Ka & boom

Ask any of my siblings,  I can sleep through most anything.  I have often had someone ask me the day after a huge storm “Wasn’t that one loud storm?” and all I could say was “What storm?”  Not so much for last night.

The night before the first day back at school I always find myself having a hard time falling asleep.  Last night was the same, I finally dozed off sometime around 11:00.  Just past midnight I was literally jolted out of bed by a thunderclap so close and so loud it shook my house.  And then the power went out.

It was windy and cool enough that not having the cooler on was not a problem, but I did have to get up early in the morning with no working alarm clock.

I found my camping light, got my cell phone and set the alarms on it to wake me up in the morning.  But not being used to that alarm, I was a little anxious about it.  I finally fell asleep sometime around 2:00.

At 4:30 this morning I am jolted awake again, by the power coming back on.  Between the lights I had inadvertently left on during the blackout and the kicking on of the swamp cooler, I again was awake.  And I couldn’t get back to sleep.

So now it’s just past 6:00, I’m already on my second cup of coffee and looking forward to a day of faculty meetings on just around 3 hours of sleep.

Yipeeeee!

It's still there......

Went up to the property yesterday, it's still there! Overall, it was an incredibly relaxing day. It was warm enough that I walked around without my shorts on. Danny asked me why I bothered keeping my lower half covered, considering I was up there all alone. Well, considering the sun burn I got on my upper half, I'm kinda glad for the psychological block society gave me. Anyway, I went on a couple nice walks and completely planned out Chapter 1 for the Psychology class I'm teaching this fall. I know what I'm going to stress, the projects they're going to have to do and how I'm going to grade them. It's amazing how much work I can get done when there is no TV, internet and other things to distract me. Only 20 more days and I'll have the whole book covered. On the way home I decided to take the Wolf Creek Pass route home. Which, by the way, is a lot longer than just taking SR40 back. But it was something different, and quite scenic. I left the land around 3:30 and got home real close to 7:00, but I did make quite a few stops for pictures. Then I got home, cleaned up and went down to Free Wheeler to bug Danny for a couple deliveries. Headed home and, despite being in the convertible (with a top that doesn't go up) and it raining lightly, stopped in at Albertsons to pick up some aloe vera gel for my sunburn. Made it home before the storm really hit, and fell asleep on the back porch listening to the storm. I was pretty surprised how relaxing the thunder and lightning was for me. Anyway, that was my day, and the main thing is that the fires have avoided our little area. Oh, and if you want to see the pictures I took, click HERE.