~~Hurricane Ike can suck it.~~
yeah, that's right. I was totally OWNED by Hurricane Ike last Sunday. For those of you who didn't know (and I have no idea what, if any news coverage this got because of power issues), most of Ohio got rocked by an epic windstorm last Sunday that left over 650,000 homes without electricty. The next day, most businesses were restored, but schools were cancelled because they still didn't have power. By Tuesday, only 150,000 houses had their power back. Yesterday, that number was up to 450,000. My house was not one of those. And the awesome part about my house is that EVERYTHING is run by electricty. We live out in the country, so not only are the appliances electric, our well and septic tank are as well. Soooo...since Sunday, my house has been without light AND running water. Which means..no showers OR toilets! Originally, we were told it was going to be Sunday before we got our power back. And then it was Friday. We got excited. The people who live in front of us have a generator that runs ALL DAY, and they are NEVER HOME!!! It's so wrong. And have they even offered to help us out at all? NO! I'm about two seconds away from pouring sugar in it's gas tank and laughing manically. It's like it sits there and taunts me all day long. The best part was on Monday, my mom, sister, and I went on a hunt for a generator, and found that Home Depot, in an effort to be all humanitarian and shit, sent theirs to the south for the hurricane victims. Ironic, right?
I never thought I would enjoy being at work. But being able to sit in an area not illuminated by lanterns for sustained periods of time is fine by me. Not to mention the fact that there's running water and such. At last call, AEP said it'll be at the latest the 22nd before everything is back to normal. Yeah. That's Monday...a day later than what they originally said, and almost 8 days w/o power and running water. The awesome news is that our septic system needs a pump to keep everything where it is, so it's only a matter of days before sewage is backing up INTO our house. So things are getting a little...tense..around my place. If I hear one more person complain about being annoyed at the fact that they don't have cable, it's going to get brutal. Some lady at the hair salon yesterday was complaining because she lost her power for 5 hours! Mear hours!!! The lady doing Jess' hair kept getting all uncomfortable and awkward, and kept mentioning that we *still* had no power OR running water, but she kept blabbing on like a selfish twit. Then, out of pity, the hairdresser washed and styled my hair for free. It was pathetic and awesome all at the same time.
on the bright side....
Shower tomorrow...YES!!!!!! I have some amazing friends around here whom I am very thankful for, and all offered me a place to get clean. So thank God tomorrow I'll drive up to see Katy, and also get my first shower in almost a week. No more baby wipe baths for me!! >.<
I'll keep you all updated on when my house finally returns to the 21st Century.
I never thought I would enjoy being at work. But being able to sit in an area not illuminated by lanterns for sustained periods of time is fine by me. Not to mention the fact that there's running water and such. At last call, AEP said it'll be at the latest the 22nd before everything is back to normal. Yeah. That's Monday...a day later than what they originally said, and almost 8 days w/o power and running water. The awesome news is that our septic system needs a pump to keep everything where it is, so it's only a matter of days before sewage is backing up INTO our house. So things are getting a little...tense..around my place. If I hear one more person complain about being annoyed at the fact that they don't have cable, it's going to get brutal. Some lady at the hair salon yesterday was complaining because she lost her power for 5 hours! Mear hours!!! The lady doing Jess' hair kept getting all uncomfortable and awkward, and kept mentioning that we *still* had no power OR running water, but she kept blabbing on like a selfish twit. Then, out of pity, the hairdresser washed and styled my hair for free. It was pathetic and awesome all at the same time.
on the bright side....
Shower tomorrow...YES!!!!!! I have some amazing friends around here whom I am very thankful for, and all offered me a place to get clean. So thank God tomorrow I'll drive up to see Katy, and also get my first shower in almost a week. No more baby wipe baths for me!! >.<
I'll keep you all updated on when my house finally returns to the 21st Century.