Phew! What a Week!
26 Jun
David’s father got to come visit us. He was headed to New York on business. He arrived Wednesday afternoon, and we had a great time visiting over dinner. It was so nice to see some family.
The next morning David got up early and went to the Apple Store to get the Iphone 4. FIL and I got up later, and went to meet him for breakfast. If you were anywhere near an Apple Store Wednesday, you probably understand why we had to go eat breakfast without him. The line was insane.
I’m not sure when people had started camping out, but I have to ask, “Why?” I get that it’s an awesome phone. I just can’t imagine wanting to have it that badly on the day it came out. After we ate, we brought David a to-go breakfast. He got the Iphone 4. In fact, he even got one for me. The biggest draw for me is the fact that I can take pictures. We still haven’t found our camera. We’re hoping it’s in storage in Dallas with our wedding china and guest bedroom furniture.
Thursday afternoon, our air conditoner stopped blowing cool air. It was still blowing air, but it was just like running a fan. Maintenance came out quickly and worked on it for about an hour, until a bad storm knocked out all the power in our area.
When David got home from work, we still didn’t have power. I couldn’t use the stove, the oven or the microwave. The electric company said over 70,000 homes were without power in our area, and they had no idea when we’d have power back. At 8:30 we decided to go find a restaurant with power. We drove quite a ways until we found a McDonald’s. It was PACKED, but they still had some food. After we ate, we bought bags of ice at a gas station so we could keep David’s medicine cold. We were already in bed when the power came back on at 11.
I had not had fast food in quite some time, so I woke up with a horrible stomach ache Friday morning. I took a Pepcid, and an hour a half later it had done nothing. The maintenance man was working on our AC by 8:30. I was really glad he came, but it hurt so much to move I really didn’t want to answer the door. I don’t think I’ll be eating McDonald’s again any time soon.
The air conditioning was quickly restored, and we got a wonderful surprise. FIL’s business meeting was canceled, so he got to come back and spend another night with us!
It was a great week, but phew! We’re tired. David sees his new rheumatologist this week, and we found out Brother #3 is coming for a visit in July. Can’t wait!
So wonderful that he got to visit!!! Jealous a tad, but still glad he got to drop by!
I would rather wait, or pre-order the phone online. I don’t have any patience for lines, or stores… and lines of people in stores. Sounds like a headache!
Oh, I should have mentioned. He pre-ordered the Iphone, but Apple had a glitch and they lost his reservation. If only he’d printed his confirmation page!
Oh man – horrible time for the electricity to go out … AND to have the AC break down! Glad you all got it going again…
Um, yah. It would take God Himself coming down to earth for me to stand in line for anything. Nothing is worth that. I won’t wait in line to shop, for a concert, booksigning….not one thing. I don’t have the energy for it!
SO glad you had a nice visit from home!!!
Glad you got some time with your father in law! I know that helped with the “missing home”. (((HUGS))) I’m a Verizon customer…so still no Iphone for me…but the new one sounds super cool! Can’t wait to hear your full review of it!
Sorry bout the power outage and McDonalds – but glad everything came together okay in the end!
Praying the doctor appointment goes well!
I could never imagine waiting in a line like that for a phone…David wasn’t alone though. People all over the country! Insane if you ask me! No offense to your DH of course.lol