We had some serious thunderstorms whip through the Philly area last night and our power did not survive. It went out around 7:30PM before the rain even hit. The winds that preceeded the storm were wicked, and that's when the power went out.
We taught Phoebe how to play a new card game (for her). It's A$$hole, but we called it "Butthead" which is the worst thing you can say in 7-year-old language. She loved it. We played three rounds of cards before it got too dark to play anymore and then put her to sleep in her own bedroom. I told her we couldn't sleep well the night before when she was in our bed, as she was all over the place.
Leo and I then sat in our sitting room with some candles lit and we talked a little and then we both fell asleep. We eventually woke up and went to the bed, and woke up at 3:30 AM when the security system panel was beeping because it's backup power was out. I didn't know Leo tried to fix it and came up empty. I went downstairs to try to do something as it was keeping me awake and the panel is right under Phoebe's bedroom. I was afraid it would wake her up and then she'd be miserable today. The first thing I tried on the panel did work - I punched in the security code and hit OFF. I had a hard time falling back asleep. I was thinking about work issues - and that rarely ever happens to me, yuck! While I was just starting to doze off, I noticed the clock was blinking and our ceiling fan turned on, which let me know we had power again. I set the clock time and alarm and went back to sleep.
Tonight I have got to get some serious work done around the house. Since we haven't had power for the past two nights, I haven't been able to see to straighten up the house in the evening. Laundry is piling up and stuff I wanted to get done on the computer hasn't happened. Hopefully tonight will be a "powerful" night (pun very much intented).
We taught Phoebe how to play a new card game (for her). It's A$$hole, but we called it "Butthead" which is the worst thing you can say in 7-year-old language. She loved it. We played three rounds of cards before it got too dark to play anymore and then put her to sleep in her own bedroom. I told her we couldn't sleep well the night before when she was in our bed, as she was all over the place.
Leo and I then sat in our sitting room with some candles lit and we talked a little and then we both fell asleep. We eventually woke up and went to the bed, and woke up at 3:30 AM when the security system panel was beeping because it's backup power was out. I didn't know Leo tried to fix it and came up empty. I went downstairs to try to do something as it was keeping me awake and the panel is right under Phoebe's bedroom. I was afraid it would wake her up and then she'd be miserable today. The first thing I tried on the panel did work - I punched in the security code and hit OFF. I had a hard time falling back asleep. I was thinking about work issues - and that rarely ever happens to me, yuck! While I was just starting to doze off, I noticed the clock was blinking and our ceiling fan turned on, which let me know we had power again. I set the clock time and alarm and went back to sleep.
Tonight I have got to get some serious work done around the house. Since we haven't had power for the past two nights, I haven't been able to see to straighten up the house in the evening. Laundry is piling up and stuff I wanted to get done on the computer hasn't happened. Hopefully tonight will be a "powerful" night (pun very much intented).
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