We started the day on Friday with a wake up in the spare room at Bobby's. I never sleep well especially if there is noise like snoring from Nancy and the window style a/c which has a fan noise; at least it was constant. The bed is very comfortable but despite the ear plugs in never got much sleep, oh well. I did cat nap in between the boys and their naps which were close to an hour or two at times after Anns and Gabe left around 2:30 for their mom's place.
I started this ramble around 7'ish but the power went out when a huge limb from a tree took down the power line just a few houses up from Bobby's. We heard the crack of lightening early in the morning and the rolling thunder when the tree snapped sending the whole hood into darkness. The boys fared as did the the other kiddo's when we used the hot water to warm their bottles and of course there were plenty of power bars and fruit. It was just an inconvenience and how much we depend on electricity to function. Luckily Bobby had a way with his phone to get us WIFI so the kiddos could do their school work on line which they did until noon. I helped Gabe out as much as possible with his work as both Bobby and Katie were tied up with conference calls.
We had delicious grilled left over meatloaf sandwiches for lunch prepared Bobby style and then again a very tasty fried rice with grilled sticky chicken wings for supper. Both were so delicious. We left around 7'ish and got back to the house in a lite rain before dark. This rain was every where in the area which really needed the water without the high winds and storms. We were fortunate this storm did not carry the severe weather suffered in the mid west with tornado's that killed several and destroyed homes. We were away from the news which was a blessing at first but we like to keep up with all that is happening with our nation.
I hit the showers after unpacking and watched on the History channel a series called "ALONE" which I would love to do. The show takes a group of people both male and female to remote parts of the world and they have to survive individually for days living off the land for a money prize. The first couple episodes where on Vancouver Island and the 3rd season is in S. America in an area called the Patagonia. It looks as if will be a good series with man vs living in the wild. Just what I thrive on, LATER
