In regards to the hurricane, cameras, and food.

I’m sitting here at the end of what has turned into a five day weekend, and something strange has come over me…I think I want to go back to work. Crazy right? As the blueberry-raspberry pie in the oven wafts its sweet scent into the air – allow me to recap. Hurricane Irene, which we’ve all heard way too much about and which has faded into meteorological history, gave me the weekend off of work. Well, her and that fact that the governor of New York shut down the MTA on Saturday, thus making it impossible for me to go to work. Saturday night the storm blew in, all day Sunday the storm blew out. In its path it did some damage to the Metro-North line, and I was forced to stay home again on Monday.

That would be the Long Island Sound encroaching on my front yard. Now as a young lady raised in the south, I don’t particularly like hurricanes. After living through the category 5 hurricane Hugo that everyone in Charleston, SC would fondly like to forget, they’ve made me a bit squeamish. Since then I’ve lived through my fair share of Category 1′s, 2′s, and tropical storms and have generally not enjoyed them.

So after 3 days off for lack of transportation, followed by my usual Tuesday & Wednesday off, I have reached the end of what most people would classify as a vacation. Although to tell you the truth, I haven’t really done anything. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I’ve watched FOUR costume dramas. I’ve also been religiously blogging over at my new food blog A Little Flaky.

I can’t help it. I’m just so dang excited about it. I wanted a way to blog constantly about food without letting it take over this, more personal and highly volatile blog.To give me an extra boost of excitement, my family and Greg gave me my birthday present a month early and I haven’t really been able to put it down. A new Canon Rebel T3 DSLR!!!

I’m smitten. I’ve been researching DSLRs for many months now and have been dying to give my little point and shoot Nikon S5 a break. The major choice was between this camera and a similar Nikon. In the end the Nikon was more expensive with fewer features, and while it’s a Nikon and will always be amazing, I’m already comfortable with the Canon Rebel series (my old Rebel 2000 curses the rise of digital photography). And let’s face it – cameras are expensive and there’s no reason to break the bank if you don’t have to. A hundred thousand thank-yous to my parents and boyfriend for such an amazing gift!!!

So I guess that about brings us up to date. I’m gearing up for a real vacation starting September 10th which I’ll fill you in on next time. The timer just went off for my pie and I’m going to have to try not to take a spoon to it before it’s cool and set.