Last night there was quite a thunderstorm. In fact, I had dropped Kendall off at high school for volleyball and gone to Starbucks to work. I was listening to the radio, and the DJs in the tech center said there was a huge storm. Black clouds, people turning on lights at 5:30, and thunder.
I packed up and headed back, since the last time a big storm came, there was a tornado warning and school closed. The storm wasn’t in Elizabeth, and no tornado warnings, but it was coming. As I parked, Delaney texted. We were without power. I tried to talk him through starting the generator as we have a sticky butterfly valve, but he couldn’t start it.
When we got home, I got it started right away, and then showed everyone how to start it this morning. However we were without power for 3-4 hours last night. I got the generator started, but had to cook in the dark. This is me using a flashlight to make pasta.
Apparently when we wired up the generator and picked circuits, the kitchen lights weren’t included. Neither was the stove or microwave, but since we cook with gas, a lighter solved the issue. With only ten circuits, we had to make choices, and this worked, though it’s annoying. I need to keep an extension cord around to get power from our office into the kitchen.
While I cooked, Delaney said good bye to high school Here he is, burning all his notes from this year. I think this was cathartic for him.
He snagged a hat from Kyle’s old car before we donated it, and I think he looks great.
The kids and I ate under candlelight, and about the time we finished, power came back on.
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