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I am home! So nice to sleep in my own bed. Weird having an empty house, but nice to be home regardless.

Got up way too early yesterday. My mind was thinking since I was leaving a hotel I probably need to be up early. Not this time brain. But thanks for trying. I got ready and then sat because it was too early to go over to the client. The 'big storm' had started. It definitely was coming down and the wind was high, but it was not the panic crisis everyone was making it out to be. I hate over reaction.

Let's put it this way:

- yes the storm dropped a large amount of rain in a short amount of time
- it was more rain than most areas drainage pipes and sewers could handle
- there were definitely flash floods in some places - SOME
- power was lost in a few areas due to transformer issues

Notice what all those have in common? They're all infrastructure related issues for the problems. The cities infrastructure couldn't handle 3 to 4 inches of rain. Yeah. 3 - 4 inches. NY gets 2 feet of snow in 2 hours and survives. We get 3-4 inches and we shut down schools. Idiots.

I got through my day, finished up around 3:30 and got on the road. I was home a little after 5. About 90 minutes for 84 miles. Not bad in a rainstorm. Got home and my friends were still here that were watching the house. That kind of threw me off because I wanted to unwind and relax and I didn't end up really starting to wind down until they left close to 8. We did run over to the dollar store where I picked up some more wrapping paper and took care of stocking stuffers. One more thing off my list. While I was gone, the bulk of our Christmas presents arrived. Only about 4 things are still enroute. Everything is scheduled to be here by 12/18. Almost done. I have 2 more things to buy at the store today but that's it.

Once they left I settled in to start wrapping. B called and bitched about her family at me for a good 30 minutes. It was one of those "uh-huh. yep. they do suck. yep." kind of calls. I don't know why people continue to be around 'family' when all it does is piss them off and make them angry.

I finished wrapping around 11:30 and went to bed. The friends did the sheets for me before they left so I was able to climb into a well made, clean bed. Nice.

Today is paperwork, a couple of errands, and season 5 of Rookie Blue. Oh and groceries. There is NOTHING to eat in this house.