We sat in the dark last night for about an hour and a half.  We probably would have gone crazy if it weren’t for Nina starting to sing kumbaya to us and then all of us joining in.  The big surprise was when Marylou and Shirley both joined us in perfect harmony.  Those two old broads can sing!

OK, now that you all have had your morning laugh, yes we did have a power outage last night.  It was short compared to some we’ve experienced out here, but it’s still a pain in the ass.  Once the power returns, we have to run and check all the electronics and make sure they came back clean.  We lost the lottery terminal only and since we don’t own that, who cares.  Lottery will have someone here before lunch to fix it and bring us up.

I still have no idea why or where that power outage occurred and I suppose that my knowing isn’t necessary, but I’m just a nosey git and I want to know.  We’re actually pretty lucky when it comes to power.  Our power is reliable and clean and not that expensive.  I get the cost is subsidized somewhat as part of the rural electrification act, but I’m not sure of how much or even if it’s still subsidized.  I know it’s a co-op and we are part owners, but we never  see  any  checks  like  we do for the phone co-op.  The phone checks every December are nice little bumps for our business and we enjoy seeing checks for our 4 telephone lines.

Everyone have a great week!