Bugger *!@*

No electricity really sucks! My little block of 9 houses lost power Friday night. Hurricane Dennis was still over Cuba, but what the weather man refers to as the "outer bands" still pack some wind and rain. Anyway, it was hot, it was humid, it was dark, the cats were being weird and clingy. (You do not want a cat to come into your lap when you are all sweaty unless you want to have a really hairy lap). After whining and complaining about every 12 hours to FPL, we've finally got POWER! Electricity is a wonderful thing. Turn on the A/C.

Go right now and add this to your emergency plan .... If you need a crutch to handle stress, like cigarrettes, or chocolate make sure you've thought of this and have them with your emergency supplies. I was low on cigarrettes, had no chocolate, AND didn't have a good read available. Not a pretty sight.

The used bookstore was open Saturday, but also had no power. She thought it was funny that I had my own flashlight with me. Found a few books that would do, and off we go went into blissfulness.