Lights Out in Delmar

Another crazy storm burst through my neighborhood yesterday knocking out power, toppling tree limbs and blowing over basketball hoops into the street. The hottest day of the year and National Grid doesn't expect to replenish my block until tomorrow. Uggh. Thank Goodness that Panera Bread just down the road offers free wi-fi with my Chicken Frontega. Mutti and I are sitting in air conditioned comfort as my poor dog lays panting in the basement of my dark colonial. It seems that everything had the same thought as tons of tables around me are filled with busy typing cell-phone-answering suits. As much the romance of candlelight and lanterns and bonding with my neighbors helps deflate the anxiety of the moment, I give myself one more day of this power outage and I'll be moving into Panera permanently!