lights out... again

propane tank sitting partially filled but unconnected to anything... 22kw generator sitting unconnected to anything... power out. So close and yet so far. No implementation date either.

We were on our way back from shopping in a neighboring town about 30 minutes away when all heck broke loose. The sky turned from a sunny blue to an ominious black. Rain began to spit and then spew from the heavens. The wind buffetted the car. Our phones kept beeping with tornado alerts. Powerlines blew in the wind. We were on a back road with nowhere to stop (that wasn't under a power line), and no shelter so we just kept on driving, no, crawling, the center line almost obliterated by water.

By the time we got home the rain had mostly abated and the wind had died down (were we perhaps in the eye of the storm?). It was with GREAT trepidation that I stepped out of the car to open the gate... let see: metal gate attached to 1000' of metal fence. Lets just say that I was fast, although by then the thunder and lightening was distant, or at least a few miles away.

Got into the garage (the door was strangely open) - no lights. Yup. Power outage. Third in 4 months.

So here we sit. Not literally in the dark. They say it will be back by 4:30 so maybe we'll be able to have a hot supper. Why is it that as soon as the power is out I want a tea? If we had a gas stove I'd be able to fire it up to boil some water.

Luckily in the summer we have a good source of clean water for washing up - it is just steps away to get a bucket of water from the pool. And I always keep bottled water for this very reason.

We haven't been up to much this past week. Carm's been golfing - he's up to 42 rounds so far this year. I've been on the treadmill - it is almost a month and I've only missed 3 days. I've discovered the joys of youtube. Time passes so quickly when watching a video about some inane subject, or a ted talk about something equally inane. Today I managed to walk for 40 minutes, with distraction.

We are still swimming, and perhaps had our last late night swim last night. Tonight is supposed to be colder so the water temp is going to start to plummet. It seems impossible, but summer is almost over. WHAAAA