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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
So Happy That Toilets Don’t Need Electricity
Dear Internet, in the wee hours of Thursday morning the power company is coming to shut off our power. Electricians are then coming to upgrade our panel so we can run all of our gadgets and not blow fuses left and right. Unfortunately, the upgrade needs to be inspected by the city before the electricity can be turned back on (okay, I suppose it’s kind of a good thing), so if we get a cranky inspector, we could end up not getting any power until sometime on Friday. Honestly, that would totally freak me out. At first I was thinking I could handle a little time off. We were thinking we just go out to Makino and have sushi, but then we realized that our garage would be wide open and that probably wasn’t the best idea without us being home. So, no sushi. Also, no computers 
, no lights in the bathroom (our bathrooms don’t have windows), no PBS kids’ shows for our parrots, no microwave, no TiVo, no espresso machine, etc. Frankly, I don’t know what we’re going to do with all that silence…and oh yeah, no air conditioning! We did make arrangements with our neighbors that if it gets too hot in the house, we can go over to their place while they’re at work. Not only that, they’re leaving Season 1 (we missed the first three seasons) of Angel for us to watch on dvd, just in case.
So, if you’re reading this and waiting for an email from me, you won’t get it until at least Thursday night. Also, if you’re waiting for me to do your website, I so totally suck. This week has been a horror of vet appointments, required Home Depot shopping (we had to buy one of those HUGE air compressors today and arrange for delivery), people in town visiting, family obligations and other assorted things. Next week is completely free of any obligations except being home when the landscaper comes to give us new reject sand in the back yard (the dogs’ feet will be so grateful) and rip out our hideous slummy looking lawn for desert landscaping. The builder gave us the cheapest sprinkler system in the history of sprinkler systems, so our lawn has rarely had the beautiful golf course look. Also, this will free up our faithful neighbor stud from having to mow our lawn, so we can get him to do other big manly things for us, like dig holes for trees. He’s young and energetic, so we’d better take advantage of that before he’s decrepit, like us.
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