The Blackout...
Arrived home last night only to discover the condo complex was in a total power blackout. We had been notified ahead of time that there would be intermittent disruptions, all scheduled to end at 2 PM that day. Apparently there was a major accident to one of the contractors repairing the boards who, it was later discovered, was working on a project he had not been qualified to complete. We were updated that power was supposed to be restored between 10 PM and midnight. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Ultimately the condo remained black from 10:15 am on Thursday to 5 am this morning. No hydro - no hot water, no electricity, no heat. niviene and I went out for a good portion of the evening, had dinner, did some shopping and returned to the black hole. As a result of the power outage, almost the entire contents of our fridge will need to be thrown out. All the frozen foods had defrosted rendering them inedible. Ditto for all the perishable items in the fridge - dips, butter, juice, milk, yogurt, etc. What a complete waste. This little incident will now be setting us back probably about $200 in grocery expenses. Somehow with all the bureaucracy (it's the management's fault, it's the contractors fault, etc.) I doubt we will be reimbursed for any of it. We have also been advised that the problem is not even completely fixed and we may still experience power outages until Wednesday. Gee, great. Should make for an interesting week off. *rolls eyes*
It's the day before the Council and Board Meetings. Uggh. So much to do. Fortunately I'm finished almost all of it. After the meetings,as noted above, I'm off for a week. Nothing major planned. I'll probably go to the AGO to see the King Tut exhibit. Mostly I plan on watching the Australian Open. Men's draw can be found here. Quickly glancing over the draw, I think Rafa has a pretty decent selection. Granted he'd face Murray in the QFs, the really nasty boys (Fed, Davydenko, Djokovic, Soderling) are all on the other side of the draw so they can fight it out amongst themselves. Feliciano is in the Roddick/DelPotro quarter, on Rafa's side of the draw. In a perfect world Rafa would face Feli in the Semis. I hope the weather is cooperative and not too hot.
My weekend schedule:
Saturday:
Two meetings from 9 AM to whenever they finish (but before 4 PM)
Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao @ 2PM
Inter v Bari @ 2:45 PM
Barca v Sevilla @ 4 PM
Sunday:
Juventus v Chievo @ 9 AM
Facial @ 1:30 PM
Golden Globe Awards @ 8 PM
It's the day before the Council and Board Meetings. Uggh. So much to do. Fortunately I'm finished almost all of it. After the meetings,as noted above, I'm off for a week. Nothing major planned. I'll probably go to the AGO to see the King Tut exhibit. Mostly I plan on watching the Australian Open. Men's draw can be found here. Quickly glancing over the draw, I think Rafa has a pretty decent selection. Granted he'd face Murray in the QFs, the really nasty boys (Fed, Davydenko, Djokovic, Soderling) are all on the other side of the draw so they can fight it out amongst themselves. Feliciano is in the Roddick/DelPotro quarter, on Rafa's side of the draw. In a perfect world Rafa would face Feli in the Semis. I hope the weather is cooperative and not too hot.
My weekend schedule:
Saturday:
Two meetings from 9 AM to whenever they finish (but before 4 PM)
Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao @ 2PM
Inter v Bari @ 2:45 PM
Barca v Sevilla @ 4 PM
Sunday:
Juventus v Chievo @ 9 AM
Facial @ 1:30 PM
Golden Globe Awards @ 8 PM