The Transformer Saga

Last night we decided to go see the new Transformer movie. Long story short, John ended up working late at church & we decided the 10:30 showing would get out too late (John had to be at church before 8 the next morning). We got home at about 10:45 & were getting ready for bed when we heard a loud 'BOOM!' & the power went out. In the next 30 minutes we met some new neighbors, called the electric company, did a quick drive around the neighborhood to see who did & didn't have power, and decided to wait it out & get in bed. About that time we saw a person with a hard hat & flashlight pass by the bathroom window on the side of the house, so I went out front to investigate again. I talked to a couple neighbors while the guy checked out the transformer in our neighbor's yard. After a few minutes he confirmed the transformer would have to be replaced. He estimated it would take an hour to get a crew out & it would take them an hour to fix it. So estimated time of power return = 1:30am. At that point we went to bed. At 3:48am Lucy sounded the alarm letting us know there were strangers outside the house. By the time I got her calmed down, I was wide awake listening to the cacophony of rumbling engines, yelling workers, and the beep, beep, beeping of a truck backing up. At one point during the beeping I heard a man yell, "Hey, hey, HEY! Slow down!!" That's not what you want to hear as a large piece of machinery is manuvering past your bedroom (Did I mention the pictures on the walls were vibrating b/c it was so loud?) That was enough to get me out of bed to check out what was going on & I discovered I could see all the action through our window (the same one I climbed out of a couple weeks ago!) Here's a nice pic/diagram to help clarify. The Blue Star = our room The Gold Star = transformer box The Yellow Arrow = the path of what would later be identified as the EZ Hauler 4100. I watched the action for a while & from what I could tell they were having trouble getting the EZ Hauler to turn. At least that's what I gathered from the one guy yelling, "What the heck?!? The darn thing won't turn!" (I cleaned up his language a little.) That's when it turned into something like the middle of this scene: Except with this machine: Plus everytime it backed up it made the beep beep beep sound which added to the 'fun'. After a while I'd had enough excitement for one night & decided to get some sleep. At 5:45am the power came back on (woo hoo for AC!) & I was able to get a couple more hours of sleep before my alarm went off. Speaking of lack of sleep, I've now stayed up way too late writing this silly post, so it's time for bed!

Sleeping Late

I love it. It is one of the things that makes Summer my favorite time of year. I stay up as late as I want(lately it's been until around 2am), I don't set an alarm, and I sleep in every day until about 11 or 12. Pure bliss.

All I can say

These are the lyrics to a David Crowder song that has carried me through many a tough time. Just thought I'd share. Lord I'm tired So tired from walking And Lord I'm so alone And Lord the dark Is creeping in Creeping up To swallow me I think I'll stop Rest here a while Chorus: And this is all that I can say right now And this is all that I can give And this is all that I can say right now And this is all that I can give, thats my everything And didn't You see me cry'n? And didn't You hear me call Your name? Wasn't it You I gave my heart to? I wish You'd remember Where you sat it down Chorus: And this is all that I can say right now, I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. This is all that I can say right now [right now], I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. Bridge: I didn't notice You were standing here I didn't know that That was You holding me I didn't notice You were cry'n too I didn't know that That was You washing my feet And this is all that I can say right now, oh I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. This is all that I can say right now [right now], I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.

3am Wakeup

This past weekend we stayed with my parents b/c Amy & her crew were in town. I'll post more about that soon! Anyway, When are all staying at home that means there are also 3 dogs staying there. Tigger (my parents Schipperke), Seth (my Brother's lab/something mix), and Lucy (our crazy golden). When the 3 of them hang out they kinda take on that pack mentality which can range from crazy entertaining to well, annoying.

Example of entertaining:

We're all pretty sure they've chosen Dad as their pack leader & they all love him. I couldn't really get a good pic 'cause it was my phone & dogs move a lot, but here are all the beasties gathered around their favorite person.

BTW, Tigger would be the black blob on his lap. Some day I'll get a picture of where you can actually tell she's a dog & not the smoke monster from LOST.

