And the Rains Came . . .

We had a lollapalooza of a thunderstorm last night. Tremendous winds tore down trees and branches all over Joppa. Most of the traffic lights were out when we went to church. Sunday morning is pretty sparce where traffic is concerned, and most people were treating intersections as four-way stops, which kept things moving smoothly.

One tree had fallen across the road to church, and a crew was just finishing cutting it into manageable chunks.

The power had gone out here in the complex around 7:00 last night but came on briefly for a while later. I was “doing my legs” when the power went off for the second time, so I just said “fuhgeddaboudit it” and went to bed a little after 9 PM.

When we got up this morning, we had power in some parts of the unit, but not in others. My bedroom was fine, but The Squire’s bedroom had no power at all. Both bathrooms had lights, but the sockets didn’t work, so I couldn’t do my hair. Thank heavens, the stove and fridge worked and when I pushed the button on the mixer, which is on the opposite side of the kitchen it turned on, but the dishwasher, which is next to the mixer, didn’t work. We had visions of coming home to wash a small mountain of dirty plates and pots. The A/C was also out of commission. Oddly enough, the living room and dining room were fine – lights and outlets all in working order.

We went to IKEA for breakfast, swung by Costco to get gas in his van, and then rode past the old homestead to see how things were going there. Looked pretty good from the road. No large trees were down, so we left them to it. When we got home, all systems were “go”. I turned on the dishwasher and went to bed for a couple of hours. I might have gone to bed early last night, but Boris decided 4 AM was time to get up. I didn’t agree with him, but there’s no point in arguing with a cat.

Did my legs and knitted from 4:30 to 5:30, then tried to get another hour of shut-eye, but no dice, which explains my after-church nap. It is now pushing 7, so I’m going to try this all one more time and then see about some shut eye.