It wasn't a dark an' stormy nite, just humid w/no chance of rain in sight.....it wasn't a full moon. It was one of those dark, swarmy nites....when thin's go slitherin' an' sneakin' around & all you can hear are the nite time bugs. Dad was workin' late last nite, so it was just me, Lexie an' mom.
Mom had let us out after the nite time news. We did a patrol....an' it was pretty quiet....Ginger had even come out an' reported thin's were quiet on her side. We didn't stay out too long, besides I didn't want to leave mom by herself too long, she just might be openin' that front door to who knows who.
We were all settled back in the house.......when it happened!
It was startlin'.......all three of us were sent into a state of emergency...well, mom was.....an' since she was, I was....an' since I was, Lexie was.....it's one of those snowball thin's.
Mom got up from her computer..an' slowly made her was across the livin' room.......I got up an' followed her....Lexie was sittin' up on the couch watchin' both of us.
As mom knocked stuff off her lil' table, then off the bookshelf as she was reachin' for her big lite, she was mutterin' that when the power goes off in the whole house w/out warnin'......it was spookier then one of our nite time backyard adventures, an' definitely darker!
She patted me on the head, then of all thin's headed for the frond door. I'm thinkin', "oh no...here we go again".....yep, she an' her big lite go out in the front yard. I ran to the kitchen to see what she was about. Well, she wasn't about much.....she stood in front of the kitchen windows w/her lite....an' that was the only lite as far as either one of us could see. She said it was just as spooky out there as in the house, so she came back inside....checked the locks on both doors...then settled herself on the couch w/her lite & cell phone...Lexie on the couch beside her, an' me at her feet...an' we waited for dad.
When he came home, mom shined her lite from the couch so he could see. Which was good since she had cooked him dinner.
We have gas stove, so it was easy to heat it up (Lexie an' I got some, too).
We all did pretty good in the dark.......well, except for one hiccup...when dad walked across the livin' room to grab mom's big lite...an' tripped over me. (well, I had been layin' by mom...in fact stickin' close to her the whole time, except when she went awol...he shoulda' known). He fell, missed the corner of the table...didn't land on me completely...but managed to hit mom's knee w/his head or elbow, lol......she's still marvelin' at the fact that thru the whole thin', she's the one w/a bruise an' she was sittin' safely on the couch...she thought.
Anyway, the power was off less then two hours...an' that was the only real excitement...except when Lexie woke mom up at 5 am....an' they had "words".....mom told her "no"...went back to bed, then Lexie marched herself to mom's room an' yelled back.....but that's another story..........
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