The power of POWER......

Clearly, I could not have survived the dark ages or a real, live, in my face hurricane. The remnants of Ike found it's way to my cozy little suburban hamlet. We've had high winds, power outages, continual sirens, down phone lines, closed roads and snarled traffic. Schools had delays or closed all together. Our power went out on Sunday night (after the Steeler game, thank God!), came on for a quick 45 minutes (just enough time for me to do my blog yesterday!) and then did not return until last evening. At Carmen's power plant....the power is still out (yeah, at a power plant...go figure). They are saying it may not be restored until late this week. The entire town surrounding the plant is also without power. Carmen's mother...who lives less than 3 miles from us....is still without phone service and they can't promise it will be back until later this week. The phone company told my sister-in-law---too bad...there are lines down all over the place. And, to think, we didn't even have a hurricane. And, we had NO RAIN. It was just damaging winds and weird weather. High winds and 87 degrees and high humidity. Freaky clouds and ligthning bolts. So, yeah...I don't know how to break it to you, Ms. Palin, but I'm pretty sure global warming is the real deal. If not, maybe we're in the twilight zone. I'm almost 50 years old and I can pretty much tell ya Sarah, this ain't my home town....we ain't in Kansas no more...so to speak. I might not be able to see Russia from my front door but last night when I looked down on to Bower Hill Road, I'm pretty sure I saw Armageddon. One huge mess....tree limbs and branches and debris, fire trucks, police cars and barricades.
Yes, it's been pretty weird. It started Sunday night when the power went out. The weirdness continued throughout the night....I woke up every 20 minutes worrying that I'd sleep in. Everything was pitch black and I couldn't depend on my alarm to wake me. Yes, I do have a wind up alarm clock. But, looking for that in the dark proved impossible. Same thing with the flashlights....I do have them. But, when the house is cloaked in darkness....forget about finding them!! The wackiness of the day just continued on from there. Looking for a Monday morning outfit, drying my hair, putting on make up, and trying to find a pair of shoes without power.....not fun. Add that to driving through rush hour with no traffic lights, closed roads and impatient drivers....well, it was no way to start a brand new work week. Then, top it all off with barricades closing off my road last night--just when I decided to run to the banking machine and then having my power flickering off and on the rest of the night........well...it made me remember why I pay my electric bill.
So, forgive me please if I can't think of one creative, intelligent or exciting thing to blog about this morning. My entire focus is on one thing and one thing only....POWER. I am lucky to have it. And, I want to keep it. After all, I still have to put my make up on.....