Drive In, Turn Off, Shut
Down
Anabelle spent the day
having a hoot and a half on the slip and slide at Grandma’s, mostly trying to
get wet without getting muddy. Because she’s fancy.
The kids were offered
the option of the lake…but loss of Up the Lake weighed heavily on every choice.
Their decision to always stay in the sprinkler or hose again matched my
inability to get up the energy to use the fire pit all summer.
I got in to work, ready
for only the second day with the air conditioner fully operational again to
find a very dark building.
The power was out for
the whole block.
However, the emergency
generators kept the Wi-Fi on, and I was pleased to discover my new work laptop had
the “Crazy Long” option for battery life.
Just about everyone else
in the building was sane enough to go home, or at least to another
facility.
Due to that solitude, I
got an ASTONISHING amount of work done and was able to turn the test fixtures we
were worried about back on when the power returned in the afternoon.
It was for the best that
I wasn't called upon to interact with anyone most of the day.
My biggest issue was all
the coffee making equipment needed electricity. Given the size of the trucks
needed to address the issue on the pole behind our building, I was afraid to
leave for fear of being blocked out.
I didn't get my first
cup until after 2pm, when one of the giant trucks did what was almost a
kamikaze run up the grass between our facility and the one next door to reach
the pole.
The tests pumping again,
I packed up for the week and did some shopping errands on the way to Grandma’s.
We had dinner there, and
watched Scooby Doo Meets Kiss for the
second time, because that level of insanity deserves some sharing.
Anabelle and I went
home, to spend some quality time missing Rosa again. We called her for a bit,
and watched some more Chopped After Hours,
since that’s the funniest one.
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