And so it begins…

These two photos were taken from my house on Saturday afternoon in Medford, outside of Boston. I cannot get over how HUGE this storm is — the center of it is still down in North Carolina, and we’re already seeing the start of it up in Massachusetts!

We’ve been getting ready for a couple of days, but this morning my landlord and her husband came over to help us finish preparing the house. He cleaned out the gutters, and she helped us close all the storm windows. (To close mine, we had to take on a beehive in the corner of my window with only a hockey stick and some air freshener. That was fun.)

Right now, my car is in the driveway within shot of a tree and a telephone pole. I’m going to try to move it to a covered garage in the area tomorrow morning, but it might just have to stay put: right now, the garage isn’t planning to open to the public until after 70 mph winds are supposed to hit us, and there is no way I’m walking home in that, lol!

Hang on, East Coast!