Mother Nature kicked our asses
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On the way back home from the hospital, Aunt Tudi and I witnessed an horrific storm over Greer way. From what I could tell, it was heading in the direction of.....home...(said in the same tone as Luke Skywalker when he realised Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru were getting slaughtered by the stormtroopers). We were about a mile away from the house, turning onto Rogers Bridge Rd. at the red light, when the sky lit up with an amazing lightning display, knocking out all the power on Highway 290. A couple of minutes later, we were indoors before the deluge began only to find that our power had been knocked out as well. So much for relaxing to the Sci-Fi Channel and writing incoherent ramblings on LJ for the eve!
The storm arrived in all its glory, slamming against the domicile and making all manner of racket. Aunt Tudi and listened to Alabama 3 on the battery-powered CD player and Aunt Tudi attempted to keep cool with a wet washcloth and her battery-powered fan to no avail. She was miserable, the poor woman!
After about two hours of no power, I'd had enough, so I decided to go on to bed. It was around 8:30 by that time. I downed my Lunesta and curled up with my plague book for a little while. Around 11 PM Aunt Tudi woke me up to set the clock for the morning and re-program the air conditioner in the bed room. Our electricity was back ~ yay! Man, that storm really did a number on everyone. It's probably the most powerful one, electrically speaking, we've had all season so far. And what a season it's been. Winter, O Winter, where art thou?
Diane actually looked better yesterday than she did on Sunday, probably because she's getting proper medical care. They took an X-Ray of her chest because she was complaining of having a hard time breathing. The X-Ray showed water on her lungs and around her heart. Today, the doc is doing an EKG. The fluid thing doesn't sound good. It sounds to me like she has developed congestive heart failure.
But Diane seemed to be in very good spirits. We took her a balloon and a card, and a fruit basket that Cathy had ordered from Publix. After visiting for about an hour, Aunt Tudi and I left so Diane could talk to her daughter Erin. It was good to see her again after such a short time, but I wish it had been better circumstances. Hopefully, she'll get to come home over the weekend and I'm planning on taking her to dinner for her birthday next week. She and
green_goblin70 share a birthday, so maybe we could make it a big ole birthday rumpus. Who the hell knows?
I've got a ton of work to do today. It never fucking fails. Friday? Oh, that must mean it's time to work your ass slap off! Fuckers....
And that's all I have to say about that.
The storm arrived in all its glory, slamming against the domicile and making all manner of racket. Aunt Tudi and listened to Alabama 3 on the battery-powered CD player and Aunt Tudi attempted to keep cool with a wet washcloth and her battery-powered fan to no avail. She was miserable, the poor woman!
After about two hours of no power, I'd had enough, so I decided to go on to bed. It was around 8:30 by that time. I downed my Lunesta and curled up with my plague book for a little while. Around 11 PM Aunt Tudi woke me up to set the clock for the morning and re-program the air conditioner in the bed room. Our electricity was back ~ yay! Man, that storm really did a number on everyone. It's probably the most powerful one, electrically speaking, we've had all season so far. And what a season it's been. Winter, O Winter, where art thou?
Diane actually looked better yesterday than she did on Sunday, probably because she's getting proper medical care. They took an X-Ray of her chest because she was complaining of having a hard time breathing. The X-Ray showed water on her lungs and around her heart. Today, the doc is doing an EKG. The fluid thing doesn't sound good. It sounds to me like she has developed congestive heart failure.
But Diane seemed to be in very good spirits. We took her a balloon and a card, and a fruit basket that Cathy had ordered from Publix. After visiting for about an hour, Aunt Tudi and I left so Diane could talk to her daughter Erin. It was good to see her again after such a short time, but I wish it had been better circumstances. Hopefully, she'll get to come home over the weekend and I'm planning on taking her to dinner for her birthday next week. She and
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I've got a ton of work to do today. It never fucking fails. Friday? Oh, that must mean it's time to work your ass slap off! Fuckers....
And that's all I have to say about that.