We have finally seen some rain the past couple of days. It was so wonderful and an answer to prayer...we needed to cool off. Last night the storms brought along power outages for parts of Tulsa. We were part of that. We lost power for about an hour. It was right after we got the girls out of the bath, thank goodness not while they were in the bath. They would have flipped out. Trying to explain to Claire the lights didn't work and that we would not be watching 1 Curious George before bed was difficult. The girls did think daddy was pretty cool reading their bedtime book with a flashlight. Once the girls were in bed the power came back on. Twenty minutes later a loud whoosh and firecracker sound came from our back yard. The green box in the corner of the yard that holds electrical stuff for OG&E had black plumes of smoke coming out of it. We tried calling OG&E and when all we got was a recording we called the fire department on their non-emergency line to see what we should do. They felt they needed to come and a few minutes later we heard the sirens and saw the flashing lights. So did all the neighbors. I think Jared talked to neighbors he has never even met before. The firemen looked it over and called OG&E whom said they would be on their way. The firemen told us they would wait in the firetruck out front until the electric company arrived. We thanked them and as Jared talked to all the neighbors I came in and read a book with a book light. (I have not had time to read a book in forever) We had called the fire department at 8:30 p.m. and at 11:00 p.m. they were still out front and we still didn't have power. We finally went to bed and at midnight when Claire woke up we looked out and they were gone. This morning we woke up and it was still dark. We were hot but thankful that the power didn't go off on a day that was over 100 degrees. OG&E showed up around 8 a.m. with a new green box and tools to take our fence down. They had to drive the new box in and the old one out. Once they got it all in and the electricity on they blew something else two doors down and they had to turn the power off again. After it all we were without power for 15 hours. Better than days I guess. The girls were entertained today by watching them work. I am so thankful the weather was cool today and we could play outside till it rained and by then the power was back on. It could always be worse and if anything we now know our neighbors a little better.
