A long day without batteries.

So this morning, I'm lying in bed ever so peaceful. I had just had a dream which wasn't too bad and was able to convince my mind of the "real" outcome as I was beginning to wake up. I could hear big trucks driving up & down our driveway and then remembered that the electric company was to be here today to install the 3-Phase lines for the camp. I woke John to let him know what was going on (he could sleep through a tornado), and he semi-reluctantly got out of bed. Good thing, too. Just as he stepped out of the bathroom there was a knock on our front door. They were coming to let us know that we were very soon going to be powerless. This wouldn't be a big deal at all if it weren't for a few factors. One: The boys were still in bed (it was 7:30 am), and they both sleep with fans. No electricity means their fans would be shut off. That equals two little boys being ripped out of dreamland. Two: We're on a well. No electricity means no water. But they said the job should only take roughly three hours. So no biggie.

Tyler woke up first. He had some cereal. Then he had some more cereal - which wound up on the floor. Then he ran around the house like a crazy person. 8:30 rolls around and Brayden's still not up. So I decide to go make sure he's okay. I wind up cuddled next to him in his twin bed and let him finish up his sleeping. Until Tyler wandered in and crawled in bed too... Well, more aptly, crawled ON Brayden. We finally all make it out of Brayden's bed and head for the living room. Of course the first thing Brayden does is try to turn on the lights. We try to tell him that the lights aren't working right now. He looks at us with raised eyebrows and says, "Need batteries?" Well, sort of. So he goes around the house trying to turn on different things and informing us each time that it "Needs new batteries." This is all fun and then the novelty of it wore off. We read books, rolled around on the floor, listened to Daddy's iPod, watched Backyardigans on the laptop and had fishes a few too many times.

SIX HOURS LATER... we have power again. Whew. That morning seemed to last FOR-EV-ER. But we're now one step closer to having the HVAC units installed at the dining hall!!!!!