Last night, the power went out. It was good and bad at the same time.
We've had a few power outages before. One occurred about a month after living here, right after getting up. It was out for only a half hour. Our neighbor downstairs assured us that outages were somewhat typical and as long as the school wasn't affected, the power should be on shortly. If the school is affected, it might be awhile. Since then, the other outages have occurred when we weren't home. We would just come back to find out clocks flashing.
We've also lost power due to using too much power. I've blown the circuit a few times. Proudly, as a "know-how wife" (well, I like to think of myself this way), I opened the fuse box and fixed the switches. One time we kept losing power because we had an electrical short in our water heater so anytime we turned it on, all our power went out.
Well, last night, the power went out around 6:00. And it stayed out. Then we heard the school was affected. Not good news. So, we decided to take a walk and hoped it would come back on soon. We stopped at the Herrera's and played until 7:30. By that time, it was dark out so the houses were also dark. The kids played by candle light. Aberly and I finally headed home. Colin had our camping lantern on and we lit all our candles. We got Aberly ready for bed but the reality was settling in. This might be while and it was getting uncomfortably warm in our house.
I began to worry about our fridge. We moved some things to the freezer, gave Aberly more bedtime milk than usual, and ate the last Popsicle. Colin and I each mixed up a cocktail to enjoy with our slowly melting ice cubes. We put Aberly to bed and got out the cribbage set. Aberly quickly got back up to hang on the couch with us. She is used to sleeping with her AC on and I think it threw her for a loop to have that soft sound missing. Plus she was focused on the idea that the workers were going to fix the lights and I think that meant in her mind that they were coming to our house, so she was waiting for them to show up.
Colin and I started out game. Aberly got out her flashcards to "play cards" too. We lounged in our underwear in the ever increasing heat, fantasizing of when the power would come back on. We put Aberly to bed once more as her yawns increased. We gave her a sippy cup with water that had an ice cube in it (her request) and she stayed in bed.
After I handily won our game of cribbage (I admittedly got a disproportionate amount of good hands compared to Colin), we sat down next to each other on the couch. Cuddle? No way, it was too hot. "Don't touch me" Colin warned, when I poked his hand. I looked up at the wall scone and was literally thinking, "The power better come on soon or we won't be sleeping well at all tonight" and the power came back on. We heard Aberly yell from her room "AC on!". We went in to give her last kisses ("my AC on, Daddy Mommy AC on, living room AC on!") and she was out like a light (har har).
Yeah, so the bad part of the power being out was the heat. It was very uncomfortable. May is a hot time of the year. It was 91 outside at 8:30 PM and it stays that way all night. Our walls radiate that heat. You can touch the walls and it's warm.
But the good part of it was that we had no electronics to distract us. No Facebook or email to steal our attentions. Colin and I tend to zone out after Aberly goes to bed at night so this forced us to find other entertainment. Well, Colin may not agree that it was that entertaining since he got smacked at Cribbage. In his words, "it's good this board doesn't have a skunk line". But all in all, it was a fun night. And it also gave me something to blog about.
Here are a few fun pictures from the past couple of weeks:
We've had a few power outages before. One occurred about a month after living here, right after getting up. It was out for only a half hour. Our neighbor downstairs assured us that outages were somewhat typical and as long as the school wasn't affected, the power should be on shortly. If the school is affected, it might be awhile. Since then, the other outages have occurred when we weren't home. We would just come back to find out clocks flashing.
We've also lost power due to using too much power. I've blown the circuit a few times. Proudly, as a "know-how wife" (well, I like to think of myself this way), I opened the fuse box and fixed the switches. One time we kept losing power because we had an electrical short in our water heater so anytime we turned it on, all our power went out.
Well, last night, the power went out around 6:00. And it stayed out. Then we heard the school was affected. Not good news. So, we decided to take a walk and hoped it would come back on soon. We stopped at the Herrera's and played until 7:30. By that time, it was dark out so the houses were also dark. The kids played by candle light. Aberly and I finally headed home. Colin had our camping lantern on and we lit all our candles. We got Aberly ready for bed but the reality was settling in. This might be while and it was getting uncomfortably warm in our house.
I began to worry about our fridge. We moved some things to the freezer, gave Aberly more bedtime milk than usual, and ate the last Popsicle. Colin and I each mixed up a cocktail to enjoy with our slowly melting ice cubes. We put Aberly to bed and got out the cribbage set. Aberly quickly got back up to hang on the couch with us. She is used to sleeping with her AC on and I think it threw her for a loop to have that soft sound missing. Plus she was focused on the idea that the workers were going to fix the lights and I think that meant in her mind that they were coming to our house, so she was waiting for them to show up.
Colin and I started out game. Aberly got out her flashcards to "play cards" too. We lounged in our underwear in the ever increasing heat, fantasizing of when the power would come back on. We put Aberly to bed once more as her yawns increased. We gave her a sippy cup with water that had an ice cube in it (her request) and she stayed in bed.
After I handily won our game of cribbage (I admittedly got a disproportionate amount of good hands compared to Colin), we sat down next to each other on the couch. Cuddle? No way, it was too hot. "Don't touch me" Colin warned, when I poked his hand. I looked up at the wall scone and was literally thinking, "The power better come on soon or we won't be sleeping well at all tonight" and the power came back on. We heard Aberly yell from her room "AC on!". We went in to give her last kisses ("my AC on, Daddy Mommy AC on, living room AC on!") and she was out like a light (har har).
Yeah, so the bad part of the power being out was the heat. It was very uncomfortable. May is a hot time of the year. It was 91 outside at 8:30 PM and it stays that way all night. Our walls radiate that heat. You can touch the walls and it's warm.
But the good part of it was that we had no electronics to distract us. No Facebook or email to steal our attentions. Colin and I tend to zone out after Aberly goes to bed at night so this forced us to find other entertainment. Well, Colin may not agree that it was that entertaining since he got smacked at Cribbage. In his words, "it's good this board doesn't have a skunk line". But all in all, it was a fun night. And it also gave me something to blog about.
Here are a few fun pictures from the past couple of weeks:
Taking a dip in her little pool outside. She loves her goggles!
Relaxing with a snack with Isla after school pool swimming.
Playing in the ball pit at Adventure Zone with a little girl.
Riding the big slide with daddy. She quickly started doing it on her own.
Watching the hot air balloon display at the Children's Museum.
Trying to jump as swiftly as a cat...
Aberly's FAVORITE display at the Children's Museum. Wind tunnel!
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