B-Day Updates
Aug. 22nd, 2010 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saifaiHouston, we lost the internetz!!!
Has been a bit of an odd day for me. Last night around 8pm a massive wind storm swept through our area. Winds at 40mph (64 kph) with gusts of up to 65 mph (104). At least that's what they say. Downed power lines, power surges, fires, falling trees.
It was a fun night. We lost power about 9pm, and it didn't come back on again until 4:30am the next morning. The problem though is that though we had power, half the city had been without last night (the peak was something like 60,000 customers out of power). By the time we got our power back on, they still had over 20,000 still out.
Our internet company didn't get their power back on until very late in the day (maybe some time after 9pm). Internets... OOOH how I MISS you!!!!! *tacklesgloms*
Birthday Fun
First, a big thank you to the folks that sent me birthday wishes. Thank goodness for my Blackberry so I could at least see them! :) As for my Birthday fun, my Mom and I spent a quiet day chatting and reading books. Not much else to do. We'd had plans to see a movie and eat out, but we weren't sure who all would have power. Next weekend we'll see a movie together. Tonight we just splurged on dinner at Wendy's (Mmm, gotta have my bacon cheeseburger).
Oh! We watched a movie my Mom bought quite awhile back. "Old Dogs" with Seth Green (who should get top billing as a rule, because he's adorable), John Travolta, and Robin Williams. Very odd combination. Pretty sure the rest of the Travolta family were in it as well, oddly enough. Started out slow, but turned out pretty funny by the end. And also very sweet. Kept having the urge to chuck Travolta's character off a bridge throughout the film, but by the end I managed to resist and give him a reprieve. Worth a watch for a funny and relaxing movie night with the family.
All in all it was a relaxing night, and we had fun just reading, watching films, and chatting about anything and everything.
Hope everyone else had a good day too! Now, I'm off to bed before the sleeping pills make me ramble anymore than they already have. *waves*
Has been a bit of an odd day for me. Last night around 8pm a massive wind storm swept through our area. Winds at 40mph (64 kph) with gusts of up to 65 mph (104). At least that's what they say. Downed power lines, power surges, fires, falling trees.
It was a fun night. We lost power about 9pm, and it didn't come back on again until 4:30am the next morning. The problem though is that though we had power, half the city had been without last night (the peak was something like 60,000 customers out of power). By the time we got our power back on, they still had over 20,000 still out.
Our internet company didn't get their power back on until very late in the day (maybe some time after 9pm). Internets... OOOH how I MISS you!!!!! *tacklesgloms*
Birthday Fun
First, a big thank you to the folks that sent me birthday wishes. Thank goodness for my Blackberry so I could at least see them! :) As for my Birthday fun, my Mom and I spent a quiet day chatting and reading books. Not much else to do. We'd had plans to see a movie and eat out, but we weren't sure who all would have power. Next weekend we'll see a movie together. Tonight we just splurged on dinner at Wendy's (Mmm, gotta have my bacon cheeseburger).
Oh! We watched a movie my Mom bought quite awhile back. "Old Dogs" with Seth Green (who should get top billing as a rule, because he's adorable), John Travolta, and Robin Williams. Very odd combination. Pretty sure the rest of the Travolta family were in it as well, oddly enough. Started out slow, but turned out pretty funny by the end. And also very sweet. Kept having the urge to chuck Travolta's character off a bridge throughout the film, but by the end I managed to resist and give him a reprieve. Worth a watch for a funny and relaxing movie night with the family.
All in all it was a relaxing night, and we had fun just reading, watching films, and chatting about anything and everything.
Hope everyone else had a good day too! Now, I'm off to bed before the sleeping pills make me ramble anymore than they already have. *waves*
