Heading into NYC tomorrow after breakfast, so...

Heading into NYC tomorrow after breakfast, so today is 'prep day'. I'm frazzled & have barely done anything to pack or get ready. If I had a room tonight for BlogHer I'd jump on the train this evening.

This morning after taking my kids to camp/preschool, a schoolbus (EMPTY thank GOD) crashed on the road about 5 minutes before I got there. As I'm turning around (that road was going to be closed for a long time), I hear a cracking sound. The telephone pole they hit was breaking in 1/2 right next to me. Turned around as fast as I could, I see the pole snap in my rear view mirror.

Now I get home from picking up my kids - two vultures on my roof pulling out something dead from a chimney pipe. At least that explains why I didn't hear tktktkt .. scratch .. in my walls this morning like I have been for a week.