I *heart* Electricity

There is nothing more terrifying than at 9 a.m. having National Grid show up at your home (boasting four currently blasting air conditioners no less) threatening to turn off your electricity. When it's going to be over 90 degrees. Some mix up concerning our billing information.

I was almost in tears and I think between the barking dog, the two babbling older ones and the raspberry blowing baby, he had pity upon me and called the company using his direct code to get me in contact with an actual person so that we wouldn't be left high and dry... very hot and dry at that. What I don't get is why they approach you from the start as if you are trying to rip THEM off. As if I was stealing the electrical current. Um, no. I plug things in and they work. The bill comes, we pay it. Well, my husband does, but still. I'm not "pulling a fast one" on the electric company. When he saw how utterly shocked and confused and frantic I became, he seemed to soften a bit. Got things shaken out and we didn't skip a beat with our electrical current. Whew.

Other than that small snafu, the day was lovely and had a nice play date for my little one and Mommy got to chat... It's like a small vacation, really. Sometimes I feel a little guilty about how different things are with the third child. The first two had so much more one on one time and play dates with friends and with the youngest, she gets shuttled about so much with all the stuff we have to do for the older two and I think this was the first time in a while that she has had play time with a little friend. I know she is only a baby and doesn't realize that she is getting the shaft, but as a Mommy it makes my heart happy to be able to give that same attention in that way... And, selfishly, I get to have a Mommy chat and it just makes the day so much easier to handle afterwards. It's a breath of fresh air.

And since it's Monday, I can say, "My husband comes home next week!" The end of next week, but STILL!

Tonight I promised myself that I would get some rest, so this time I actually WILL read and then go to bed at a ridiculously early hour because I can and I probably should.