Katherine, Michael and I all went to Aki last night. The food there is remarkable but omg, it is very expensive! I paid for Katherine because she's in dire straits these days. She hasn't been working Sundays, where she gets time and a half. But fortunately, she says, she starts again in a week or two. She said she didn't realize how much that extra pay helped.
It was funny, Michael was trying to remember a song he really liked from the 80s. He said it was one of his favorites and the video had something to do with a tornado. Turns out, the song is "Sara" by Starship, and it was one of Katherine's favorites, too! I haven't heard it in years and will have to find it on Youtube.
We went to Bed, Bath and Beyond afterwards. I didn't get anything exciting, just some little things like a new pair of latex gloves for the kitchen.
On our way home, we witnessed a truck with a trailer-hitch (holding a backhoe!) have a blow-out. Not only that, the axle broke. It made quite a noise! There was a car stopped behind it and two young women got out, but fortunately they looked okay.
A few days ago, Long Island hit a weather-related record. We got about a foot of rain in less than 24 hours. It's the most recorded for that time period in all of recorded New York history! Mike and I woke up to about a half inch of water in our downstairs. Today is the first day the house is dry enough that it doesn't smell bad. The dehumidifier and shop-vac were put to good use!
We were lucky, though. Others on Long Island had really serious flooding that ruined property and cars. I'm glad we live on the North Shore, which is much higher up than the South Shore. Fortunately for John and Noreen (we went out to lunch with them Wednesday, with little John), they had no flooding at all.
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