freak me out

so, last night we're making our way home, later than usual. sometime after tenish. not too late. but the weather was INSANE. i see a bunch of cars stopped, some maneuvering, but i'm quick and go around a median to get by, only to find, it's a flooded intersection they are retreating from, and i'm driving into.

i turned my pony around and got the hell out of there as fast as i could, even driving on the wrong side of the road to get out. a couple cars passed me, we were all doing five or so miles an hour, but i was legitimately on the wrong side of the road trying to get the hell out of dodge before my engine flooded.

so, i zip away, and it's pouring, endlessly pouring. so much rain i've not seen in a great while. we come home and my girl is freaked out. i wasn't so freaked out, but just glad we didn't get stuck in north bergen on some dark flooded road with about a zillion other people. there were cars stuck on the medians, spinning out on the flooded grass. it was crazy.

my pony is very reliable.

and now, we're still recovering it seems.

we're supposed to be at a friend's house at 1pm, but it's nearly that and we're still in bed. i just called and got another hour. so we can zip over there. but the rain hasn't let up.

and our bathroom is flooded.

so, it's making for an interesting time. i just hope we have a safe journey over there. as we're leaving soon. i wasn't going to go, but i really want to see this person and spend time with her. she's amazing.

her kids are looking forward to playing with my teenager, too.

so. we're off. venturing out into the big wet world again.

when i pulled up to my friend's house in north bergen, i was hoping for a close parking spot. because the weather was so wild (the sign posts were all shaking furiously in the winds and rain). i parked right outside their front door. in good weather, that never happens. i'm so grateful it happened last night.

hoping for another run of favor today.

i seem to depend on it.