Yes - we survived Ice Storm 2008! Actually it wasn’t until the power was back on that we were even aware that it was such a big deal. Talk about total disconnection.
The storm was strange in it’s intensity. Jess to my left - basically nada. Tina to my right (Now singing ??? to the left of me - jokers to the right, here I am…stuck in the middle with you. Did you catch that worm?) also fine and dandy. Me in the middle - nuked! Good times :)
Jesus candles were on sale 3/$4.00 so we had light at the ready
We played a full and complete game of Monopoly, then a little bit of Trivial Pursuit, then freaked a bit when we realized it wasn’t even 8:00pm yet. It’s amazing how much slower time passes when you have no gadgets hogging it all up. We called it a night pretty darn early. Then Zach made the mistake of announcing he still had some battery time on his PSP. so we all gathered in my bed and watched Lords of Dogtown on the 3″ screen. Talk about togetherness! at least we were warm :)
Saturday was a bit harder.
The house was now less than 40F and so freaking cold. They had a shelter set up down the road at the firehouse but the kids decided guitar hero and Batman watching at Tina’s sounded like the better deal, so I took her up on her offer and brought my posse with me. It was nice - and tropical like in her warm, warm apartment. Yowza.
When we arrived home Sunday morning for needed church clothes the power was on! We sang, we dressed, we flipped switches on and off in awe of the wondrous power.
Power - it’s a good thing.
ETA: There are many around without power still - like my 75 year old MIL who lives alone. She’s doing alright, she at least has heat and some awesome neighbors! Now I’m stressing a bit because my car died on the way to her house to bring her supplies. So not only do I have a dead car on my mind (again!) - but her safety also. Does the stress ever just stop?
If you know of a sugar daddy that has money or cars to burn - for absolutely no sex in return - please send him my way. I’ve given up men only - not money.
Yeah :)
Sounds like a good plan - a sugar daddy that just wants to spend money on you.
I hope your car is easily fixable and for little to no amounts of money! And that your MIL is all right too!
I’ll keep an eye out for that no-sex sugar daddy!
Glad to hear you made it through the storm!
Glad you guys are ok! My folks were without power for over 24 hrs., but they are definitely lucky. Hope you get the car and MIL stuff worked out. Hugs!