Yay for electricity!

We survived the storm! As most of you know, California was just hit with one of the biggest storms in a long time! Our power went out early yesterday morning after power lines were blown down in 60-80 mph winds. (And it was pretty cute--Kaylin was very interested in watching the trees blow and the sound the strong winds were making. At one point in the morning when the winds were really strong, she looked out the window, staring at the tree blow in the backyard, and said, "Wow!") The power didn't come back on until today around 3! That's the longest i've ever been without power. Thankfully, we were able to stay with Tim's parents because they didn't lose power. (My poor parents are still waiting for theirs to come back on and are expecting it won't be for possibly two more days!) So I must say, and I know it's probably a cliche right now, but I love electricity and technology! I'm so thankful for our modern amenities. Even for half a day, especially with a toddler, it was hard not having it! Our heater wasn't working, we had to ration the laptop, we couldn't cook anything... The one good thing was that Tim was able to come home from work really early on Friday because his work lost power too. So at least I wasn't going through it alone. We decided late afternoon Friday to head over to Tim's parents because we were bored (and it was getting dark). In a way it's kind of sad to see how dependent we've become on modern technology, because obviously for most of history, people were without it. Anyway, we stayed at Tim's parents and are back tonight at our own place, with the heater on and the lights on, etc. It's nice. Unfortunately, we did miss a friend's wedding today because of the storm. She got married in Bakersfield and we were just too nervous about making the long drive, even though the storm had a calmed a lot. Hopefully she didn't have too many guests missing! And I hope that all of you survived and didn't lose power or have to drive too far anywhere!