So...this happened a couple of weeks ago, but my kids are still talking about it so I thought it deserved a blog post!
A couple of weeks ago James and I were sitting at the kitchen table just before 4pm and the power went out...We were both on laptops so the only reason we knew that it went out was because the fan stopped! We looked up and saw the clock on the stove was out and the first thing he said to me was "Did you pay the bill?!" haha...YES I paid the bill! We ventured outside...that just seemed like the natural thing to do...check and see if a car had run over the power box on the curb or not....a couple of our neighbors were outside and their power was out too....hmmmmm....you go back inside and just wait because the power never stays off for more than 20 minutes or so...right?!
As time clicked on and were both on our smartphones...our internet service was out so we couldn't use our laptops....We read on good ole facebook that our friends were out in El Cajon...and then Oceanside...and then Vista....and then Coronado! Holy Cow...this was HUGE!
We loaded the kids in the car and had a little "car party"...we sat in the driveway and listened to the radio for at least an hour to find out that this was "An Unprecedented Event...and if your family has an emergency action plan to activate it NOW". WOW! This was way more serious than we thought.
A couple of weeks ago James and I were sitting at the kitchen table just before 4pm and the power went out...We were both on laptops so the only reason we knew that it went out was because the fan stopped! We looked up and saw the clock on the stove was out and the first thing he said to me was "Did you pay the bill?!" haha...YES I paid the bill! We ventured outside...that just seemed like the natural thing to do...check and see if a car had run over the power box on the curb or not....a couple of our neighbors were outside and their power was out too....hmmmmm....you go back inside and just wait because the power never stays off for more than 20 minutes or so...right?!
As time clicked on and were both on our smartphones...our internet service was out so we couldn't use our laptops....We read on good ole facebook that our friends were out in El Cajon...and then Oceanside...and then Vista....and then Coronado! Holy Cow...this was HUGE!
We loaded the kids in the car and had a little "car party"...we sat in the driveway and listened to the radio for at least an hour to find out that this was "An Unprecedented Event...and if your family has an emergency action plan to activate it NOW". WOW! This was way more serious than we thought.
We did our best to keep our refrigerator closed so that our food wouldn't spoil. I had just gone to Costco that morning! I was hoping and praying we weren't going to lose all that food!
We fired up the bbq, ate dinner on our front lawn, we read books by flashlight....and met so many neighbors that we never even knew existed! Turns our we have a DJ that lives on our block...He had glow necklaces for EVERYONE!!! Made for a great block party!
The next morning Chasey told me "Last night was the best night of my life mom!"....
Moral of the story:
Guess we should "unplug" a little more often!
(Turns out that "The Great Power Outage of Southern California" was caused by human error. Our power went back on around 1am. It really wasn't a big deal....I think it was the most fun we've had with our neighbors ever!)
1 comments:
Awesome way to turn lemons into lemonade. Sometimes the simplest things lead to the most fun huh? : )
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