power outages

Today I am very thankful for long summer nights, a treadle sewing machine, and relative coolness due to a thunderstorm. 

As I left work on my bicycle, a massive thunderstorm started.  I was totally soaked by the time I got home.  Every piece of clothing was wet.  And as I road home, I passed a tree down on power lines two blocks from our city home.  We have not had power, had power, and then not had power again as the lines were being fixed. 

I did get some sewing done.  Squares for nine square quilt squares cut and a new slip cut.  Small Mister helped me with a bit of sewing before we went out for dinner.  I have everything I need to cook without power but the whole family was looking for more coolness then we had.  And after cooking over a camp stove for the last ten days, I was very easy about going out.  What I had planned for dinner, needed an oven and I am not sure what I would have cooked on top of the stove.  I would have figured something out.  It is just a bit easier when you are prepared and I was not.

Currently, we have power.  Which is nice.  Who knows what the rest of the night will bring but that is okay.  It is time for sleep.