I am not Amish

Thank you mom and dad for that! I love electricity, I love everything about it. I love Microwaves, Refrigerators, TV's, Computers, AIR CONDITIONING, Light... the list could go on forever.

Most of you know that Dallas-Ft. Worth had bad storms on Wednesday night, but they didn't just sweep through and move on to other places- they decided they liked the area and camped out over us for almost 24 hours. We lost power around 430 or 5am. I didn't think much of it, I figured it would only be a few hours and it would be fixed. Then at 630am, I got a call from Hailey's babysitter- her power was out too and they are not allowed to keep kids with no electricity. I was a little happy about that, honestly. I hadn't gotten much sleep that night due to all the storms, so I figured we could sleep in and enjoy the long morning given to us.

6 hours later I was starting to wonder when the thunderstorms would stop long enough for someone to fix our TV! (Whoops, I mean electricity...) STILL no power! We decided to move our mother/daughter day to the car for a little while. I needed to charge my phone, and if I was ever going to get Hailey to take a nap I would have to have her little travel TV charged enough for a few minutes worth of noise. She just can't settle down to sleep when there is no background noise- she even sleeps at night with the radio on. I'm sure some mothers would scold me for that but hey, I feel it is harmless and it helps her relax... ANYWAY, we sat in the car for about half an hour and enjoyed the air-conditioning and radio. We then went inside, turned on her battery operated tv and she got to watch Finding Nemo. The nap part didn't quite work out though...

Another 6 hours pass by at a CRAWL... The storms are long gone, and there is no longer a breeze coming in through the windows. The sun is beginning to set and Hailey is getting anxious in the dark house. I don't know if it was the heat or the darkness that bothered her more, but she was not a happy camper. Then all the sudden, as if the day had just then completely caught up with her, Hailey just began to scream. She is not a crier, but my goodness I could not touch her feet to the ground without a full on melt down. I decided I felt the same way, and burst into tears right along with her! I called David and told him to book a hotel room for us (he had offered to do so with his Holiday Inn points all day, but I thought I would be tough and stick it out,) and I got us packed. While Hailey is still crying, and I am not much better off, I called our "Petmom" and asked if she could please come pick up two of our dogs, and I would just take the other two with us... It was cheaper this way, plus there was already a dog there that 2 of mine had a run-in with a while back so I really wanted to avoid another incident involving stitches...

As soon as we got into the car with the air conditioner running and music playing, Hailey came back to life and was happier than she had been all day. Thank Goodness... It occurs to me that we haven't had anything to eat in a while, but I didn't want to stop somewhere on the way to the hotel- I was going to have trouble enough getting Hailey, our luggage and the two dogs up to the room without adding a food bag and drinks. I decided we deserved to splurge on some room service...

The Holiday Inn doesn't have room service.

Oh well, we could call and order pizza. There was even a Domino's phone number on my key card! I called them, their first words were "we are running on an hour or more wait for deliveries, is that okay?" I said no thank you, and hung up.

Okay, third option... I remembered seeing a little area by the front desk of the hotel that sold some food items. I picked up Hailey and we headed out the door; Gidget and FJ went nuts. They started barking and would not stop. By now it is like 9pm, so I know there have to be some people that have gone to bed. Plus, I have been kicked out of a hotel for Gidget barking before- I could not have that happen... I went right back to our room, never having made it to the first floor. I called Domino's back and said I would wait the hour.

2 hours later, Hailey and I had finally eaten, gotten into bed, and were relaxing. 30 minutes later I get a call from our neighbor... the power is back on. I had to laugh to keep from crying. Oh well. We were fed and in bed, so we stayed there. Today is a new day, and I love electricity.