Where Do I Begin?

Yes, where do I begin?  Like many, we had a power outage from 6:45pm Sunday till last night at 9:30.  Our building has an emergency generator that provides power to the elevators, so no fragile seniors are left stranded.  You know when one of these happens, you think yeah it's gonna come right back.  The clock on your diminishing phone clicks on and you realize thats not going to happen.

Needless to say, no TV with 15 minutes to go on the evening news.  Sat there for a few moments and assessed the situation.  boredom set in and we went downstairs to see what was going on.  The lobby was filled with neighbors watching the sun sink down and there was a non resident guy playing the piano in the sitting room, quite well actually, mostly classical pieces.  The crowd listened.  

Upon retreating to our rooms, the evening was cool and we tried to sleep with the background of generators running and dogs barking.  Some woman above us screamed QUIET!!  out her balcony sounding quite shrewish.  I don't want to meet her.

Went to Planet Fitness early after a bagel from across the street.  Returned to find that our wonderful office staff had set up coffee and donuts for us all in the lobby and later followed with lunch and a pizza dinner.  They cannot be commended enough for thinking of us.  Later went to take care of Apollo and to Renshaws for lunch.  

We had some laundry to do, about one load.  Found a laundromat In Oak Park that was clean and lovely.  Met a man with Asperger's that that regained us with his encyclopedic knowledge of college football.  Every thing was going fine.  The load was complete in the washer. It was my job to dump it in the dryer.  Neglecting to notice that there was an extra Tide Pod in the basket, you guessed it, it got thrown in the dryer with the wet clothes.  The outcome was not good.  The pod burst and there was blue laundry detergent on all the clean clothes.  To say Judy was displeased is an understatement.  Only her decorum in a public place protected me from her tirade (now under her breath).  There was a torrent of rain going on outside and I had water on my cloth shoes up to my ankles.  So, things aren't going so good at this point.

Now back to the powerless building and more conversation with neighbors.  I retreated up stairs at about 8:30 and the power returned at 9:30.  And now, things are back to normal and again I'm taking electricity for granted.

Have to include this little grand son of our former neighbors on Millard. Too cute not to mention

Got to love the red hair.

All for now

stay safe and dry.