Example of annoying:

I don't have a pic of this one b/c is was 3 am & I wasn't in the mood. Anyway, Lucy woke me up with the "I'm going to stand here with my nose .001 inches from your face until you sense something is going on & open your eyes" technique. I figured she had to pee, so I got up & opened the bedroom door where good ol' Seth was waiting ready to play.

They were all kinds of excited, but I managed to get them out the back door without waking anyone else up. I waited for a minute & called for them to come in. Only Seth came back. Annoyed, I stumbled out into the yard & looked around for Lucy (in case you're wondering, it's really dark at 3am). I finally heard her collar jingling in the direction of my parents bedroom window.

I kept calling her, but realized she was stuck behind the decorative fencing that lines the flowerbed by my parents room. I found a place where I thought there was an opening in the fence & called Lucy over. She got about half way & then just stopped & looked at me. She was stuck. I finally ended up lifting her back end over the fence & we were ready to go back in.

About this time I heard the door open & out ran Tigger going wild. Lucy had woken Tigger up by hanging out at her window & Tigger woke Dad up. The dogs couldn't have been happier. The people were not so entertained.

Eventually I got all the dogs back to their assorted sleeping areas, gave Lucy a lecture about waking up the whole house & got back in bed. I'm sure she'll think twice about waking us all up at 3am again. Oh yeah, and by 'think twice' I mean she had no clue what the heck I was talking about & will most certainly do it again.

Just say no.

I have to preface this by sharing the fact that I will do ANYTHING to avoid door to door salespeople. AN-Y-TH-IN-G. Last Wednesday I turned onto my street on my way home from work & saw 2 guys doing some sort of door to door sales stuff. I immediately made the decision not to answer the door if there was a knock. The only problem with my plan was I had a bunch of girls on their way over for Bible Study. So, about 10 minutes later when there was a knock at the door I froze. I figured Katie S. is usually the first to arrive, so I dialed her cell. No answer. I waited a little longer & decided to take a chance. I opened the door & it was Kelli. Whew! After 2 more girls arrived, I let my guard down a little, so when there was another knock, I answered it. DOH! It was the sales dude. After 15 minutes of him blah, blah, blahing about a home security system, & ignoring social cues (including me greeting Jessica as she is walking past us into my house) I was finally able to shake the guy off by saying that my darling husband makes those kind of decisions & he was not going to be home for a while. It worked. He left. But it wasn't over. Thursday night he came back. We didn't answer. So, Saturday we had just had lunch with M+L+R and right after we got home there was a knock at the door. We figured it was just M&L, so John answered it. Wrong. Security system dude was back. I didn't come out of our room 'cause I figured John would be able to shake him off. About an hour later - yes, I said an HOUR later, I started to walk out & tell John we had to leave for the Ranger game. I got to the doorway of our room & heard the dude say, "So when's your wife supposed to be home?" Crap. What was I supposed to do? I went back in our room before he could see me (they were now sitting at our dining room table) to brainstorm. I had my cell & my sunglasses, so I figured if I somehow was able to come in the front door, it would look like I was just getting home. I looked at the window in our room, but laughed off the idea & started reading a book. After 15 more minutes of hiding out in our room, the idea started to sound a little less crazy...I mean this guy was never gonna leave!

The door to our room was open, so I had to be super quiet, but I managed to open our blinds & bedroom window, remove the screen, & climb out. I walked around the front of the house, took a deep breath (& tried to stop giggling at myself & my dorkiness), and walked in the front door. After a quick, "Oh hey, what's going on here?" I quickly launched into a 'Well, now that I'm home it's time to leave for the Ranger game' speech. Security dude ignored me. To sum up it took 30 more minutes to get rid of him. Lucy even contributed by barfing next to his foot (yes, this was after she ate the Oreos, but before the black poo - see last post). In case you're wondering, we now know the guy's life story, & pretty much everything about a security system we're never gonna get.