Spring Break - Day 1

I still look forward to Spring Break every year, even though I haven't actually had a break in many years. There's just something that the school system plants in you around the third week in March that makes you think you deserve to take a break.

We are actually taking a few days off this week since the kids are here. The Arlington Science Center hosted a Kite Festival at the park behind our house yesterday, so we loaded up the bikes & kites and headed over to check it out. They were very fortunate to pick a beautiful day with a good wind. And they had a good turnout, so hopefully they raised some money.

P Diddy is fighting a fever, so we took it easy the rest of the day. He's in good spirits & taking this opportunity to watch as much Power Rangers as he can stand.

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We did have an exciting night. The power went out around 7pm & the kids were not happy about it. Kid 1 even threatened a lawsuit. At about 10pm, 4 huge trucks show up out front to replace the transformer in our neighbor's back yard. Since we had nothing else to do, we peeked through our windows and watched the crew moving about with their hardhats & headlamps. They were there until about 3am.

The unfortunate thing about this is that we have a hunch that the home located behind our neighbor is to blame. The house was foreclosed & recently purchased - but no one lives there. Since no one has really lived there for a long time, no one will take responsibility and fix the pool problem. The pool does not drain in a 'drain'. It poors into the neighboring yards. We recently replaced our fence mainly because of the rotted post (due to pool). We are guessing that the transformer may also have been flooded.

I hope that the electric company will pursue the problem. I hate to think that my rates will eventually go up to absorb problems like this - when it isn't the electric company's fault at all.