Blessed Relief!!

It's still only 23 degrees at 8.00am. After four days of 40 plus degree heat, it is a welcome change!! We got to sleep in our own beds last night, it was cool enough.

Thank goodness it did cool down, because we had a power out at 7.30pm that lasted through until 11.30. No lights, no air-con, did I mention no lights?? Oh, and no water either - the tanks require water pumped to the house.

By the time I got home, unpacked the shopping, waved farewell to Michael's guest and got changed, it was after 8.30 and the pub kitchen was shut (too dark to cook on gas). Michael still opted to go to the pub for drinks - the clientele were all out on the front steps drinking. Viannah, Paul and Julie's daughter, chose to come up here and spend time with Caitlin and Mim.

So we got the candles out, and I made the girls scrambled eggs for dinner and we watched the world get darker, and darker, and darker. They played murder in dark for a little while, then decided to watch a movie on Caitlin's portable DVD player.

I had to stop Mim from opening the fridge, we were trying to keep things cold as we didn't know how long the power would be out.

"Mim, close the door of the fridge! You can't open the door."
"Why?"
"Because there is no electricity to keep the fridge cold."
"What happened to it?"
"Somebody used it all up."
" I didn't use it all up Mummy."
"I know you didn't sweetie"
"I used most of it, but not all!"