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07/02/2004 Archived Entry: "Well that was fun"

We woke up yesterday to find out our power was out. As was the entire neighborhood and the one across the street as well. Calls to Edison led to a recording that said they had no estimate of when it would be back on. I'll say. It came on 24 hours later at 5 this morning. Let me tell you, I couldn't do anything fun or dreary in the house yesterday. I couldn't watch TV, play on the computer or even scrapbook because my craft table is in a corner and I need to use my overhead light. Well, I couldn't do housework either, no laundry, vacuuming or doing dishes. So yesterday, Tabitha and I took Chris to work so we could have the car and did a couple of errands to get us out of a house with no power. After a while he called us and told us he and his boss were knocking off early so we went out and got him and by then I was starving so we had a quick lunch at a Mexican food place we hadn't been to in a couple of years. Then we went to scrapbook stores on a hunt for Chinese dragon stickers for a page I did of Tabitha with Mulan and Mushu. I really didn't think they'd be as hard to find as they were. As a matter of fact, I never did find stickers, but I found a die-cut pack that included a die of a dragon and also Chinese lanterns. Not exactly what I wanted, but it was the fourth store and I was losing hope. Once we got home, still no power, by the way, Tabitha played outside with her water toys, Chris took a nap and I finished up the Mulan page because the afternoon light was sufficient. After an hour, the electricity came back on! I set clocks, opened and closed the fridge often, went to close the garage door and the power went out again while the garage door was half closed. We called Edison back for another update and were informed the "assessment team is assessing the problem." Gee- thanks. We did find out that one of the electricians fell into an electrical manhole and got electrocuted. We're hoping he wasn't killed, but don't know. That probably delayed Edison for a while though. We decided to head to my in-laws. They were going to be out for the evening, so it was just us, enjoying lights and TV, lol. Actually, Tabitha and Chris went in the little pool when we first got there. I did too, but Tabitha splashed me twice and I was already cold and hate being wet, so I got out and read a magazine instead. We stayed there until the end of the Dodger game (around 9:00) and headed home to one very dark neighborhood. Man it was pitch black out there! We lit a gazillion candles, convinced Tabitha to go to bed (with a flashlight) and then went to bed ourselves. Not the most restful sleep I've ever had. At some point, the Edison crews came in front of our house and worked on stuff there. Apparently that's where the problem was though, after they were here for an hour or so, the power did come back on and hasn't gone off since. Chris chose not to get up at his regular time since we had a hard time sleeping, so he's still home and showering and then he'll take off for work. Tabitha and I are both sitting at our computers and I can only imagine how many emails I need to download. I'm guessing somewhere in the 750 to 900 range. Oy!