Greetings all,
Wow!! What a week!! Richard and I are grateful for many things today.
Mostly, we are very glad we get along well. We found out how important
that is during the past several days. Like most of us here in
Tallahassee, we lost power last Thursday evening at approximately 9
p.m. We thought, like most of us probably did, this would be a one or
two-day adventure. Wrong!!!
The storm itself to me was really no big deal. Wind and rain, but I
love a good storm. I have been through several hurricanes, and this one
seemed fairly tame to me. However, Friday morning brought lots of
debris in the yard, including one large tree that was not ours, and no
power. We counted all of our necessary parts, examined and talked with
our two dogs, checked over the house, and realized that we had come
through it all okay. We had plenty of drinking water, and we have city
water, so that was okay too. We were concerned about the stuff in the
refrigerator and the freezers, but we figured power would be back on by
the end of that day and we had a cooler, so we weren't too worried.
WRONG AGAIN!!! During our hurricane adventure, we did a lot of talking
and spending quality time together and that was a good thing. However,
I experienced a good deal of frustration with the city officials. I
just did not understand how such a seemingly small storm could almost
completely destroy the city's total electrical system. However, I
worked it through, and the kindness of friends and neighbors went a
long way toward easing my feelings of anger and frustration. Thanks to
kind friends and neighbors we were supplied with ice for the cooler,
and the Red Cross even brought hot meals into our neighborhood. A
friend came to get my cell phone, took it to her house to charge it up
for me. Between the two of us, we ran down the batteries in 5 book
readers, and we unfortunately lost quite a bit of food in the
refrigerator and freezers because we couldn't keep it cold enough. To
make a long story a little shorter, we finally got power back yesterday
(Wednesday) afternoon at 4:30. In addition to the obvious things that
we are thankful to God for, Richard and I have a new appreciationn for
air conditioning, cool drinks, hot coffee and hot showers. Even in the
summer, cold showers are not fun, even when they are necessary. I had
to miss 4 days of work, but fortunately I have vacation time I can use.
All in all, there is so much that we are so grateful for, but we are
truly glad it is over; and we sincerely hope we don't need to have that
experience again any time soon.
All the best from the Sawyer household.
Shelley
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