They say bad things always come in three's...

This week will go down in my personal history book as the most eventful seven days in my entire life.

These events are each their own prescription drug; to be taken independently, but never mixed:

1. The first week of optometry school.
2. Experiencing my first earthquake (5.8 centered in Virginia that put cracks in the Washington Monument).
3. Surviving a hurricane pounding the East Coast (and all the subsequent tornadoes tearing up the area).

With that being said, Hurricane Irene is on it's way...

Philadelphia is under "Extreme Threat"
(courtesy of Weather.com)

Hurricane Irene @ 11:41pm
(courtesy of Weather.com)

I am currently attempting #3, stowed away our tiny hallway until the madness ends.  Irene is expected to be directly over Philadelphia early Sunday morning.  Right now we're experiencing torrential rain, flooding, and tornadoes.  After witnessing the flooding caused by a surplus of rainfall we've had over the past few weeks, and how poorly it has drained, I can only imagine what this hurricane will do.  I may have a pond in the courtyard outside of my apartment until October.