The 30th of October--Lots of pictures

The storm last night knocked out power in many places, including the town I work in the school at.  They canceled school.  Unfortunately (?) I didn't get a phone call informing me of this.  So I got there, obviously noting the lack of electricity in town, and found a mostly empty parking lot.  The nice man in a school maintenance truck came over to my parked car (I was texting) to let me know that the school was closed.  He thought I might be a student.  No doubt my older car is more like a students.  Anyhow, school was canceled. I headed toward my other job until I realized that I needed gas to get there and no power in town meant no gas.  Rather than head to my destination I went to the closest town that I knew there would be gas with enough stations that hopefully power too.  That direction was east, towards the ocean.

Once the car was fueled I headed for the beach.  The wind was blowing strong and the waves crashed and seagulls huddled--seemingly to not blow away.  It was about 62 degrees outside and the water temp was supposed to be around 61.  I didn't dip my toes in.  I even kept my shoes on.  After taking way too many pictures and walking most of the length of Hampton Beach I rested (charged my phone a bit and looked at Facebook) and then headed up to North Hampton Beach where I walked a bit on the sidewalk and then back to my car.  The North Beach is much more rock than sand and the waves were almost up to the retaining wall in most places. 

Eventually the pull to get my job done at a reasonable time won out and I went to work.  In the evening a relative, the family and I went to the movies and saw Spirited Away, the subtitled version.  Gideon went to.  He has seen the movie before so was able to follow along even when he wasn't able to read as fast as the subtitles went.  When it ended he got up and danced at the front of the theatre while the credits rolled. 

It was a good day.  Exercise and fresh air topped off with family time.  I heard briefly from a friend as well which is always nice.  Other than work and a little bit of health insurance frustration the day was a blast (literally, that wind!).  The beach and movie time stand out as today happy things.  :)   Not getting a phone call about no school today turned into a very happy day.

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I said, "It's just a little windy."

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