Winters not over yet

We thought the winter was over and then a nor’easter came thru and dumped about 8-10 inches of snow and then 2-4 inches of ice on us. About 4am during the storm the power went out for a few minutes, which woke us up. On the way back from the bathroom Jimmy looked out the window expecting to see white snow but it was just black out there. Once he was able to focus in we realized that 2 trees had fallen on our truck. Too dark to do anything we went back to bed. When the sun comes up we go outside to asses the damage. It looks worse than it is.

We call Tony to bring up the chainsaw so we can get the tree off. He makes it up late morning as he has trees down too. We cut up and move all the trees. Since there was so much snow on the truck, it took the hit of the trees instead of the truck. Crisis averted…until we wake up on Tuesday. Tony comes up early to get something out of the basement only to discover about 3 feet of water. We get the sump pump going but it can only do so much. Tony has to run into Albany and get a mud sucker. We spend the rest of the day pumping out the basement. Jimmy and Tony about die from the fumes from the mud sucker engine. They stayed in the basement too long.

Tuesday evening we head down into Albany for the Billy Joel concert. It was the first time in almost 20 years where I was in the audience. Saw the weirdest thing. During the slow songs where you expect to see lighters, people open the face of their cell phones so that they light up. Only the old people had lighters. The show was awesome. Billy was just as good as I remembered. The last time I saw him was on the River of Dreams tour. After the ROD concert we all went back to the hotel where Billy played the piano in the bar. You don't get to do that everyday.