. I slept so poorly last night. I think thoughts of this morning's early arrival of the power company crew was on my mind. Would they cut down the tree or leave it to me? Would I be out of power long or not? Would I be able to clean up the mess before taking dad out to lunch today?
I didn't think I slept AT ALL, but my Fitbit said I slept for 5 hours. It doesn't take much to mess up my sleep, believe me.
A crew of 4 arrived (maybe a little overkill, but I assume they had other things to do), assessed the situation and instead of dropping the line and then returning later, they offered to just cut the offending tree limb touching the power lines themselves, wearing special rubber gloves for protection. It was done in minutes, and then they even dragged the tree limbs into the woods for me, saving me a few hours of work.
They did leave the second limb for me to handle myself, since it isn't touching the lines, but that's okay; I understand they are not a tree service business and only wanted to clear what was touching the power lines. I won't leave the tree standing for long because it will likely keep growing up and cause a problem again soon if I don't.
In my state, the electric company is very unpopular due to high electric bills, but as I learned today, they also provide an important service, and they couldn't have been nicer or easier to deal with.
As it turns out, dad has a plumbing issue and needs to wait for the plumber's arrival, so we won't be doing lunch today anyway. Maybe tomorrow.
Maybe I'll take a nap later this afternoon....
April 22nd, 2026 at 03:43 pm 1776872580
Yeah, lacking sleep definitely sucks. I hope you are able to rest up today.