Come On Weather, I Mean Seriously... It's May, Not November!

My 2 days off didn't go quite like I had planned, but I guess not everything goes as planned, at least not in my crazy part of the world. On Sunday I had big horsey plans. I was going to work with Chance, then ride one of my other horses. But with my neck injury, I decided I would only work Chance and skip riding. Speaking of my neck, it is doing a lot better. I have a nasty bruise behind my ear, but it feels so much better, thank you all for your sweet get well wishes! You guys never cease to amaze me!

Once my sister got here, we decided to go get hay and grain first. It started to sprinkle so we wanted to get the hay home before it really started to rain. Once home, I went to get Chance. She was a little stinker. I have been working on her not rushing through the gate, so we stop and stand once the gate is open, once she is relaxed and quiet, we walk through the gate. We had to go through mud and mud puddles to get down to the house. She went to jump the first mud puddle and took off running. The lead rope almost slipped through my hand, but I was holding on for dear life and managed to get her stopped. I was not happy. We ended up doing mud puddle lessons for around 20 minutes until she walked through them without jumping on me, jumping at me and trying to run away. The rain was really coming down at this point and we were both soaking wet. I get her to the house and she did really well tying down there, probably helped that my sister had her boy there too. She actually picked up all four feet without trying to pull one away, that is the first time she has done that. I took her to the arena for a lunging lesson, which went well. After lunging we worked on backing and she somehow forgot how to back. So I had to spend some time reminding her. (She didn't actually forget, she was just being a real stinker that day.) I also did some clipper desensitizing and dewormed her. I was cold and wet and so done. Most of the lesson was spent working on mud puddles and leading. Not exactly what I had in mind, but it has to be done. I put her away and would try again the next day.................or maybe not.

I knew a wind storm was going to hit our area on Monday. But never realized how bad. When I woke up, it was extremely windy. I had just put a load of laundry in and right before I was going to turn the washer on, the power went out. 11:00 a.m. Great. I figured we would be without power for a few hours, that is usually how long it takes for the power company to get it back on. My OH went and hooked up the generator before he left for work. Since he is on night shifts now and in case the power didn't come back on, at least I would have some power. I was able to watch t.v. and that is about it. The generator only powers so much, and unfortunately it does not power the room my computer is in, and I don't have a laptop. We are able to power a light in the living room, the t.v., the fish tanks, the freezer in the garage and garage lights/door, the fridge in the house, and the master bath lights. I believe that is all that can go on generator power, but not all at the same time. So we have to pick and choose a couple things at a time.



I decided to brave the winds and headed out to the horse pasture's. I wanted to make sure that the fence lines were clear of branches and trees. These two girls don't seem to mind how hard the wind is blowing. They were attempting to sunbathe, I mean it was a beautiful sunny day, but the winds made it quite chilly.



Trees standing up.....



Trees bending over..........



Can I have a kiss?



Please?!?



I am sorry, I didn't mean to be a stinker yesterday! Can I have my kiss now?



Come on, I know you can't resist giving this face a kiss!!!



Around 3:30 p.m. the power came back on. Yeah! I went and turned the generator off. 3:45 p.m. the power went out again. Darn! Back out I go to restart the generator. Come on weather! Using a generator in May? That is unheard of!



6:00 p.m. Still no power. I decided to order a pizza for dinner.

6:30 p.m. The cable goes out. So I now have no t.v., no computer, only one light in the living room and I am bored out of my mind. Can you tell? I must be if I am taking a picture of my Dakota monkey from the outside!



6:45 p.m. The phone rings.
Me: Hello?
Pizza Guy: Hi, this is the driver for the pizza company, and I am almost to your house, but there is a tree down blocking the whole road, can you walk down and meet me?
Me: What? Where are you?
Pizza Guy: Well I am at this address, and I think you are pretty close to where I am at, can you meet me to pick up your pizza?
Me: Are you on my street? Can you see a white picket fence on the left?
Pizza Guy: The white picket fence is about a football field away.
Me: Then I'll drive down to meet you and pick up my pizza.

So, he wanted me to walk down to pick up my pizza. If I would have walked, by the time I got to him, gotten my pizza and walked back to my house, my pizza would have been cold. Driving was way easier. Also I got to see the tree that took out the power lines that caused me to not have any power!



9:00 p.m. I am getting really grouchy. Still no power and have I mentioned yet how bored I am?

12:00 a.m. Bedtime. Set cell phone alarm since I still have no power.

6:45 a.m. Alarm goes off, still no power. No hot shower and I am freezing my butt off.

1:00 p.m. I call my OH to see if the power had been restored yet. Nope. Still out. Lovely. Although my OH did call the power company to see if they had any idea when we might get our power back. They were hoping today sometime. Great.

5:30 p.m. Driving down my road and see the power company working on the lines, Yeah!!

5:45 p.m. Go feed the horses and dogs. Nasty rain and cold. I can't feel my hands by the time I get back to the house.

6:45 p.m. It's a miracle! The lights have finally come on! I don't think I have ever been happier to see lights!

31 1/2 hours with no power. I don't think I could handle the good ole days when there wasn't any electricity.