The first transport is away! The first transport is away!

Well, no, not quite yet, but it will be headed home sometime tomorrow.

Sometime between noon and 12:30, power was restored to my area of Lake Wales. I was sitting on the couch wondering why it'd gotten even cooler than it already was with the box fan. I looked up and the ceiling fan and lights were on in the family room (it was the only breaker I'd left on).

In the last two hours, I've vacuumed the house, swept all the tile floors and rearranged canned food and refrigerated food.

I have greatly appreciated everyone's thoughts and sympathies during the past few days, and hope that those others without power will get it back soon.

Well, I Wonder

Is it sad that I'm getting excited at the possibility of microwaving canned meat ravioli?

Keep in mind that this isn't Chef Boyardee, but the Wal-Mart brand.

Yeah, probably is sad, huh?

Oh yeah.

I microwaved the canned ravioli.

Best tasting mushy ravioli I've ever had.

Ah yes, DirecTV

I tried with no success to get my dish aligned properly. My company, Brian to be specific, did it for me a couple of days ago, but since then, rainy weather has taken it out of alignment.

The other problem is that one of the supports is bending about as easily as a piece of aluminum foil.

Interestingly enough, Rachel seemed more bothered by being without satellite than I was. When I told her that we have someone coming out on Tuesday morning to fix it, she went dead silent. "TUESDAY?" Yup. No problem for me, I'll just go in to work a bit later that day. What I haven't told her is that the service people called and rescheduled for Sunday between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Feels like a Folgers Flavor Crystals moment, doesn't it?