Day Nineteen.

    This post is late....for the first time! Last night the power went out while I was at work, it did not come back on until 4am. I tried to use my cell phone but the website wasn't working and I was really trying to preserve power. What a horrible time for the power to have gone out too because my Mom is still here. She really can't catch a break this year. She was very upset and wound up when I got home because the carbon monoxide detector was out of batteries and had been beeping all day long. That of course scared the dog so much that she was shivering under the bed for eight hours. I guess my Mom thought the noise was the smoke detector and didn't want to have to climb on a chair to take it down. When I got home it even took me a while to realize it wasn't the smoke detectors. Anyway, she was really upset and I guess without her knowing made me feel very guilty about the whole thing. She hasn't had cable at her house for a while and was looking forward to watching some classic movies while here. Unfortunately that did happen:(
    I won't write too much more because I'm going to have to post tonight, but other than that the day didn't go too bad. Work wasn't bad until the very end of the night when it got pretty busy. Prior to work I ended up reading those articles that I had wanted to and not much more. I have been bad about sleeping in so far this evening week, but my Mom is going home today so hopefully I can get back in the routine. I will write about the articles tonight!
    I guess I should comment about how getting home in the dark last night was really bad for my OCD. Then to make matters worse my Mom was getting annoyed with me because I was washing my shoes off instead of immediately helping her. When I tried to tell her that work was really stressful for me she simply said "well you have no idea what I've been through". I guess I don't.  I must say that I am really glad that she was here though. I would have been really freaked out coming home in the dark with no prior warning. Also, my dog would have been a mess in that beeping with no one home. My Mom also made us each a great big salad which we had with wine for dinner when I came home. Alright, until later!