The latest and greatest estimate from Centerpoint Energy is that 80% of the power in my zip code (which has now been lumped into another zip code [does Centerpoint even know that we are up here/that they have wires here]) will be restored by Sunday the 28th. This will be my 3rd Saturday of no ESPN College Football Gameday followed by a day of college football games. Regarding the Sunday estimate; I'll believe it when it happens considering the fact that the company providing this estimate planned for only 1 million outages in its service territory that has over 2 million customers in the direct path of the frickin hurricane. Not to mention the fact that they made a conscious decision back in 2006 to forego tree trimming maintenance in order to cut costs. But who's complaining..... cooler weather and lower humidity is forecast through the weekend.
I've been running my weekday runs faster than I should so far this week due to hurricane induced stress. I hope to take my last double digit run pre Chicago easier Saturday morning; 12 miles is the distance per my plan.
I did laundry for the first time since the storm; running 5 days a week plus cleaning the yard left lots of dirty smelly clothes that accumulated over the past 12 days. I also slept with power for the first time since Ike; it was nice not to hear generators humming in the background. I plan on being back home in the primitive zone now through Sunday given the change in weather conditions. Special thanks to Sara and Beth for coming by yesterday afternoon with a generator in tow; I had already decided to leave last night and get laundry done. I'll just wait it out now without the gen option; it's gotta be soon....... right?
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