So I left NYC on Sunday on one of the last few trains leaving the city before Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy. When I left NYC, I questioned if it was truly necessary. NYC was likely to get hit badly by the storm, but a slight change in the storm's path and the city may be spared or it may be far worse. Likewise, a change in the storm's path could make the situation far worse in my hometown. After returning home and watching the storm's path and destruction, I realized how lucky I was for having decided to leave.
Sandy ended up making landfall in New Jersey creating a large amount of damage. Additionally, because of the combination of a full moon, high tide, rain and the wind, the water in the Long Island Sound piled up with no where to go but NYC. It flooded buildings, road tunnels and subway tunnels and will take a long time to fix.
The first trains and buses heading back to NYC started running this morning however since there is still no power at our apartment building I'm waiting a little longer to return. In the meantime, I've been chilling at home attempting to get more research done for my project. I hope to return to the city on Saturday, but if there's no power, that's a no go.
The nice thing about being home though, was that today I got to drive to school to see some of the greatest friends I have! I had dinner at one of my favorite restaurants with one of my best friends! I had some delicious sushi and nom nom nom it was good! After dinner I headed to one of my sorority's chapter meeting and got to see so many smiling faces prepping for the second round of formal recruitment! I can't wait to hear all about the fabulous women my sisters have met and meet the next class of members!
As fun as it was to be at school, I can't wait to get back to NYC and get this project DONE! I only have 6 weeks left and my team is going to need every minute of it!
xoxi <3
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