Listen to Miss Etta.    A song to sooth jangled nerves and make anyone feel both blue and elated at the same time. 

We had our weekly Sunday power outage (two Sunday's in a row!!) but it waited till this afternoon.   The power stayed off for a little more than 3 hours, but more than once, Gordon wanted to go to a motel where he could be cool.   He is having a really bad day painwise and this was just like (melted) icing on a very bad cake.   I didn't really mind it so much, but than I am not sick the way he is.   I took my shower, read the AARP magazine sitting out on the patio with  a nice breeze keeping me cool.  Well, not cool, but a little cooler than inside the house.   We opened all the windows of course, but that didn't do a lot of good tempwise.

I called Entergy and was told the power would be restored in an hour or so.   Of course it was a machine so what did it know?    I called when the hour was up only to be told, (same machine) another hour and a half.    This happened three times, each time the time was extended.    Liar, liar, pants on fire.

We had had a little shower earlier, but according to another lying machine, our outage was caused by lightening.    I called customer service to see if we would be reimbursed for the accumulated hours with no power and she assured me that when we didn't have power, we weren't being charged.   You believe that?   I can never make head nor tale of the bill with all it's fees, surcharges and such.    I would go ask someone at the local office to explain it to me, but alas, we have no local office.   We have to pay our bill at the places around town, like the grocery stores, pay on line or mail it in.   The machines there don't know what cash is.  

We had a strange supper.   Gordon had bread and butter foldover sandwiches, ice cream and crackers.    I had a slice of bread with peanut butter and sugar free jelly on it, and leftover popcorn.  Oh and three tasty little Russell Stover chocolate caramel candies, sugar free, of course.   And just now as the power came on, Gordon asked me to scramble him an egg too.   If I get hungry later on, I will find something to eat, but hopefully I can get through the evening without anything more.  

Now the power is on and everything is buzzing around here.   Jack Palance is featured on the movie channel, and my two fans and the computer are going full blast.   I am settled in for an evening of leisure and a semi early bedtime.    I had a nap, I dunno how long, but I slept hard and even dreamed.  

I've been really sleepy lately.   I have taken Neurontin for years and it has never made me sleepy, but could something in my system changed and so now it is affecting me that way?    It may have something to do with the charley horses that keep me up every night and never let me get an uninterrupted night's sleep.  Last night I drank the tonic water and took the Benadryl too and was only awakened once.    Gordon had to wake me around 8, so something knocked me out for about 9 hours.  And still I felt the need for a nap this afternoon.   

So, we had rain and  an outage and we struggled through it all without any damage as far as I am concerned.   I sure am glad we didn't go to a motel like Gordon wanted to do the minute the power went out.    I like the beds and the TV at a motel, but we never rest good in them now.   Gordon fidgets and keeps me awake and I snore and wake him.   What a pair we are.   

There is the cost too.   Last time it was $88 plus their soft drink machine took my money and didn't give me a drink.    I love to stay in motels if we are on a road trip.    We stop at the end of the day, tired from driving, take long showers and then relax in bed and sleep.   Or if the hotel has a casino on the bottom floor, that's ok too.    I don't spend much time in the hotel rooms there.    I don't come up till I am bone tired or have run out of money, or both.  

But, as it is, we will spend our night here at home as usual, snug in our own beds. fans and a/c keeping us comfy.    I hope your week is starting out well and will continue without out too many botherations.  

What we did today.   We soaked our feet, and took our antibiotics along with various and sundry other medications.  Gordon was in pretty bad pain nearly the whole day.   He needs to see the pain management doc, but can't seem to shake the other maladies, like his earache to be able to feel up to another doctor.   Now he has the toe to get over.    If it was me, I'd be at all the doctors on the same day demanding they treat whatever part of me was their domain.    Anyway, he got his eardrops 4 times as usual.

I went to good ol' Walgreen's for the antibiotics, and the PO, of course.   Got our copy of Texas Highways.   I almost cried when I looked at all the beautiful places we never seemed to be able to visit.   Palo Duro Canyon, the Big Bend area, Caddo Lake.   We have seen Padre Island and practically live in the Big Thicket area.    Texas is such a big place, there are just too many places to see.   

We had this for supper.

Here it is on the stove right before I put it on the table.    Smothered chicken with gravy, white rice, canned beets with a pat of Smart Balance and a fried yellow squash, cut into slices and coated with egg and milk and dipped in flour.   It was all good and Gordon will have leftovers for his lunch tomorrow.  Of course, we ate all the squash but that doesn't warm over very well anyway.    I might have some of the rice tomorrow morning with an eggs.   

I didn't get a blamed thing done in the house in the way of cleaning.    The kitchen floor is gross!   I simply will have to clean it tomorrow.   I spent my "spare" time assembling the little electric grill I ordered from Walmart.  I don't know that it will really suit us, but I had to give it a try for $30.

Whatcha think??