07.14.2005 at 10:42 am
another damn hurricane
so...the hurricane didn�t do that much damage in my neck of the woods. i ended up doleing out $600 on a generator because i remember how horrible it was to go without power after hurricane ivan the terrible (actually, the lights being out didn�t bother me....it was the three-digit temperatures that we were melting through) and i didn�t want janie to go crazy without having some nemo & dorey time. oh yeah, and did i mention that they were calling this one "dennis the menace"? how quaint.
we were only without power for 22 hours. but here�s the kicker. the storm came through around four o�clock sunday afternoon. we watched television throughout the WHOLE thing. when the satellite started goofing up, we let janie watch nemo and chris and i sat on the front poarch and watched the rain come down. by six o'clock, it was over. and by seven, we figured we were home-free. the power had not even blinked.
and at eight o'clock the lights went out.
THE FRIGGIN' STORM HAD BEEN OVER FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS!
*sigh*
janie just looked at us and squealed. of course, little kids think it is funny when the power goes out. that is, until they realize that no power = no nemo.
so chris went out back and cranked up the generator.
it was nice to have air conditioning and to be able to watch television.
and like i said, the power was only out for 22 hours, but still.
THE STORM WAS OVER.
chris and i have a conspiracy theory...we think that there were some power-guys that were all excited about this storm coming through because they wanted to make them some over-time. and when the power didn't go out, they just decided to make them some over-time.
sons-a-bitches.
xoxo
tell me i'm beautiful...
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