I thought of this song at 4:30 this morning as I was up checkin things out. The ice storm finally hit us last night. They were predicting that it would start around 3:00 yesterday afternoon, but God willing, it held off for people to get home from work safely. We met with friends for dinner last night, when one of the guys got a call saying that the local snow plows were sliding around. We got out to our car and it was covered in ice. The rain was freezing instantly.
Here's what it looked like this morning:
Maggie woke up at her usual time and I went downstairs with her to watch the t.v. knowing there wouldn't be any school today....as I waited for the "M's" to roll across the bottom of the screen...I missed it. I flipped to another channel and missed it there too. Finally, I got online to check the school website. They didn't close school. I think we are the only district in the area that isn't closed. I called my neighbor to make sure, and she was just as shocked as I was. So, we rushed around trying to hurry, so that we could leave a few minutes early. I don't like to be late and I'm not a huge fan of driving on ice. Andy ended up taking the kids and said that it really wasn't too bad out, but this is coming from a guy who was trying to spin out the van on the way home last night. I told Maggie she was lucky to be able to go to school, this way they won't have to add a day on at the end of the year!
I guess there is a lot of people with power out in the some-what big town across the river from us. I guess we could say that we are pretty lucky it didn't hit us harder. However, even though we do have power and I am so grateful for that, we at the Sullivan Sitcom do not have heat! It felt a little cold this morning so I check the pretty new green back lit thermostat. To my surprise, it wasn't so pretty today. It was black....I touched it so that it would come on....and it didn't come on. Hum...I went to get Andy out of bed, on his day off....(do you ever really get a day off when you're at home with kids???) He came down and fiddled around with it....nothing....he called the service guy like any good husband would and they tried to do some things over the phone. Still nothing....so he is coming out sometime day. Sometime day???? It's cold and to top it off...our nice-new-pretty-green-back-lit-thermostat goes down to 66 during the night....so it was cold to begin with and it's getting colder! Yikes! On the bright side, we do have a Papa who lives next door that we can invade.
I am praying that the problem is small and simple and can be fixed with the switch of a button. I really hope that nothing has to be replaced, repaired, and paid for again....this is a new unit and should be working fine.
They say "Nothing can stop a Trane".....but an ice storm can!
5 comments:
the worst. no heat? well i think that's a great excuse for no school. although maybe its school day for everyone!☺ feel like volunteering today? hope to hear you are warm and cozy VERY soon!
oh my goodness, i could not BELIEVE they didn't cancel school. craziness. i was worried about poor miss cox driving over from bloomington.
hope your heat comes back quickly!
wow, y'all stay safe and WARM! i can't believe her school didn't close. everything around here shuts down if there is even a prediction of white stuff!
crazy to think we'll be setting a record today when it hits 75!
Whoa, that is crazy but so beautiful! I always loved it when we would get an ice storm when I was a kid. Not so fun about the heat...did you guys get it fixed yet?
Hope the heat is back on and all is well. Our school district has an automated call system, so you receive a call when school is closed, delayed, out early etc. It's great! No more waiting for the list or trying to listen to the radio. You'll have to make a suggestion to your school. :) Although it just give me another reason to be LAZY. When I get the Delayed/Closed call the alarm gets turned off which crates a chain of very lazy events! :)
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