In the Dark

Ok, so I think that in my previous post I talked about how good it felt to have accomplished so much. I was so excited about how great my yard was looking. Then the storm came. The remnants of hurricane Ike blasted through Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, taking out power to 90% of Duke Energy's clients. That was over 800,000 homes - including mine. We were out celebrating Michael's godson's birthday when our power went out. We drove home through the insane winds. (Our local weather teams advised that there was a "wind advisory." Really? 50-75 mph winds is a wind advisory?)

Anyway, to make a long story short, we're still without power, and I'm ticked. At this point, all of our family members and friends are back up and running, but we're still in the dark. I'm just annoyed. Michael is having technology withdrawals. We lost nearly everything in our fridge and freezer - including items that I had prepared in advance for Skye's party. Whatever. I know that people in other places are doing much worse and blah, blah, blah.* I'm not comparing myself to them. I'm comparing myself to the other lucky people in Cincinnati who either never lost their power or already had it restored. It just sucks.

I returned to work yesterday afternoon only to be sent home after three hours because something blew up in the warehouse and we lost power again. Unfortunately power has been restored, and I'm back at work. We were pretty much here long enough yesterday for everyone to compare storm stories and get competitive over their inconvenience. I was so sick of hearing about the people who were so inconvenienced and tired from entertaining all of the people who were actually victims of the storm. WhatEVER! I just want to go home and sulk.

*I don't mean to sound insensitive. I know that the people of Texas have been through a lot.