The Mahone Bay power was rocking to a steady beat of on and off. I was still awake at 1:30 am when the power cut out the first time. Click and then blackness. Click and then everything started flashing. The heat pump kicked back in and the motion detector light in the hall came on. The house alarm groaned, the smoke detectors coughed and the clock radio sputtered. It was out and then in and then out again, sometimes all in the same split second. At first it was like repeater gun fire, on and off bang, bang. Then it stayed on for a few minutes and then went out again. Each time causing a series of clicks and hums as electrical components whirred back to life and then croaked again from the lack of juice. All in all there were about 25 outages, hopefully controlled from power central, if not, there was some crazy stuff going on that needs investigating.
I noticed around the third outage, Honey, my oldest poodle started to do the shimmy shake. She’s always been nervous around loud sounds like gun fire, (hunting season noises from the wooded area behind our house) and fireworks. I guess she thought we were being invaded because she crawled up and laid over my neck, her soft underbelly vibrating like a washer during spin cycle. I wrapped my arms around her and snuggled tight but the tremors continued. The crazy off and on continued for over an hour with lights flashing and clicking sounds to disturb all of our sleep…except of course for Fiz, my red girl, who is always undaunted.....her snores adding to the din of the night.
The power has never fluctuated like that. Sure it goes out occasionally but never spasms like a nervous twitch. At one point I started wondering if it was our house or the entire town and got out of bed to keep an eye on the street light down the road. I didn’t have long to wait for confirmation, within minutes the town to was in blackness. I crawled back under the covers and snuggled Honey and then noticed that Jake was taking up some of the paranoia, standing and panting and then shortly after Henri followed suit. Both of the boys crawled up around my head and snuggled so close it was like wearing a dog hat. Poor little things were nervous Nellies but I loved that they came to momma to protect them. They like to act tough but really they are like little children afraid of the big scary things of this world.
So all these interruptions, compiled with the fact that sleep was eluding me, I might as well have got up and hooked, put on my miner’s head lamp and pulled a few loops in the dark. There is nothing worse than wasting time in bed awake, waiting, waiting, waiting for sleep to engulf me. It’s frustrating but you can’t get up because you never know when the sandman will hit.
I finished the O today at the hook-in, sadly pulling the last few strips to complete the rug. I really enjoyed this one, the colours were electric and I couldn’t help but smile from the glow. I asked a man once which dog he loved the most. He had just lost an older guy and had adopted a new fellow. His reply was interesting. He said he loves the one he has now the most and I marveled at the sense of it all. Being a bit of a pathetic drawn out mourner, I could never get over the lost love of a precious pet and move on easily, but as life goes on so does love, it needs to be nurtured and spread around like butter on toast. We should always be in the stasis of love, never sad from the past that is now gone, we have our memories to carry us forward. Our hearts have many chambers to fill with love for our furry kids. I talk a big tale; hope I can follow my own advice when old, old, very old age claims one of mine.
This is how I feel about these Initially Yours patterns. The one I like most is the one on my frame. As I near completion of each initial I begin to grow excited over the next one. I’ve decided to do the G next. G is for Gregg, my hubby and the colours are subdued on this one. Browns, Turkey Red and a delicious plaid that encompasses all of the colours and will blend a custom mix. I was so busy at work today I didn’t get the G drawn out so I am hookless tonight. Maybe a break might help get some laundry and the dishes done. Not as much fun but a necessary evil.