Batten Down the Hatches

I never got around to a real Friday Five post this past weekend, but now I'm posting through a hurricane so I guess we'll have that as a balance.

I live in the DC area, so we've been preparing for surviving the next few days in the storm's path. School was actually cancelled for today and tomorrow, which is notable because the University of Maryland is known for not shutting down lightly - maybe this is the 2012 Armageddon that everyone's been worried about. I've stocked up on batteries and candles, granola bars and water bottles. To be honest, I don't really know why everyone freaks out about buying water before storms anyway (I got a case of 24 for $5 because my mom told me to). I guess it depends on if your water is contaminated or something. Either way, I'm prepared even if I don't agree or understand.

Wells and I were baking last night and today, so we have pumpkin cake and cornbread muffins to eat if our power goes out, along with bowls and bowls of pasta salad. We've also been making our own bags of ice, so that if our power does go out, we can keep our perishables safe in a cooler. We still have power for now though so I'm not sure if we'll need it all or not.

There's a creek that runs behind my building that was getting steadily higher all day as the rain poured down, so I actually can't wait to see tomorrow how high it'll be after a full day and night of rain.

I don't really have much to talk about with the hurricane. I like that school got cancelled, but it didn't really do much for pushing back assignments for me. I still need to do all of my work and study for some upcoming exams. I have food and water, flashlights and candles. I'm prepared to charge my phone and laptop in my car, if it comes to that.

Governor O'Malley, who I follow on twitter thank you very much, just informed me that we're now getting into the worst part of the storm. I guess we'll see how things look in the morning. Hopefully I'll still have power by then!