Our electricity is back on, thankfully, so we are back home. We don't have phone, cable or internet, but we're so happy to be home, warm and with light that we really don't care.
When you're visiting random people who have heat, and staying with friends and relatives, there is bound to be blogworthy material.
The first night was spent with friends, which I would have rather done for the second night as well (and they were completely agreeable to it). Hubby thought it was too much of an imposition to do it for a second night, so we ended up at his mom's. At first we thought his sister and her family would be there as well, which I was not looking forward to. It would be quite crowded with 10 of us there. Thankfully their power returned, so it ended up just us, hubby's mom, and his brother who lives there.
My MIL led me to a room with a bed and an air mattress and said our son and I could sleep in there. I told her that all 3 of us would be fine in there. I'm hoping she was trying to be courteous due to a perceived space issue, because hubby and I have been married for almost 9 years...I think we can sleep in the same room at his mom's house without ruffling feathers.
Hubby's sister's friend who lives in our neighborhood, and has friends in our neighborhood, yet still seems to think we are the first people to call when she and her family need help fixing, carrying or rearranging something left a meesage the first day of the outage (which I just got yesterday) stating that she and her family were staying at her mother's house to stay warm and could we please call when the power was back on. Hello? Did she suppose we would be sitting home cold waiting to call her? And why doesn't she call her friend in the neighborhood? We are acquaintances. I'm not opposed to letting someone know when the power is on...It's just that assumption added with every other time she has called us first. I rarely ask people for many favors who I would not consider friends. That sounds really petty when I reread it, but you can't imagine how many favors that woman asks us for...and it's the only time we see her! It's sad when it gets to the point where a minor request is frustrating. That shouldn't have been frustrating...
I have not had coffee at work all week. I have been offered cups of coffee here and there at the various places we've been, and have savored them. This morning I made coffee, brought a travel mug of it to work...and it's awful. Bleck. What happened to my coffee making skillz?
I brought as many items to work to put in the refrigerator and freezer to try to save them as I could. Somehow I forgot the 2 containers of Sabra Hummus - One unopened. It is recommended to dispose of hummus that has been left out that long. Boo. That stuff's not cheap, either.
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Having no power is such a bummer. I'm glad we went to only cell phones this summer - that way I don't have to worry about the phones being out. (we've all had cells for years, but just on the "pay as you go" plan). Enjoy being back in your own comfy bed! :-)
I think Hummus is high in iron and vitamin C and also has significant amounts of folate and vitamin B6
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