Let’s see now, where was I….oh yes…
By late Saturday afternoon I figured there wasn’t anything else that could happen right? I mean, the frozen water pipe was just fine, the thermostat had been re-programmed and was behaving, so off I go with hubby for a bit of a night out, Baylor Men’s Basketball against Oklahoma, followed by ‘The Blind Side’ which we hadn’t yet seen.
You know, I was ALMOST home free…until half way through the movie, my phone rings…”Katherine…do you have any flashlights out here, the power’s gone off and we only have a small one and the battery isn’t very good since it’s pretty dim?” Oh, yeah…”and it’s really dark out here!” I was completely mortified at this point and nearly speechless. It simply was staggering that something else was actually going wrong!
I went back to my seat, grabbed hubby, and called the power company quickly only to be told that, yes they were inundated with calls from all over that area of the county and they were addressing these emergencies by calling in additional crews and such, but all that to say they could not predict when my power would be restored if at all tonight (Saturday) GREAT NEWS! I’m like…”Are you serious?” It’s like going to be in the ‘teens’!
My wonderful hubby that he is, suggested we run across the highway and secure a couple of rooms at the LaQuinta for the ladies. I then instructed the gals to head in for the night…they were wanting to run over to McGregor and stay there, but that area was also supposed to have been hit by the power outages and I didn’t want to chance them driving all the way over there to a hotel with no power either…besides it was now 9:15, I had two rooms for them at the LaQuinta which would be much nicer anyway..so they came on into Waco. I got my automated call back from the Electrical Co-Op about 11:45pm that the power had been restored. Thanks!
About 8:30, Sunday morning, I checked with the ladies before heading to church and they planned on returning out to the Cottage and scrapping some more that afternoon before heading home. I was very thankful that they were so understanding about this onslaught of mishaps. This has not at all been my experience in the nine months that My Bluebonnet Cottage has been open for guests, and I offered them a return weekend on the house! Off to church we go….
So, we’re sitting there enjoying pastor’s sermon and, yeah…you guessed it…my phone rang (in silent mode of course)…”Katherine, I just wanted you to know that when we got back to the Cottage, it was 96 degrees in here!” No way!…yeah WAY!! I give… I’m done…what else is there? They AGAIN reprogrammed the thermostat and actually turned on the A/C for a while to cool it off. They did stay I think most of the afternoon and scrapped before heading home.
The ladies said that in spite of the mishaps they did have a good time scrapbooking and are planning to take my offer of a return visit. So, I guess all will end well…eventually!
I do hope your weekend was less eventful than mine, and I am very happy that the week has been much better. Of course the return of more normal temperatures is very helpful. Try as we might, Central Texas is not a good place to be in when the temperatures dip so low, for such an extended period of time. We’re just not equipped for such a prolonged hard freeze. But like everything…this too shall PASS!
Have a GREAT week!
Blessings to you and yours!
Katherine
