The Nor’easter was essentially a nonevent here last night. During the day yesterday we had some rain and sleet which turned to wet snow in the afternoon, lasting overnight. There was no accumulation. The winds were a bit gusty and rather chilly today, but overall the temperature was up a bit.
We were alone here at the site today. I went to the rec center around 11 AM for a much appreciated, long, hot shower. Even though we are dressed appropriately (Dave and I both have insulated overalls) and our RV is indeed well-insulated, it was simply one of those days yesterday with a damp chill that it was just hard to get warm. That shower this morning felt darn good.
Between us, Dave and I saw four different gas stations without fuel for sale today. Things are far from the usual normal in the area at this point.
Shortly after I arrived home from my shower, I saw this.
This beautiful convoy of eight power trucks pulled into the driveway of the property! What a sight to behold! I went out to meet them and, sure enough, they were here to help us.
Within 30 minutes, they had us lit. I turned off both generators, rigged the office trailer to hook our RV back in, checked the pump down in the pump house and bingo! We had power and water! (Dave was out grabbing some much-needed bike time to maintain what little sanity he had left at this point.)
Whoooohoooo!
Tomorrow I can do laundry and start putting back together our home and the office. Things have been a’clutter around here during the outage. My office is how I left it – in hurricane mode – when we evacuated. With no power (no heat, no lights) there was no sense in trying to mess with it. Now that we have power, I can see if the cable Internet is working.
Earlier today Dave suggested we go to the Perkins Restaurant for breakfast Saturday as a wee treat. Yum! He doesn’t have to ask me twice!
Tonight we are absolutely chilling out. I can take a shower before bed as is my usual routine. We can turn in early if we want; no more staying up until 11 PM to refuel the generator. Tomorrow I can put on fresh clothes. I have been wearing the same insulated overalls (changing my top and other items) since the Monday Sandy blew through. I have a second pair but was saving them in case these became totally disgusting and I needed clean ones. That’s probably TMI, but there ya go; that’s the reality of the situation.
Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to those still without power and the basic comforts. So many have lost so much and we keep them close. Even those we work with had a foot of snow overnight, are once again without power and have more trees down on their properties.
Thanks for stopping by!
I am a Warrior.
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