe, and that's what's important.

My family came to visit me the week before Sandy, so they got to see Greenwich as it normally is. And they got to see all the wonderful fall colors before they all blew off! I was able to give them a driving tour and spend a lot of time with them. They stayed at the house with us and I think both families quite like each other. :) The visit was short, but very good.

After Sandy, I surprised my friends with a visit to Bob Jones. I was so afraid the power outages would do something horrible to the airports, but I was able to fly out just fine with no delays. I even had a long enough layover in Philadelphia to see Josh, one of my good friends from school. That was also a short visit (too short!) but good. I kept my visit to South Carolina a mostly-secret, mainly because I love surprises and because I wanted to avoid disappointment due to lack of excitement. Because I'm a pessimist in that regard. Yay, me. I got to see my former roommate's senior speech recital and spend time with some good friends. That visit was ALSO too short. I'll be back again! Just not as soon as I would like...

After I returned to Greenwich (and walked home from the airport in the dark because) we had another storm. A nor'easter named Athena. It snowed a lot and then melted within a few days. The traffic was horrible.

I trick-or-treated for the first time this past Sunday (because Halloween was moved because Sandy.) I was the most awesome vampire ever. I didn't get a lot of candy. This is a GOOD thing.

Milestone: I'll have been here for 6 months come Sunday.

I'm not sure how obvious it is, but I managed to lose about 20 pounds this summer/fall. I have 5 pounds to go before I'm not longer overweight and 10-15 pounds to reach a comfortable spot to maintain. Yay. ^_^

Also, glasses. I wear glasses now. Glasses are cool.