sarahmichelef

Yes, it sucks that you still don't have power.  But bitching and moaning about it isn't going to get you power any faster, and it's making life more miserable for the rest of us (including those of us who have ALSO been without power for seven and a half days).  Suck it up.  At least you appear to be wearing clean pants, so you're up on me.

*smooches*
alphasarah

PS: Hearing you talk about how you have family and friends who've been helping you out, or bitching about how they didn't do as much as you wanted them to, doesn't make me feel better, either.

 National Grid says all of Buffalo will have power by 11 pm on Saturday.  Rumor around the neighborhood last night was that we should see power on Friday.  I'll believe it when the fridge starts humming.

There was actually a Nat'l Grid pickup parked outside our house when we got home last night, so at least they're starting to assess the situation in our vicinity.

TRex is back to daycare.  Canisius is having class for the first time since last Thursday.  I'm working on campus because there's electricity and Internet here.  We still have no power, probably won't 'til the weekend.  Landline came back yesterday, though, FWIW.  It's supposed to be warm today and tomorrow, but cool again (low 50s, which makes a difference when you have NO HEAT) over the weekend.  I think we shall try to keep our plans and go to Meadville for a visit on Saturday.

There are 2 to 3 inches of heavy, wet, slushy snow on the ground, trees, everywhere.  Where TRex's favorite puddle is, it's a lake of slush.  We're to stay off the roads until 6 am - at the moment our side street isn't passable anyway.  Our trees are ok, but the big maple in our neighbor's yard dropped a smallish branch into the backyard.  There was a loud noise a couple of minutes ago; I went and looked and didn't see any damage in the direction it came from.  I'm a little concerned becuase it overhangs our garage by a good bit.  It's still thundering and lightening.*
Oh, and we managed to light the furnace on the first try.  Go us, we're smarter than a pile of bricks.

*Why is it "thundering and lightning"?  Lightning comes before thunder!