Hurricane Sandy

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(11-11-2012, 10:00 PM)MakersDozn Wrote: So at about 12:30 we set out from our/MDs apartment with our brother (doing the driving) and our father, and we went to their house. Just as we pulled onto their block, we saw a power company truck in front of their house, and two power guys about to pack up and leave the scene. We told our brother to stop the car so that we/MDs could speak to the linemen.

"Excuse me," we said, pointing to our father's house. "That's our house. What's the status of the power?"

"The power should be on," one of the linemen said. We thanked both of them profusely, and they drove away. Meanwhile, the neigbor guy from two houses down was smiling and giving a thumbs-up, while nearby an eight-year-old girl and two women, perhaps her mother and her grandmother, smiled and waved at the linemen as they drove away.

It was about 1pm.

Relief. After almost two weeks, this mess was over. For our FOO at least.

So we and our FOO went into the house and reset the clocks and the phones while the heater kicked in. It was 60F outside, but it was 50F inside the house.

A couple of hours later, our brother drove us back to our apartment. We packed up all the stuff for him to take home, and he left. Our apartment was oddly quiet, and we could hear some of the others inside squirming about having to go back to work tomorrow after two weeks off.

Yeah, back to work. We're never gonna like doing that, but normalcy, security, consistency....we'll take it.

MDs

Good to hear about "normalcy, security, consistency..." I haven't had much of that either, but mostly not because of the storm. I'm almost used to the urban landscaping (garbage waiting for pickup).

The lack of communication among Soc. Sec., Medicaid and Medicare has led to an official letter informing me that my SS check will be reduced. One bureaucratic mess after another. Hopefully I can see to that this morning.
Then, there's the old struggle for brand name drug approval. AARP put doc thru the wringer last time. I hope I can maintain my relationship with that doctor, the only one I have. Additional chaos. I'm getting a letter to him together. What has gone wrong? Messed up diagnosis by his colleagues (except for one).
Something (in addition to childhood history in NY) has gone wrong with my life from when I lived in California. I can't fix it. So, I'm trying to live with it.

On topic. I realize in my heart what normalcy would be for me, and that I probably will never know that happiness again. But, I found my heart, re-centered, another expression of normalcy. I have peace and despair at the same time, LOL. What is becoming the normalcy of my golden age years (yuk).

Nice to be here. Normal. Couldn't get thru to the website for a while yesterday.

Okay, off to ready myself for Soc. Sec. office. Thankfully, it's easy walking distance.

Glad your family is safe and snug at home.

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