Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene blew through this weekend, which made for both an exciting and also boring weekend. As it headed towards New York, it was a Category 3 hurricane which looked like it was going to target Manhattan directly. However, fortunately for us, by the time it made landfall in Brooklyn it had been downgraded to a tropical storm, and ended up not being nearly as catastrophic as it could have been. We made sure we had plenty of gallons of water and food on hand, filled the bathtub with water, and stayed put.



It ended up being very anticlimactic, which we were grateful for. Saturday there was misty/low rain most of the day. It cleared up a few times - just enough for us to walk to the playground twice, play for 5 minutes, and then troop back home when it started up again. (At least we made it outside!) We also had a playdate with Kiana's friend David's house, which was nice. Saturday night, we didn't even notice any howling wind, and woke up to a steady, but not overpowering rain, with all of our power and water working. By mid-morning, the rain abated, and we all took a walk outside. It was still a bit windy, but not terrible. There were tree leaves and some branches all over the place, but only limbs, and nothing that immediately seemed major. We ended up meeting up with a bunch of other families and people with dogs who were all escaping their houses by Bennett park. Aidan, Eme, Kiana, Maxi, and Dusty took turns swinging from (still steady) tree branches and kicking balls around, and we all enjoyed the comfortably cool weather as a break from our hot and humid apartments. At home again, Kiana, Aidan and I had a playdate with Kiana's friend Dash, and then we came home and Aidan passed out on the couch at 6:30pm, skipping dinner (tired boy!)


I am grateful for the lack of drama, but feel like we should all get a real weekend tomorrow and Tuesday! After a weekend being stuck indoors, following a week of having Aidan home from school sick (AGH!!), I feel long overdue time to myself / breaks / time to prepare for the conference I am going to in 36 hours! Ah, well. Guess that's just parenting with young kids: no matter what, the show must go on!