Monday, June 26, 2006

Hot hot heat

Yesterday it was 101 degrees in Portland. Today it was hotter, I think. I don't know for sure at this point though because around 5:30 tonight, our power went out for 4 hours, interrupting our evening news viewing. Fortunately, we'd just finished dinner, so we didn't have to worry about cooking. But while the AC had kept our house right around 73 degrees up to that point, we watched it climb up after everything shut off. Marc called PGE a few times, and they were actually predicting that they wouldn't have things fixed for us until midnight. At that point we contemplated setting up "camp" downstairs to sleep for the night since it was even warmer upstairs. I took what I thought was a cold shower, but it still steamed up the bathroom. Lucky for us, everything came back on just before 10:00 tonight.

It's sad how my home life comes to a crashing halt when the power goes out. No TV. No internet. No computer at all after my laptop battery dies in 15 minutes. No good reading light after the sun sets. We did take advantage of this as a good excuse to partake in a couple of adult beverages out on our porch, though, which we barely even go out and sit on.

Grandpa is still holding on, even in the big heat these past couple of days. Work is busy as usual, with more projects on the way. Nothing too exciting to report there. Now, with the sweet, cool air blowing from the vents again, I'm heading off to bed.

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