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And the wicked weather continues in New England…

Who would have thought we would have a Hurricane one week and a Northeaster the very next week. Those poor people who are still without power, I feel for them. I have been in the same kind of situation, somewhat, when we had the ice storm in 2008. We were without power for 12 days. Our power was restored about five days before Christmas.

We had tree limbs and trees down everywhere, and the power crew had to replace every power pole in our town.

This week we lucked out here in Southern New Hampshire. The Northeaster missed us and only dumped about an inch or two of snow on the ground. But get this; it will be in the sixties by Monday. Go figure…

Last week I got my annual flu shot at work. I thought it was odd that my arm, the one I got the shot in, began to hurt all the way down to my fingertips by the end of the day. By Tuesday, I was sick.

My daughter made the trip from Plattsburgh, NY this past weekend with my Granddaughter. She is going through the terrible twos right now and is quite the handful for my daughter. Hence, I at first thought maybe I picked up the illness from my little visitor, but I came down with it too fast for it to be related to what she had. So, I’m pretty sure it has to be related to my flu shot. I have never had this happen to me before in the past three or four years of receiving this annual shot from work.

I just hope that whoever happens to come down with this strain of flu does not have the full force version. The vaccine version was pretty bad – aches, stuffed up head, and fever… but it was the first time I ever had a reaction to a flu vaccine.

Needless to say, I didn’t do any writing this week at all.

Next week is another week.

RWA update:

It is official. I am now a member of the National Romance Writers of America. This weekend I will be joining my local NH Chapter. I can’t wait to be part of this fun group of girls.

Have you seen the photos on TV of the devastation hurricane Sandy left behind?

It is so unbelievable. But I know it happened, we felt the effects here in NH as well. Not quite as badly as they did in New York, Jersey, or Connecticut. Our power was out for a little over fourteen hours. This is more than some can say in the other eastern states.

The pictures out there of what took place this week is overwhelming. I just had to share this one I found via Creative Commons.

This photo is courtesy of Creative Commons Flicker search:

Coast Guard flyover of Long Island post Hurricane Sandy [Image 8 of 9]

Areas of Long Island, N.Y., is shown during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., following Hurricane Sandy Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson.)

U.S. Coast Guard District 1

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Simpson

Date Taken:10.30.2012

Who would believe that a category 1 Hurricane could create so much damage? I mean come on, it was a category 1. We have seen stronger hurricanes make the same kind of mess in the south.

Some are saying it is more proof of global warming. I say this will be the decade of the storms. Last year at this time we had two feet of snow fall before Halloween. Almost on the same date as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in Jersey. During our two foot snowfall we still had a full canopy of leaves on the trees that left us without power for three days. This year we lucked out. It was like the trees knew what was coming. They all dropped their leaves a couple of days before the hurricane made it to Jersey. I think that was last Saturday.

It was funny too. Mike started blowing the leaves that Friday and on Saturday the lawn was covered once again. At least the hurricane did not blow all the leaves back onto the lawn.

This week I have not done much writing. This week’s distraction can be blamed on the hurricane.

I did get another 1k words added to the manuscript.

It’s Nano Wri Mo…

I don’t think I will take part in it this year, technically…

I will use this time to keep working on Road Salt. I really need to get this wip done as soon as I can. I have blown all my self-made deadlines, but I will still persist.

RWA:

I sent out my membership form to RWA this week. Now I will have to wait for them to process the form. Then I can become an official member of RWA. I am really looking forward to joining this writing community.

Next Week’s weather update:

Another storm may head toward the eastern states once again. This time they are calling it a Northeaster. What’s the difference, folks, between a Hurricane and a Northeaster? A Northeaster is a wintertime hurricane…