Lights Out!

So, tomorrow is the birthday of my youngest child.  The fruit of my loins (that phrase grosses me out for some reason.  Please, don't think about my loins, OK?) the zig to my zag.  She'll be 11.  We got her a bike, she loves it.  She can't ride it.

I drove home in off-and-on torrential rain, but it wasn't bad when I got here.  We gave her the bike, and it started pouring, so she couldn't try it out.  OK, we'll deal with it.  Then, around 6:30, we lost power.

When this happens, it's never long-lived.  Usually 5-10 minutes.  Not tonight, my friend.  It lasted almost 3 hours!  ACK!  WHAT DO PEOPLE DO?  Friends (via text messages) suggested "relations" with my husband, but there are kids wandering, so that's out.  Candles gave enough light to move around, but not enough to do any game playing or cards.  Sheesh, how boring.

My battery operated shower radio let me listen to the Chiefs game (which pre-empted my Big Brother tonight anyway) so there was something, but it was so weird around here.

Anyway, the lights are back on, sattellite is intermittent, thunder is booming, and here I sit with no beer.  What's up with that?  Oh goodie, and it just started pouring again.  Damn sattellite.  What good is transponder 7, anyway?  (if you have never had sattellite, that will mean nothing to you.)

Yup, lights are blinking, if I don't hit "save" now, I'll lose it all!