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Storm Duty

I work for the power company, so whenever there is a wind storm with significant power outages, I have to work, often through the night.  In this case, the storm happened Tuesday evening/early Wednesday morning, we woke up to no power on Wednesday morning and I got assigned 2nd shift (6:00 PM to 6:00 AM) starting that night.  I didn't work my normal shift on Wednesday, because like I said, we had no power and since we had no power, when it was time to report for storm duty I had to go to one of our bases instead of being able to work from home.  Paul worked his normal shift Wednesday then had to report at 3:00 AM Thursday so we had to have the girls stay with a neighbor.  When Paul got up at 1:30something to go to work he called to let me know the power had just come back on, so at least I would be able to work from home any subsequent shifts.  By the time I got home Thursday morning and got to bed, it was a little after 7:00 AM.  I slept off and on until about 1:30, then ate "breakfast", took Kona for a walk, did some laundry and took a nap in preparation for another night shift.  Then it was back to work at 6:00 PM until 6:00 AM Friday morning, and again same shift Friday evening to Saturday morning.  Luckily, we're done and I don't have to work tonight, but man, I'm a zombie today and way behind on all my shows.

There was no school on Wednesday due to the power outage, and unable to play video games Kayley ended up sitting by the fireplace (thank goodness we have a gas fireplace for heat in these situations) reading an Anime book (or "manga", I guess they're called).  Later, Maisy of course curled up on blanket by the fire.  She kind of blends into the blanket and is hard to see.






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