....we finally got our electricity back. Talk about a shock, however. I actually saw the lightning hit one of the trees in back (way back) of our house get hit by the lightning just a split second before hearing the BOOM! I must have jumped a half foot off my chair when I saw the lightning and my heart damn near stopped when I heard the big boom. It seemed like it happened almost at the same time and it was damn scary!
Thankfully, it was still light out when it happened so finding our flashlights wasn't a problem but sitting here, on one of the hottest nights of the week AND extremely humid, too, was not fun. Even worse, for some reason, the low voltage alarm on our solar supply went off (in my computer room, of course!) so we couldn't use it. The Beast hopes it doesn't mean one or both batteries need replacing because they are expensive. He's hoping it's because he forgot to replace some wires that he *borrowed* to run electric into the chicken coop. But he'll check that out sometime in the next week, I'm sure.
He did turn on the generator so that the fridge and freezer wouldn't get warm and then he turned on his TV set. I just grabbed a book and started reading since we had no clue how long this outage would last. We were one of the first to report it so there was no indication of how general it was. He finally decided he would rather go to bed early and have the AC on in the bedroom rather than have TV to watch. Can't blame him for choosing comfort....LOL.
My bff, Carol, came up with a suggestion for helping Baron get into the car without fear of hurting him and I passed it along to the Beast. He thought it would be worth a try since he would like to get Baron in to the vet's office before Cee and I leave for Chicago. I hope it works because I know he's in a lot of pain.
She may just come here Sunday night and spend the night here so we can leave her car here without fear of it being vandalized again while she is gone. The Beast has an eye doctor's appointment on Monday down in Gadsden at 9:15am and Cee and I want to leave around 9am for Mustachio's. That way we don't have to rush and we can have the car packed up and ready to go on Sunday.
Well, now that we have our electricity back on, I can go to bed without worry that our food will go bad. We are all locked up and plugged back into the outlets where they belong. Goodnight all and I am sending you my love. Be happy. ***Hugs***
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