“Come Monday” A Birthday Celebration! Monday, May 30th

The next day, (Monday) was Mommys Birthday!!   Mommy and daddy still did not have power…but they were not going to let that ruin the day. I started the day by singing the correct lyrics to the song “Come Monday” (Mommy loves this song but can’t seem to get the words correct.  She always slips in something about a paper bag…. Silly mommy should not be allowed to go to Buffett Bash.  Good thing she can’t go this year!)

 Mommy had the great idea to call Consumers Energy to find out when they thought the power was going to come back on.  The original date they were given was May 31^st, (Tuesday) by 6pm.  They thought this was no big deal and got ready for the day.

Later that day, Grandma and Grampa Bryan decided to come and visit for Mommy’s Birthday!  They went to have dinner at Texas Roadhouse and enjoyed the air conditioning (it was getting kind of warm).  They then went to Big B coffee to have a cool drink…. I was okay with this because I did not want mom to get to hot and “hard boil critter.”  This also made me happy because I knew a yummy berry pie was soon to be mine. I love it when mom “Pours Some Sugar on Me.”

 This little break also allowed mom and dad to charge their cell phones.  Well, dad decided to call Consumers Energy to see if they were still predicting power to come on Tuesday.  When he called…they had updated the time.  They updated the time the power would come back on… they were now predicting that the power would come back on Thursday, June 2^nd by 11:45 pm.  UGH! It was at this time, mom and dad decided to upgrade from “camping” to a hotel.  From reading the news we found out that up to 60 power lines were snapped in half outside of Mason.  This along with all of the trees that had fallen on lines in town, was the reason for the delay in getting the lights turned back on.

Mom and dad enjoyed their time at the Holiday Inn.  Mommy was able to relax by the pool and read while daddy swam. Mommy also soaked her feet in the hot tub from time to time.  This was just the change of scenery that mommy needed.  The power came back on sometime Tuesday night and we returned home Wednesday morning. 

When we returned home we did have a package waiting for us.  Thank you to Aunt Tammy, Uncle Larry (Hoeft)  and Aunt Mary (Olson) for the baby toys