I woke up this morning to a dry mouth. My thought: CPAP machine water must have dried up. I looked up at the ceiling fan, the blades were moving slower and slower. Something's wrong with the fan, I thought. Oh, gosh. It still didn't dawn on me that the electricity was out. I looked at my watch - it was 7:15. The clock registered nothing.
I guess I should have "knocked on wood" yesterday when I wrote about how lucky we were compared with others having weather related problems. No a/c for us. Paul got ahold of the power company and the message was that there were 100 homes who were out power and that power should be on by 11 AM. So - we went out for breakfast at one of our favorite breakfast places - Sugar and Spice. Automatic garage door opener didn't work, but we had the van outside, next to the garage.
Two of our neighbors have electric generators. One is quite loud - and reminds me of a lawn mower outside. I heard that one when I awoke. (that was another thing that didn't register correctly for me. Amazing how the mind works before we awaken.) The other one generator belongs to our good neighbors next door. On our way out to breakfast, we rolled down the windows as we drove by. Yes. It was on. Quite quiet. By the time we got home, power was on. When we came home, we rolled down the windows for proof as we drove by. It was off.
We took Lue to the airport yesterday afternoon for her flight to Washington, D.C. to see her baby great grandson, three-month old, Robert. I was pleased to see a picture of Robert and her. According to Jennifer's caption on Facebook, it was her first time holding him. Lue was so excited to see him. She told us at the airport that they better make sure she was sitting down first before they handed him to her as he was quite heavy! Rightly so. I remember how it was with Evie. Lue also told us Jen asked for her to bring a pair of blue pants and a white shirt because they were going to take a four-generation picture and they should all dress alike. How wonderful! Sounds like she'll have a wonderful time, and we'll pick her up on her return on Friday.
Paul got a phone call on his cell from Brenda 9:00 this morning from San Jose Airport. She questioned why our regular phone wasn't working . . . power outage, of course. She and Emma were on their way to LaGuardia today and just wanted us to know they were on their way. We're to pick them up in Middletown tomorrow.
Suddenly things that were in the near future are upon us! Where is the time going? Brenda sent us her "itinerary." Their month away begins here with us and ends in Germany. Eric couldn't be with us here because of business, but will meet them in Middletown the weekend after next and fly to Germany with them.
It'll be good to see Greg and family too. We look forward to their visit. We have to wait (impatiently) til Neenee completes Summer Camp (going on this week) before they'll be here.
Corning grandson and his dad were on TV the other night - their Babe Ruth team (his dad was coach) won the championshp! Grandson pitched the whole game. Congratulations to them! We were there Sunday to see them win. Fantastic game.
We went to Sharon and Dave's house Monday night to help Dave celebrate his birthday. His cake had a grouping of four candles and three candles. That meant he could be 34 or 43. Guess. His parents were there too. We brought watermelon and we all sat outside on the deck.
Son, Bill and daughter-in-law Epril - who will be making her first visit up to NYS - visiting Washington DC, NYC on the way. Such exciting times. Bill sent us his two-week itinerary also. It looks almost like a dream wish. His is "subject to change". Good thing, as he goes into such minute details with hours here, hours there. Due to that - there's bound to be changes. Bill is a very positive person and he goes with the flow.
Got a phone call from Nancy last night. She. family and friends are traveling to a park to "camp". Not sure where, but they're staying in cabins. They'll be away for a couple of days. Good for them.
Good thing we don't have any time schedule for much for ourselves as our lives seem to fit around children and grandchildren schedules. It doesn't matter.
We know what's important and what's not.
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