The Power Went Out

Sunday night (3/20) the power went out around 11:00 p.m. I sat there in the dark wondering why because the wind wasn't blowing, we didn't hear a loud explosion...hmmm. I got up and grabbed a flashlight and wandered into the living room. Doug was on the couch and probably was watching TV when it went out and dad was asleep in the recliner snoring. I asked why the power went out and Doug said, maybe someone hit a pole? Who knows? We didn't even know if it was a town wide or a local power outage. I worried about my chickens. We got them last Wednesday and we had to keep a heat lamp on them, well without power there is no heat lamp. I didn't want a dozen dead baby chickens to bury the next day. I grabbed a sheet to keep their bin warm. Hopefully their little bodies huddled together to keep themselves warm. We've already had a close encounter of one dying on us a few days ago because it got cold. I slept like crap worrying about my chickens. The next thing I knew it was 5 am and mom was running around the house gathering things. We didn't know when the power would be back on so she was going to take a shower and get ready at work. She left just after 5 and called me. You know that old lady's house across the street from Ramona? Well, they had a bunch of Puget Power guys digging frantically. She also said that it was a portion of the residents on Brandie Ct who didn't have power and we were one of them, Yay! I checked on my chickens, they were still alive. I crawled back in bed wondering if I should take the chickens to Grandma's house, they've been without heat for 6 hours. Maybe the power will turn on soon? Just before 6 am the power came back on and I rushed into the bathroom and took the sheet off my chickens. They were happy that their heat lamp came back on and so was I.