You don't know me. You've never met me. I have no illusions that the wide world out there cares about my little world and its problems.
I'm an Army brat, wandered around the country, went to high school in the Deep South but ended up coming to a rest in NJ. I'm 30, never graduated college despite three attempts - mechanical engineering, chemistry, music. I'm married, have two cats, no kids yet. I'm quite a geek but apparently I don't have true geek cred.
But why start a blog now? Because, last Monday night, the world turned upside down on the Jersey shore. Beaches advanced hundreds of feet inland. New channels were cut through the barrier islands. Entire neighborhoods are gone. Not destroyed. Gone.
My little world is fine. No damage, had power back in under 48 hours, etc.
But at work I see every range of the spectrum. Just seeing SO MANY people wandering in and out with hopeless "need it, can't find it" looks on their faces takes a lot out of you. So I'm writing this blog - for me, as an outlet for helplessness and stress, for them, because I feel like people should know.
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