Awake 5:55 am Temp downtown 30 Cloudy, strong S.E. winds & light rain
7 hrs 39 min of daylight
Get the 1983 Volvo ready to drive over to the Rent-A-Wreck company later
today. Meanwhile, our driveway is very icy & I don't know the condition of
our main road, Basher. So, I drive the Volvo(which has studded tires) out
of the lower garage to check on the condition of Basher...which is loaded
with cinders so it will be ok.
Then I drive the RAV 4 down to the Anchorage Department of Motor Vehicles
to apply for a "one way trip permit" for the Volvo so as to drive it over
to the Rent-A-Wreck facility with an expired registration & to stay out of
trouble in the event something happens. Now I'm covered with insurance & a
waver on registration. Back home @ 12:40.
Kathy follows me in the RAV 4 to the R.A.W. office. These people are happy
to have us donate our Volvo to their business of renting out old cars.
It's really a donation to the Catholic Social Services here in Anchorage.
If they can use the car in their business, then it's theirs. If not, they
will either sell it as is or put it on the auction block & the monies will
go to the the Catholic organization.
That Volvo was given to us(free) in 1997. I originally signed the car over
to my daughter's boy friend at the time because he was such a good guy,
helped us a lot working on our house & the junker he was driving was on
it's last legs. I volunteered to help him with getting that Volvo running
good(electrical problem) but as time went on, Kevin found more interest &
time with Melissa than he did with fixing that Volvo. However, he did get
the better of the deal...by marrying Melissa 3 yrs later.
A year or so later, I decided to take the Volvo back & set up a deal with
Zack to make it a father/son project for repair. Zack was 15 at the time &
was heavy into computers & didn't want to get his hands dirty. So the
Volvo sat outside for another 3 or 4 months. Finally Zack realized that
his potential high school transportation would either be Mom or the Volvo,
only then did he sacrifice getting a little dirty & we eventually had that
Volvo purring like a new one. Now Zack is 22, has his own auto & I have
the fond memories of yesteryear.
After leaving the Volvo with Rent-A-Wreck, we return home to find our
garbage cans & garbage strewn about the back yard. Those strong winds did
return on garbage day. The garage door opened & wouldn't close. Then we
notice....no electricity. Time 1:52 pm. Telephones were dead also. We did
sit & read for awhile until darkness overcame our ability to see to
read...
then we make a command decision: 6:30 Dinner @ Thai Kitchen. We both have
Garlic Chicken with rice. Back home @ 8:00 pm.
The power is restored. We know nothing of what happened. It was off for
over 6 hrs. Fortunately the temperature has been been rather mild and we
do have a gas fireplace so no problem there. Our phone lines are still
dead however. Tomorrow we'll call the phone company from the Alaska Club.
Lights out: 11:18 pm
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