10:22 pm

so this is what was in store for us on friday night.  i got home from work just in time to take the dogs out before the ceiling dropped. 

the wind started howling, the lights started flickering, there was lightening cracking all around the house.  it was pretty scary.  i made my way into the basement with the dogs just as the power went out.  

it didn't take long for the storm to pass.  but the power outage was another story.  when it's 90+ degrees outside, things tend to heat up pretty fast.  

we finally got power back at 10:22 pm yesterday.  i can't even begin to describe the level of joy i felt when the hum of power came back into our house.  i will never take electricity for granted again.  

there are supposed to be more bad storms likely until wednesday.  i really hope that lack of electricity isn't  going to be a recurring theme this summer.