Old Murphy

Yesterday was quite eventful! We started out the morning just like any other. We got out of bed at 7am. The girls used the potty, got dressed and met me downstairs for breakfast. I had their food ready and was popping some left over omelet in the microwave for me. Music was playing throughout the house. Everything was relatively peaceful - as peaceful as busy mornings can be - and we were on schedule. ...until I hit the "start" button on the microwave.

As soon as the microwave started, or rather tried to start, I immediately knew something weird was going on. The light inside the microwave was very dim, much more so than usual, and it started making a funny buzz noise. I quickly stopped it and tried again, thinking maybe it was a little glitch. This time it did the same thing, and the speakers in the living room blew out, and the ceiling fan knocked off.

....OKAY!! strange! The speakers are new, so maybe there was something weird with the wiring, so I take the girls their breakfast, because there's no time for stopping. The very tight ship must go on:) I went to turn the light on in the dining room, which are set on a dimmer, and they wouldn't come up past a low dim. As I did this more things began popping around the house. I immediately yelled for Gavin and Nick and went around the house unplugging everything I could get to.

The night lights in the upstairs hallway were as bright as spotlights, when they are normally very dim, things were popping left and right! AGGHH!!! What is going on?!

Nick shut the breaker off and the three of us gathered in the kitchen to figure out what in the world just happened. The girls were still eating breakfast, as Gavin called the electrician. He referred us to the power company, saying that if it is house wide it has to do with the power source. The power company was out a few hours later discovering that when Verizon had come down our road months ago, installing a new fiber optic line, they had cut part of our neutral line, which stabilizes the ebbs of flow of electricity coming into the house. Over time the line had finally completely severed.

After getting the girls to school I decided Elle and I would stay out while they were trying to get the power back on. They had to dig up the road to install a new line. Thankfully, Gavin and Nick decided to turn around and come back home to be there when the power company got there, otherwise I don't know that they would have been so thorough. ..by now they were heading, once again, toward work.

On Monday's, in Virginia, the teacher's get out at noon. For Kindergarten, since it's only until noon, usually, they get out an hour early, at 10:45. I know this. But this was no normal day. Murphy was visiting and was making our lives ____, um, interesting for the afternoon:) I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE EARLY PICK UP! The school was able to reach Gavin, who was still on his way to work, and he and Nick turned back around, for the second time, to go pick up Rae.

I went ahead and picked up Roo and then we met Gavin, Nick and Rae at home. By this time the power was back on and we were assessing the damage. We lost the dishwasher, the double ovens, the washing machine, our IHome, the new dvd/vcr combo that was downstairs, both garage doors......that's all for now, but we're still looking. The surge protectors we had did their jobs and saved us from an electrical fire that would have burned the house down, no doubt. They were fried so we've already replaced them. A must, in our home.

Well. Thank you, Lord for surge protectors, and for being the great protector of our lives. I'm so thankful that it wasn't any worse than it was. It could have been devastating!! God is good. Murphy is evil. And we're just fine:)

I hope everyone else is doing wonderfully! We're all healthy, happy, safe, and extremely thankful:)

Today, is already a MUCH better day! Lots of fun. Today is gymnastics and dance:)

Be safe out there!:) ...get some surge protectors if you don't have any already.