Friday, July 29, 2011

What was the last thing you bought?

Subway last night for dinner. I've been craving it for weeks. I don't know why. Man, did I enjoy dinner!!

I know you're dying to know what's going on with my air-conditioner. Well, it's still broken. I finally talked to Tom, my a/c guy, last night, and he said he'd be out this morning. Well, it's almost 11, and I have yet to hear from him. I'm trying to not be pissy about it.

HOLY CRAP! As I was typing that last sentence, my phone started ringing, and it was Tom. Thank the Lord! He'll be here in about an hour. Woo hoo! Now, let's just hope it doesn't start raining until after he finishes fixing things. The sky is looking gray and angry right now.

It stormed again last night. Stud and I spent the night at CSJ's last night, and as I listened to the storm raging outside, all I could think about was the fact that every window in my house was open. I was trying to figure out which room was going to be flooded when I got home this morning. According to this blurb in today's Sun-times, this has been the 7th wettest month in our history!

I got up earlier than I wanted to head back here because, unfortunately, my phone would NOT get a signal at CSJ's. It was pissing me off big time. I told Tom to call my cell when he was on his way because I wasn't going to be able to sleep in my house, as it was unbearable. But, since I couldn't get any calls at CSJ's, I had to come back home to my sauna. (Stud is still sleeping there as I type.)

As soon as I walked in the door, I realized that, at some point, we lost power AGAIN last night. Luckily, according to my neighbor, it wasn't out very long. The best part - NO water in the basement!

I think I'll go see if I have something around here that I can whip up for lunch. Maybe Tom will work faster if he knows lunch is waiting for him. ;-)

Whew, that was a close one!

We had a pretty strong storm roll through here this morning. I was actually excited when I saw the overcast, gray sky this morning, and the slightly cooler weather. Well, about 4 minutes into the storm, our power went out. Again. Gah!

Thankfully, this outage only lasted an hour and 15 minutes. Just long enough for the house to feel humid from the windows I cracked a bit because I was feeling suffocated. It was also just long enough for me to finally crack open one of the books in my GIANT stack of summer reads. Now I'm kinda hooked and want to keep reading, even though what I really need to do is finish revising my resume and updating my online application at the community college (which is what I was doing when the power went out). Decisions, decisions....

I know I can be a whiner sometimes...

...but THIS does not make me happy.

But, I need to remind myself that some people, like Mrs. G., are STILL without power. WTF, Com Ed?! Maybe you can send some cooling thoughts her way.

I may be gone soon....

...as this is Day 2 with no power!!! I'll bitch about it later, I'm sure, when I'm not 'borrowing' a wifi signal. But suffice it to say, take a look at my weather widget, then think about ME going without power (and MORE importantly air-conditioning!!!!!!!!!) for TWO DAYS! This just may be the end of ChiTown Girl.....

**Update**
From The Chicago Sun-Times
Here's another one