Dude. My power went off at..um.. 7:30 last night.. also known as the same time the power company was working on the building next door...then LEFT. So, um, yeah, I blame them for this. I called and was told I'd be restored by Wednesday. WEDNESDAY. Now I understand it could be 7-10 days before everyone is restored. *sigh*
So, Gracie and I packed up and headed to mom's. My uncle's in town visiting and I dont mind the sofa, so I took the living room with my dog. The night was one of breaking limbs, falling ice, and um... an oven timer. Yes. You heard me. The OVEN timer was activated somehow..and wouldnt go off. Have you seen the Friends episode of Phoebe with the smoke alarm that wont go off? (See Friend's ep: The One Where They're Up All Night-the video's on youtube). Anyway, it might be the funniest episode EVER...besides the one where Joey wears all Chandler's clothes. Anyway...that was me last night. Standing in a wife beater and pj pants, crazy hair, no contacts, and glaring at the oven...like 2 inches from the timer. When I couldnt get the knob to work, I just started pleading with it...
"Plllleaaaassee stop!"
*Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
"Seriously!!!! It's 3am....." (starting to whine)
*Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
"I dont want to have to wake everyone up." *looking around for some magical oven fixer person* Seeing no one, I glance back...
*Bzzzzzzzz....*
"Damnit!!!" -grabs can of pledge or something..hits oven...breaks face of timer...- "Yes! I fixed it!"
* Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......BEEP BEEP...Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
"AGH!!!!!!!!!"
- I woke up my mom...then my uncle...My uncle turned off the breaker to the oven. The buzzing subsided.- I should have thought of that.
I feel really badly that I broke the damn thing. Patience... Patience... Anyway... I heard I still dont have power at my apt. A limb fell on my mom's house, but it's okay.. Friends said chainsaws started in their neighborhoods at like 4am! People trying to stop the damn limbs from damaging property, I guess... The roads arent bad...It's the power lines and the trees that are taking the biggest hit. I made it to work with hardly any problem and I'm lucky my mom had power last night so I had somewhere to go...even if I broke her oven. (Oops)
Anyway, stay warm!!! Cross your fingers that I have power later! I'm becoming a pro at scraping my car. Watch out, bitches! lol!
Last but definitely not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM TODAY!!!!!!!! Hopefully the weather will permit us to go to dinner or something tonight! :) YAY BEV!!!!!! I wish I had a pic up here at work to post, but she's awesome! Trust me on that one. :))))
4 comments:
happy birthday jackie's mom! sorry about the "wintery mix." that s-u-c-k-s. please do not send it our way.
aw, i'm so sorry your power is out and everything is sucky. my mum's power went out at 7am yesterday so it's been out for well over 24 hours now. sounds like the tree damage is really bad, mummy said it's the worst ice storm she's ever seen! pooey. stay warm at your mum's!
Happy birthday Bev! Doesn't sound like a fun day for a birthday, but none the less...happy b-day!
Yeah, Andrew said that this was a birthday that he wouldn't forget. We're staying at dad's too! Yay for parents with power. :)
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