We have power

Centerpoint Energy came through even if they did take until nearly the last minute. On Tuesday we saw a Centerpoint line man and asked when we would have power. He said they were working on it and we should have it within two days. Last night, Thursday, power was restored at 11 PM. We had an unusual "alarm" when it came back. Elizabeth had put some papers in the shredder the other day. Of course with no power nothing happen. Last night we were laying in bed when suddenly we heard a strange noise. Elizabeth said, "What was that?" Then we realized it was shredder suddenly coming to life. Then we realized lights were on. We were so excited. We got up and could not get back to sleep until about 12:30.

There was one down side to having power back. For the past several days we have been keeping our bags of ice in a small well insulated chest freezer. At one time we had 10 bags in it. While it was well insulated, some ice did melt and a pool of water formed in the freezer. When we got up today we discovered the remaining 4 bags of ice were now frozen in a big block of ice. We have had the freezer unplugged and open all day but the bags are still frozen in place. Oh well. Another step on the road back to normalcy.