I'm going to spend the day at school getting ready for the new year! I wore my vintage 1969 t-shirt and got well wishes throughout the day. My co-workers gathered at the door as we got updates and then sang spur of the moment!
Mari and Fancy came to see me with a special birthday bag and hugs.
Love this!
Flowers and chocolate from my love!
Cuddles from puppies!
Chats with hard-working man!
And then...checking in on our rental that has been a mess and we are having to work through stuff...
that is yucky. We uncovered roaches and some of the causes...
It was a dark, stormy night! Really...a strong storm blew through with downpours, thunder, lightning, and strong winds. Alisa let us know power could be out at home. Oh...ok!
"You knew I was crazy when you married me! And here I am still making days memorable!" Be still my heart...what a romantic! We both were shaking and shivering at the thought of what is crawling around us.
"We gave them a nice place and they trashed it!" The walls were neutral. The floors were stained. Tenants painted the walls fire engine red...then re-painted them white after they learned of our displeasure. They painted the floors burgundy...which are also splattered with the white paint, food splotches, and sticky residue. It truly is an amazing experience that is not over!
"Hey...there is a song about cockroaches...La coo ca Rocha, La coo ca Rocha...how about Mexican for a birthday supper?! We started our summer with a Mexican flair...let's end it with one!" The first place we chose was without power. We noticed some downed branches as we drove. We noticed that there were some long lines at gas stations. "What happened? What did we miss?" I couldn't pull up anything on my phone...calls weren't going through and messages were taking forever. "Hmmmm". We found another place...got food fast...lots of it and had to take home most of it! I guess we weren't as hungry as we thought. OR we ate too many chips with salsa as we waited.
Still feeling itchy and shivery about what we dealt with...and looking forward to taking showers!
Birthday churros!!!
We got home...and there was no power...it dawned on us that NO power equals NO hot showers! We threw our clothes downstairs and used baby wipes to make us feel as good as we could. We lit candles and soon enjoyed the quiet. Our house smelled like a gift shop and coffee shop combined. God sent cooler weather and we were able to rest...not sleep really...because the dogs were restless and generators were running in the neighborhood for awhile. OHHH...that's why the long lines at gas stations! My 53rd birthday was memorable in many different ways!
