The day began at 5 a.m. when something woke me up - I assume it was the storm - I glanced at my clock radio and the clock was not lit up. It wasn't even flashing. So I rounded up some candles and matches and went back to bed. In our house we have 5 or 6 little tiny lights that stay lit all the time - on the compactor, the dishwasher, the TiVo, etc. None of them were even lit up.
Dick got up around 7, and emptied water into bowls and buckets so we could wash up and also flush, a very important function. He located 2 great camping lanterns, so we were as well equipped as we could have been. He left to go work at the Visitor Center, and I stayed home by the phone, reading my book.
Spoke to Dylan and Laurie this morning. Laurie has signed him up for Cub Scouts, and I think that's a really good idea. 5 of the 8 little boys in his den are in his class at school, so I'm thinking they'll become buddies. I promised Dylan that when the power came back on, I would play Everquest and try to make one of his characters stronger.
I called TC L&P to make sure that they knew we had no power. They knew. They said that there were some outages within the city limits, so I called Mother. She had power (whew). Her cleaning lady comes this morning, and at 1 p.m. she's having a pedicure.
When we got home from Houghton Lake yesterday, I had two messages from Dr. Burke who wanted to talk to me about my latest test results. I finally got hold of him, and he said that based on the latest numbers something needed to be done - iron or blood. We decided on Iron Dextran, and I go on Monday morning to the Infusion Clinic for an infusion. Last blood transfusion was on June 29th. Dick also has a Dr. appointment on Monday. Are we in the sickly sixties?
We went out to lunch at the Firefly Cafe, behind 310. It was really nice - a very upscale place with a great menu. We really enjoyed sitting outside in the shade and watching the river. Very pleasant.
The power came on around 1:45 p.m., and Dick fixed the TiVo/TV so it would work again, and then he had to fix the garage door opener so it would work again, and then the phones died. So that was another production to get everything up and running again. Now we're back to normal - as normal as it gets.
I imagine it will be an eternity before the Hurricane Charley victims will get back to normal, so we're counting our blessings.
