Found My Way in the Dark

The reason you did not hear from me last night we had a power outage. It seems one of those little critters was so hungry he bit into a wire and knocked the power off for the whole area.  It went off at 6 PM and they promised it would be back on at 9:30, then 10:30 then they said they had no idea when it would be on because they could not find the source.  Well, it did come back on at 12:10 midnight. 

All this time I am missing the game - the Rays and the KC Royals.  No a/c, no phones, no lights, no computer.  We had all of my candles lit.  Joann checked with James on her Cell phone the score of the game (which we won by the way).   Imagine having to call California to find out the score of our game.  Oh yes, you can't use the water and please don't open the refrigerator. 

Joann and I sitting in the Living Room with candles glimmering shadows on the walls found ourselves deep in conversation.  It was a rare treat because she usually has a phone in each hand and they are both ringing.  So having her bring me up to date on things was well worth the loss of power. 

Now about this evening, the Rays won again.  During the game Dwayne Staats, one of the Announcers for the Rays, gave the standings of our Division.   The Rays are leading, next Boston, then I think the Yankees.  The Yankees are doing good right now and are moving up in the standings.  When I heard this I thought of a story my Husband used to tell me.

He used to go out to his Parents home in the country to mow the lawn and do the yard work.   He always followed the Yankees and his Mother would come out to tell him when the Yankees were up to bat.  In her deep Italian accent she would say "Freddie, the Yankees are coming up".  Here they are coming up again this time in the standings. 

That's about it for today.  Hope the last two days have been happy ones for you all.

Love and prayers from here to there