I was unable to blog last night because we lost power for about 2 1/2 hours. We had just sat down to dinner and there was a large bang (our computer) and the lights went out, came back on then dimmed. It was funny because all 3 of us looked up at the ceiling! I'm not sure what we expected to see up there.
We were in a brown out, which is worse than no power. Jon went around and unplugged all important electronics, as well as the furnace and we only kept one light on to let us know when the power came back on. Thankfully, it only reached 66 degrees in the house by the time power was restored. The hardest part of no power is keeping Jessie occupied. She wasn't happy that she couldn't watch her YouTube videos, but she made do with playing with her cards, then games on her iPad. We rarely eat after dinner, but considering all, I gave her a bowl of popcorn. That helped for about 20 minutes. By then I figured we better go upstairs and get her to bed before it got colder.
The lovely sound of generators broke the silence of the night. I wasn't about to rush into that. We are prepared with battery operated lights and lanterns and battery back ups for our phones and iPads, and many candles, which do keep the house warmer. I figured if it was off in the morning we'd deal with our generator. After all, it was only equipment malfunction at the DTE station and not a storm, like the east is getting. Now that's a BIG problem!
Today, Friday, we went out to breakfast for a meeting with Jessie's old and new case worker. I had to sign papers for service for the next 6 months. Rachel took Jessie to the Library then Meijer's. Jon had an ultrasound on the lump in his neck, met us for breakfast, then he went shopping. I had lunch with a friend then came home and did a load of wash. Fish and chips sounded good to me so we went out to dinner. I called Chris and she met us at the restaurant. All of us have enough left overs for dinner tomorrow!
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