Day 14: We interrupt this broadcast to bring you...a weather report?

Jobs Applied For: Don't Ask.
Interviews Scheduled: 1 regular and 1 by phone
GRE Studying: More math review, long talk with a possible tutor (for free!)
Music Practice: I haven't exactly had instrumental access for the past week but I killed it at kareoke during my vacation in Vermont.

Hello friends. When we last spoke, I mentioned that I was taking a short break from my responsibilities because of a great vacation I was on. As promised, I climbed mountains, made friends, and went swimming a lot. Unfortunately, that vacation was cut short. You may be curious as to why I had to leave my little piece of paradise a day early. It may have something to do with this... 

Enter Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene, the bitch that ruined my vacation. The storm that was initially going to hit the tri-state area as a category 2 hurricane. Lucky for all of us,  she wasn't pms-ing as much as angry once she made landfall in New Jersey. But as news reports of the aftermath come out, I am quickly beginning to realize that the storm in Stamford was quite different than the one that hit my fellow Manhattanites.

While you are relaxing in your apartments with minimal damage (if any) and complaining that the media made too big of a deal about Miss Irene, I was ringing out towels from the moderate flooding in our basement and thanking my lucky stars that my power didn't go. In fact, I think that about half of my town (if not more) is currently left in the dark. Streets by the Long Island Sound are flooded and there are trees down just about everywhere. So lovely Manhattan friends, any complaints about the over-hype of Irene is a slap in the face to me and your friends living in Coastal Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester, and parts of the other four burroughs that make up New York City. Please think of others before you rant.

As for me, since I have power and I am back home I should probably get back to work with my job search, GRE studies, and music practice. But I think I'll finish watching those crazy crazy news reports first.

[Update 1]: Maybe we weren't 100% lucky. Our water was just shut off...

[Update 2 - 5:45pm]: Water is back but it's coming out brown. Apparently a water pump broke in my neighborhood.  A few more hours until it's normal again.