Preparing for Irene

On Cape Cod and the fuss about Hurricane Irene has been growing. I personally think it's silly due to the fact that by the time it gets to us up here, the strength will have dissipated. New York City has completely shut down. They shut down the subway due to potential flooding and worst of all, they shut down BROADWAY! I can't tell you how many Hurricane Parties I have been invited to this weekend. I sort of wish I was there to hunker down and spend time with friends. But instead, I am hangin out on the Cape working and spending time with family and pets!

As I mentioned in my last post (East Coast Earthquake of 2011) I have been home to help out my brother Joe with the campaign he has been working on all summer for Alan Khazei. My mom and I organized a small get together of locals at our house for Alan to speak and gather supporters. Before I knew it, one of my hippy high school teachers, was at my house along with all the other hardcore Democrats 13 months before the primary elections even happen! The group of people who I had to make small talk with were....eclectic....to put it lightly. They were important though, because they help the campaign  continue to thrive.

My second donation to the campaign happened this morning when I went with my brother, his girlfriend Chessy, my mom and her best friend Shelly to Dream Day Camp set deep in the woods of Brewster, MA on the Cape. We were there to volunteer our time preparing the camp for the "hurricane," as part of the campaign scheme. We were supposed to be meeting up with other volunteers but of course we were the only ones...deep in the woods of Nickerson State Park. Talk about the Griswalds go to camp! I used to work at Cape Cod Sea Camps down the street and spent some weekends in Nickerson, but I think my brother and some of the others felt like they were in something straight out of a horror film. Joe told us after, that once he got out of the car he didn't think he was getting out of those woods alive. We got started learning about the camp. Camp Dream Day is a camp for terminally ill children to come with their families to spend the week having fun in the outdoors. It is an amazing concept and made the time we were there, mean so much more. We got down and dirty on the lake moving boats and anchoring the docks. I even met the lake's resident 40lb snapping turtle, "Ertle." At the end of it all, my mom's friend Shelly treated us to a delicious lunch at Chatham Bars Inn,  a beautiful inn on the ocean.

I'm finishing off my evening watching William & Catherine: A Royal Love Story on the Hallmark channel. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm sort of obsessed with the Royals. Obviously I love the UK, but I am also one of those nerds in love with the Royal wedding and everything royal. I don't know what it is, I really don't, but I am fascinated with their life. Not to mention, the talent agency at which I have been working in NYC represents the actor playing Prince William. Many a reason to watch the film. Of course it is a Hallmark film and with that, a certain reputation comes with the quality, but I'm still enjoying it!

Well, tomorrow Irene is supposedly arriving. I am meant to work at my dad's store, Cuffy's, but we'll see if they open the store. They already closed the store in P-town. We can only wait and see! Stay safe and goodnight!