Year: 2006

so we went home to check on the cats, and as we drove up the hill, it looked like streetlights were on that hadn’t been last night.  including the one in front of our house!

we turned on some lights and the furnace, checked the freezer (everything’s still frozen solid) and the fridge (most things will need to be thrown out), got all the cats inside…

and went back to the hotel, picking up pizza on the way.

because we’d already checked in, and it was warm, and all our clothes for tomorrow were there.  it’s an expense we don’t really need, honestly, and if we’d just waited it out a little longer we would’ve been fine at home.  but here we are, and it’s warm and comfortable, and I’m looking forward to a long deep sleep.

yep, still no power.  it’s late afternoon, and we are in a hotel, because neither of us can go another night sleeping in the freezing house.  and if I go to my new job tomorrow without a shower or a full night’s sleep…well, that would be very bad.

we’re going to check on the cats after we’ve both had showers, then grab some dinner, then just plain veg out.

I continue to keep my fingers crossed that we’ll have power soon.  We did see some folks working on the lines on Legion, so that’s hopeful…..

we went home last night, where we had phone back but still no power and slept in multiple layers of clothes, in our sleeping bags, under many layers of blankets. temps were down in the 20s last night, and when I went out this morning, there was a half-inch of frost on just about everything.

::brrrrr::

I had a hair appointment scheduled for today, so we went downtown (where the power is still just dandy) and I got my hair done while C had coffee. (I have bangs now!) I felt so very very nice getting my head massaged and then hair shampooed, etc.

on the way down, we saw a tree on top of a downed power line, so I called PSE. first of all, that particular downed line wasn’t on their map. (!) then, the guy I talked to gave me a bit of an update on our situation. Thurston county has apparently been hit hard by all this, and they don’t know when we’ll get power again. although not all of that is bad news: they’re getting more crews, which makes it hard to estimate, apparently.

so after the hair appointment we drove north again and I am once again in someone else’s warm dry kitchen. huzzah! in payment, C helped bring in their Christmas tree & ornaments, and I’m going to make mac & cheese later.

oooh, and the whole LotR sequence is on TV!

I imagine we’ll go home again tonight, whether the power is on or not, mostly to make sure the kitten posse is okay. (tiny Sasha spent last night curled up between us.) I am still hoping against hope that we’ll have power again sometime tomorrow.

I feel floating in limbo. Between jobs, unable to relax in my own house, sleep cycle entirely disrupted. To my surprise, it’s not an entirely unpleasant sensation.

Thursday night was the big wind, and the power went out at about midnight. Yesterday we went out a couple of times, once down to Centralia to return something, then for a trip out to Fred Meyer (with lunch at Taco Del Mar) and again in the evening when we were cold and bored to Old School Pizza.

I slept pretty well until maybe one or two am, and then just unevenly.

Now we are visiting with a friend in Puyallup at least for today and maybe overnight.  Here it is warm and bright, I have taken a shower, and as a bonus, there’s TV!  (And yes, the internets, too.)

I’m just hoping, hoping, hoping that the power comes on tomorrow or Monday at the latest.

Because — hey! — I start my new job on Tuesday, and I’d really like to take a shower and have clean clothes beforehand.

power went out thursday night and is still out. no phone either. i’m posting on the mda from the coffee shop. may not be back online for a few days.

also: worst. vacation. ever.