Ok..so thank God for electricity...
Ya know..I don't do well without electricity..I just don't. I NEED it..got to have it..and when I go without..I can get cranky..
last night we had a terrific storm that lit up the sky with some wicked wind and rain and thunder..about 1:30am I got up..looked outside..because the sky seemed to be continuously bright at an odd hour...went into the kitchen..turned on the weather band on my kitchen radio..which, by the way, doesn't pick up crap where weather is concerned...ran to the television..well, duh, of course the satellite is going to be out..even the slightest bit of bad weather sends that thing into a tizzy..well..just as I was wondering if I should wake the kids and make them come downstairs..the electricity goes out. Arggghh...we have like 6 flashlights in this house...none of them are in the utility room like they are supposed to be..can't even find my stupid long bic lighter thingy that I use to light candles..I, like a goofball, grab my cell phone and light my way back to the bedroom to try and wake my "sleeps through everything" hubby..I briefly express my weather fears to him, and I get a "the sirens will go off if it is that bad"...oh yes, Mr. Kansas boy..remember Dorothy? I don't think she heard sirens...gosh, I just don't want to hear the voice of reason at 2am...So, I stumble my way upstairs and wake Ian (his bed is right next to a window) and give him the choice of sleeping closer to John's bed on the floor or going out in the hallway and sleeping. Everyone else is still sleeping..so I go downstairs determined to stay awake to protect the family from the crazy storm outside..sit there on the couch just wondering exactly what I should do..then I rememeber Brent's words of wisdom about the sirens..then stubbornly feel my way through the darkness back to bed where I lay there and listen to my husband, baby, and two dogs snore...and I wonder, which is louder..the thunder outside or our bedroom..
Fastforward to 6:15 am..go get the kids up via light from the cell phone which is now on its last power bar...Brent has a meeting this morning..so that means, drop Evan, Ian, and Avery off at my parents so that my mom can run them to school then drive close to an hour to go drop off Em and John...then drive back home only to get here and the stupid electricity STILL BE OFF...
They didn't get it back on till 3pm today..and my ice cream is melted :( but everything else seems ok. Yeah..gosh, they might as well just shoot me if we have some big natural disaster here in Dallas..I am just not sure if I could cope :) I am just too used to my luxuries like electricity and water etc...
last night we had a terrific storm that lit up the sky with some wicked wind and rain and thunder..about 1:30am I got up..looked outside..because the sky seemed to be continuously bright at an odd hour...went into the kitchen..turned on the weather band on my kitchen radio..which, by the way, doesn't pick up crap where weather is concerned...ran to the television..well, duh, of course the satellite is going to be out..even the slightest bit of bad weather sends that thing into a tizzy..well..just as I was wondering if I should wake the kids and make them come downstairs..the electricity goes out. Arggghh...we have like 6 flashlights in this house...none of them are in the utility room like they are supposed to be..can't even find my stupid long bic lighter thingy that I use to light candles..I, like a goofball, grab my cell phone and light my way back to the bedroom to try and wake my "sleeps through everything" hubby..I briefly express my weather fears to him, and I get a "the sirens will go off if it is that bad"...oh yes, Mr. Kansas boy..remember Dorothy? I don't think she heard sirens...gosh, I just don't want to hear the voice of reason at 2am...So, I stumble my way upstairs and wake Ian (his bed is right next to a window) and give him the choice of sleeping closer to John's bed on the floor or going out in the hallway and sleeping. Everyone else is still sleeping..so I go downstairs determined to stay awake to protect the family from the crazy storm outside..sit there on the couch just wondering exactly what I should do..then I rememeber Brent's words of wisdom about the sirens..then stubbornly feel my way through the darkness back to bed where I lay there and listen to my husband, baby, and two dogs snore...and I wonder, which is louder..the thunder outside or our bedroom..
Fastforward to 6:15 am..go get the kids up via light from the cell phone which is now on its last power bar...Brent has a meeting this morning..so that means, drop Evan, Ian, and Avery off at my parents so that my mom can run them to school then drive close to an hour to go drop off Em and John...then drive back home only to get here and the stupid electricity STILL BE OFF...
They didn't get it back on till 3pm today..and my ice cream is melted :( but everything else seems ok. Yeah..gosh, they might as well just shoot me if we have some big natural disaster here in Dallas..I am just not sure if I could cope :) I am just too used to my luxuries like electricity and water etc...