The Lights Are Back On

Just wanted to let everyone know that Friday at 5:00 p.m. the lights came back on. Six days without electricity is something the kids will never forget, I expect. They've been walking around all day just saying "I'm so glad the power is back on." I can't agree more.

A special thanks goes to the linemen and tree trimmers from North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, and other parts of Missouri (and quite possibly from other places around the country as well...those are the states I know utility crews came from) for working long hours in extremely bad conditions to get our power restored.

It's an utterly helpless feeling, when your power is out. There is really nothing you can do about it. You just sit around and wait on someone else. That's an unsettling feeling.

Now: the cleanup.