The phone rang at 3:40 PM yesterday afternoon. I answered it and listened incredulously to the recorded female voice telling me, with regrets, that our electric power would be cut off for a period of four hours - from 4 PM to 8 PM . WOW- what great planning! I guess the S. D. G. E.
crew needed a few extra dollars for overtime. The recent monsoon electrical storms probably did damage - but, did the repair work absolutely have to be done during dinner hour?
We Borregans are used to our little electric surprises. We are usually notified by mail - well in advance of the outage - usually so far on advance that we forget about it and , when the power fails, just say, " Oh, yeah, NOW I remember! " and go about resetting all the programs, clocks and timers.
Yesterday, however, I had planned on a great dinner, which included a baked chicken dish. Oh, well, the barbeque filled in for the oven. We even prepared for the coming darkness. Candles and flashlights were gathered together and we got ready for an intimate candlelit dinner. The dinner turned out to be hilarious rather than romantic as we laughed at the situation. Dinner was over at 7PM and all the flashlights had dimmed. The candles had waned or burnt out and it was DARK! Flashlight batteries in the garage. Who ever thinks of replacing a battery until it dies? Not us! The dishes were stacked by candle power and the road from the table to the sink never seemed longer!
Husband returned from the garage, new batteries were put in the flashlights. I said, "I'm going to read. ", tucked a flashlight between my neck and shoulder and Kindled. Husband headed for the radio. Those batteries were dead, too.
Around 8 o'clock blinking lights everywhere said " Come and fix us. " We did.
Just another Borrego surprise. Thank you, San Diego Gas and Electric!
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