In the Dark

It has been an interesting couple of days for the Meyer family. Last Friday night, Davenport had a pretty nasty storm that knocked power out for 12,000 people. Well, we were one of them. A neighbor's tree went down on the power lines and everything went dark! Once things had calmed down outside we went out to survey the damage. Ryan called MidAmerican. It was pretty pleasant in our house the first night because we had the air on all day. We slept in the basement on the futon anyway because Ryan wanted to make sure the sump pump battery backup kept working. It worked up until 11 the next day when a neighbor from across the street (who had power) let us use his generator so we could plug in our fridge and the battery so our basement wouldn't flood. My wonderful husband stuck around on Saturday instead of going to work to keep an eye on the sump pump and help the neighbors. He let Addison and I out of the house so we could go swimming. Addison loved swimming!!!!! It was her first real experience. Saturday night, Ryan's sister, brother-in-law, and their kids came to stay. It was a lot like camping. NO lights, no cool air. It was okay though. It got to about 88 in our house. Finally, at 9:00 Saturday night someone from MidAmerican showed up to survey the damage and he told us that they didn't have record of us and this tree limb down. Baloney! Whatever, finally at 3:00 am Sunday morning, our lights popped back on!!!! It was definately an interesting experience and one that I do not want to repeat any time soon!!