Phew!!

yesterday was interesting… kenny was told to work from home since the forecast was for a big storm… so when we woke up he was in the kitchen working. the storm continued to grow and we had a couple of power surges. luckily the night before i had gone to buy some water, more flashlights and some food that we could munch on in case of a power outtage. well, by 10 am or so the power was out!! we kept thinking what we should do… so we called my parents who live in a neighboring city and we asked if they had power. sure enough they did. so we decided to pack up and head over there. before we left we unplugged everything and turned all the lights off in case the power came back on and there might be more power surges. by 12 noon we made it over to my parents with some taco bell lunch. YUM YUM. ;p he he!! we saw a lot of neighborhoods with no power and a lot of debris on the road. kenny continued to work over there while the kids and i tried to stay entertained. i kept calling the house to see whether or not the answering machine came on, indicating that the power had indeed come back on. no luck. i was beginning to wonder if the power would ever come back on. then a thought came to me… maybe kenny had unplugged the phone when he had unplugged all of our other appliances. luckily my parents had the numbers to a couple of our neighbors and we called. turned out our power had been restored since 12 noon. HA HA!! so after we ate some more dinner, we decided to head back. the drive home was much more quiet with the storm settled down… however there were many neighborhoods still without power. and as we came upon our neighborhood we were thinking we were going to have to turn around and go back to my parents. we reached our block and it was pitch black all around. but when we turn on to our street, we noticed our side of the street had power… but not those across the street. what a bummer. i felt so bad for our neighbors. it was also a very eerie feeling to be on the street when it was so DARK… since only half of the street lights were working. as for the storm… it’s quieted down… but we’re due for another one on tues. oh my!!