16 days later, and we finally have our telephone, internet, and cable TV back. Finally, we are back to normal here at home. We were all going crazy without our media stuff…. especially Internet. And especially Dylan. I wasn’t able to read my RSS reader, and so I had 149 unread new blogs. Ugh. That’s a lot of blogs to read. There’s 22 alone from Kath Eats Real Food.

Megan left last night, and called me early this morning to tell me she got home safe and sound. It was 9am-ish when she called, and I think she had only been home 20 minutes. Her plane left here at 7pm last night. That’s a long ass day/night to be traveling. When we dropped her off at the airport, my dad asked her if she was happy with Mac, and Megan said “Dad, you’re going to make me cry.” And then that made ME cry. And then she saw that I was crying, and then she started crying. I really miss her, and wish that we lived close enough that we could do dinner parties and stuff. I think that would be really fun. Whenever we leave each other, I cry. Every single time! Here’s us in England at the train station when we were saying goodbye when I visited her over spring break in 2006.

I’m going through my phone, and I’ll add pictures and talk briefly about things.

Larry got a generator from a co-worker around the 18th or so, and he was able to fit it in the back of his Mini Cooper.  It was quite the challenge.  He wasn’t able to close the trunk, and had to drive home in the freezing cold with it open.

We moved back into the house on the 20th, the day Megan came home.  We had a generator that we used, and it gave us power to pretty much every except the kitchen and family room.  We had an extension cord running to the fridge.  Neither Megan nor Dylan could appreciate what we had been through without power.  Dylan was down in Worcester, and didn’t come home until Friday afternoon.  We had already been without power for one week when he came home.  Megan came home and we had the generator, so she didn’t know anything either.  Monday morning, the generator ran out of gas, and then it wouldn’t start up again.  It was only 11 degrees outside, so my dad thought it was too cold.  Him and Megan dragged it in the house to warm it up.  Then, my dad changed the oil just in case.  When they brought it back outside, it started right up.  I had gone to the gym and showered there, because I didn’t want to hang out at home with a wet head with the house only 54 degrees (our house sure does cool down quickly…. but it was pretty cold out!)

December 19th and 21st: We had two huge snow storms. We got about 10 inches each day, totaling about two feet of snow (give or take). It was crazy. December 20th was a mandatory 11 hour day at Macy’s. The women’s shoes department had their holiday party which I was invited to (I don’t have a department, so they adopted me). I ran out in the snow storm to buy hummus and crackers, and Jenny and I shared a rotisserie chicken for dinner. It was delicious. We were both without power, so we didn’t have anything we could bring from home, so we had our own little feast at Macy’s. There was a crap load of snow when we left… it was suppose to be a storm Friday night, and Sunday night, but the storm never stopped on Saturday. We had three full days of snow.

December 23rd, Megan and I went to Boston for my doctor appointments (see previous post).

Christmas Eve we went to church at 5pm, and then came home and had a wonderful Chicken Pot Pie that Megan made. She also made delicious roasted root vegetables. They were unbelievable. I want to make them at least once a week from here on out.

On Christmas, we had a really good free range turkey (bought at Whole Foods!), stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, and cranberry sauce. It was like Thanksgiving all over again!

December 26th, I had to work all day at Macy’s, then Megan and I drove out to Boston with Becky to Pat and Nora’s Annual Yankee Swap. It was a lot of fun, and we all got to take home fun gifts.

December 27th - It was cold and rainy, but my gym was still closed, so I went for a run anyway. It was raining the whole way, but I managed to get in three miles. I got home and my pants were sticking to me, and my legs were bright red and cold. My face was bright red and hot! (I was able to run outside every day but the 26th, cause I was just too busy).

Megan and I went down to see Denise at the Total You, and Megan chopped off all of her hair to give to Wigs For Kids.  Denise was the one who did her hair for the wedding.  She’s a wonderful woman, and I know her from Destare.  Her and her husband were bummed that I left, but they understood why I did.  Look at how long Megan’s hair was!!!  And Denise ended up cutting it shorter than in that picture, because she had to style it!  There’s a bag of hair in our family room that I have to mail in.  I hope it doesn’t get thrown out before I get around to it!

Today, my entire family went down to the Armory to clean up after the emergency shelter was there. We also began setting up for the Brew Year’s Eve party. We got all the tables set up, and most of the decorations, too. We’re still a little freaked out about the food we’re going to serve, but we know the desserts are all set. We just need to make sure we get people in the door!!!!