We lost power last night at 1am.\u00a0 I know it was 1am because Lex woke in a panic because his clock “went black.”\u00a0 He was sick last night (fever, no vomit) and he was oddly raring to go at 1am.\u00a0 He snuggled into our bed and none of us could sleep well.\u00a0 Too quiet.\u00a0 And a little scary when the wind howled and the raid pounded down.\u00a0 Then we started hearing odd noises and voices outside.\u00a0 I got up and peeked out the window and saw flashlights moving around.\u00a0 Alan opened the window and yelled to our neighbors to see if all was ok.\u00a0 Their basement was flooding so Alan went out to help.\u00a0 Lex and I stayed in bed and talked about EVERYTHING!\u00a0 He was concerned about the weather, the moon (the rain stopped and a bright moon came out), his neighbor friend floating away (his bedroom is in another part of the basement), electricity, why the power was out, etc.\u00a0 It went on and on.\u00a0 I enjoyed it for a long time, but eventually tried to get him settled down.\u00a0 One sweet quote from Lex, “It’s a good thing the sun doesn’t need electricity!”\u00a0 That was his comment after I told him that we wouldn’t need candles and flashlights all day because eventually the sun would come up.\u00a0 He wanted nothing to do with sleeping, but I started dozing.\u00a0 When Alan came back Lex said, “Dad, I have some hugs and kisses waiting for you!”\u00a0 I happily rolled Lex over to Alan’s side of the bed and I fell asleep… for 2 hours until Eve woke up screaming at 6am!\u00a0 Not sure why she was screaming, but it was 6am so we got up.\u00a0 I forgot to mention that both of them had gone to bed at 6:30 the night before, so by 6am she was wide awake.\u00a0 Eve and I got up and had breakfast by candle light while Lex and Alan slept for awhile, then Alan went to work.\u00a0 Lex eventually woke up at 10am!\u00a0 We had given him another dose of medicine at 4am so he slept well.<\/p>\n
The whole day was just slightly off. Dark clouds moved through the sky, showing and hiding the sun.\u00a0 It wasn’t dark, but it wasn’t quiet bright enough either.\u00a0 Lex didn’t go to school.\u00a0 I canceled the playdate plans Eve and I had and we all just hung out and did not much of anything.\u00a0 It was probably best for them.\u00a0 We did some projects, read a ton of books, reorganized the art drawer, etc.\u00a0 All of our normal stuff, like naps and meals, were slightly altered.\u00a0 Lex’s 10am morning meant no nap for him, and the lack of power meant, well… no power, and limited access to the fridge\/freezer.\u00a0 I ended up putting a box of food outside around 1pm, 12 hours after the fridge went dark.\u00a0 Luckily the temps were in the mid-30s so it was cold enough outside but we weren’t too cold inside.<\/p>\n
Turns out there was a very large tree across the road in our neighborhood.\u00a0 After 15.5hrs they got things put back together and our lights flickered on.\u00a0 Yay!!\u00a0 Just 10 minutes before the outside edge of their estimated time frame.\u00a0 I’m was thrilled!\u00a0 :)\u00a0 The kids were equally excited.\u00a0 We had dinner, baths, and early bed.<\/p>\n
They are both sick now.\u00a0 Colds, coughs, runny nose, lowgrade fevers, etc.\u00a0 Fun, fun.\u00a0 We canceled our weekend plans and hopefully everyone will be well by Monday.\u00a0 Hopefully!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We lost power last night at 1am.\u00a0 I know it was 1am because Lex woke in a panic because his clock “went black.”\u00a0 He was sick last night (fever, no vomit) and he was oddly raring to go at 1am.\u00a0 … Continue reading