Today started out fairly normally. Got up about an hour after the alarm went off, did the pet thing, and had breakfast. Then we played games (me Minions) and surfed the morning away. While I was surfing I ran across a group of youtube videos showing braindead feminazis spouting crap. I listened to it for about 45 minutes, laughing all the time. Then Ellen said no more. It's like my watching Cops. It proves that the country in inhabited by dumbshits and assholes. She knows that, but doesn't want to be reminded of it.
After lunch we went over to Walgreen's to get some pills for Ellen. Then we stopped at the grocery store. The final stop was Circle C to run the dog. She did 12 retrieves, which was pretty good considering the temp.
When we got home I forgot it was Sunday, so I didn't watch any football. Of course Ellen didn't remind me. Instead I did Minions and surfed. No more feminazi videos.
About 4:30 I took a shower in preparation for going to this concert/potluck one of the neighbors was having. A really nasty thunderstorm was just starting. We got 1.75 inches of rain in about half an hour. The lights went out just as I got out of the shower. The alarm company called because the power was out. We could barely communicate because it was raining so hard and the phone was almost useless.
I went outside ans saw that the bar fuse on the pole had blown. I told Ellen to notify PEC. Their phone system sucks (you can't say what's wrong), and their website requires that you be a member of some social media thing I've never heard of to enter a problem. I went out an opened the gate. I had to disconnect the actuator to do it. Then I stayed home while Ellen went to the concert.
I spent the evening reading magazines via flashlight. No dinner because no power. Ellen got home a little after 9. She figured oiut a way to put in a real trouble report via her phone.
About 10:30 I went out to take out the garbage and close the gate. The PEC truck was coming down the driveway. It took them about 20 minutes to replace the fuse. I had a nice talk with the supervisor while his crew fixed the fuse. He had some cool stories. Apparently they started the evening in Lakeway, and after us they were going to help fix a down line near here. When they left I took out the garbage and reconnected the gate. It wouldn't work when I tested it. That's a problem for tomorrow.
Lee texted me to ask if everything was OK. I said that it was just PEC fixing the fuse.
When I got back to the house I just went to bed.
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