Going it alone

So Sunday we bid farewell to the luxury of having extra hands around the house. Kathleen and Regan returned to Dallas after a much appreciated week of help with Lily and Addison.

After dropping Kathleen and Regan at the Columbus airport, the 4 of us went to Babies R Us and bought out the store. Who knew we'd need 3 Diaper Genies? It was a pleasant experience (i.e. no crying although Mike thought about breaking down when he saw the register total!). The 1 1/2 hour drive back to Athens was uneventful. Both girls had bottles on the way and were quite content.

And when we arrived home...Mike and I were on our own. It was a scary thought, but we felt we were up to it. Plenty of other people have survived raising twins. But still scary. We settled in with a little PGA golf on the TV. The girls ate and went to sleep. Then we had a small electrical storm and, as we have come to expect, the electricity went out. Fortunately we had a small battery generator doodad that we could use for the breast pump. And although our electricity goes out frequently, it usually is restored fairly quickly. But really...our first night on our own...do we really need to be without lights?

After about an hour of sitting staring at each other, I realized our neighbor across the street had power. Unusual. Shortly thereafter we went out for a walk with the girls and ran into another near-by neighbor. They also had power. Very suspicious. Mike thought...hmm...the empty lot next to our house was just mowed...maybe the guy mowing ran over the box where our power supply comes in. We looked about at the other houses around us and all had electricity. Closer inspection showed that sure enough the box had been hit and the wires were severed. Unfortunately we were quite sure a single house is less likely to get immediate restoration of electrical service. So wouldn't you know it...not only were we without power on our first night of being alone...but our house was the only one. Comical really.

It ends up that the power company finally arrived on the scene around 10:15 and the power was restored around 10:45. Lily and Addison appear not to have been scarred for life by the experience. And Mike and I are recovering.