Wedding Postponed, NJ MARATHON: Restore Da Shore

"Sandy the aurora's rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever" ~Bruce Springsteen

Well, I was supposed to say "forever" to Brad this weekend, but Hurricane Sandy came instead.

The night of the hurricane was one of the scariest I've ever spent, with massive flooding all throughout our neighborhood, and water creeping up to our front door and back door of our brand new house. Luckily, it didn't make it inside our door! Wind whipped, we had to move Brad's car to the garage because we feared it would float away. Trees bent to the ground. One of the trees snapped, and a large chunk of it fell on our house! Somehow there was little damage, and Brad, with his sick roofing skills he obtained in college, was able to put our roof back together again! I must have an angel somewhere...

So the weekend that was supposed to be my wedding, I bought supplies, donated them to a shelter, and drove around with Melissa bringing food to people who were too afraid to leave because of looters, couldn't leave because they were elderly or couldn't leave because their cars had flooded. So tragic! How could I celebrate at a time like this, eating filet mignon and dancing 'til the wee hours of the morning? Right. Couldn't! But, yonkersrunner is back in business, though now an Oceanport runner (with a real NJ license, NJ plates, and NJ car insurance for a heckuva lot less). Wedding will just have to wait, but January 1, marathon training part deux officially begins! We, and my good friend Laura (maybe more!) have signed up for the NJ Marathon, which conveniently starts in Oceanport and runs through many of the towns devastated by Hurricane Sandy. So excited and nervous, but at least this time we know we can do it. Come cheer Brad and I on as we run to restore the shore! XOXO