Elisa and I had to go without power for a day. The house is heated by a gas furnace but it doesn’t work unless the fan gets electricity. It got cold! I had six shirts on and was rolled up in bed with six blankets and I was still cold! There are hundreds of thousands of people in the area that haven’t gotten their power back yet. A windstorm caused it all. Trees fell on power lines in a lot of neighborhoods. We visited a ward member this afternoon whose street was blocked off from an enormous tree that had pulled down a power pole. The cords were still draped across cars and houses running down the street. It’s been three days since the storm but there was so much damage that work crews haven’t been able to get everywhere yet.

There was no work going on at Microsoft on Friday. They don’t know how to run a software company without electricity. I didn’t have any ideas myself so I just came home. 🙂 Elisa and I finished a bunch of home repairs this weekend. We celebrated getting to the end of our “Have TODO” list.

Elisa and I danced until we dropped last night. It was my company’s Christmas party. If you imagine a Microsoft company party then you’ll be able to guess how many people were on the dance floor. (Answer: me and my beautiful partner). I had so much fun dancing that I woke up this morning thinking I had just dreamed it. That sounds really cheesy but I just love to dance and Chad is such a blast.

Well, also we were still on vacation when we last wrote. We stayed with Jordy and Chris for Sunday through Tuesday. Jordy made the most incredible fried chicken dinner for us. My mouth waters just thinking about it. Jordy took us to the San Diego Zoo and Sea World. It was really amazing to see the acrobatics of the dolphins. I especially liked walking through the underwater tunnel surrounded by sharks. We played cards with her and Chris. Chris ended up having to work a couple shifts while we were there.

• San Diego Photos
• Windstorm Photos