Down with Trees

I woke up this morning (please sing along to those first few words, folks) at four in the morning to the sound of snapping, crackling, popping and crashing trees. That's not exactly a nice way to wake up, but it does get the heart pumping, not in a cardiovascular way, but more like, "Holy shit! Zee Germans are coming!" An ice storm began the day before yesterday, and it isn't quite done yet. So this morning I lounged in bed, happy for its warmth, and just listened to ice destroy trees. I was a little humored by it. Why? you might ask . . . Well, in this area of Oklahoma, the locals have a program called "Up with Trees" as if there aren't enough of them. Hmmm . . . well I wonder why there are so many power outages in the area. Could it be all the trees and the fact that no one trims the damn things? So, in my opinion, nature has a response to this program, and its name is "Down with Trees." It's quite effective. Speaking of power outages, the power went out at my house around five-thirty this morning. Thank goodness the house is heated by natural gas. I have tons of sympathy for those who have central heat because they'll be cold. Soon. So what if my fridge doesn't work? I can put my food outside, although my milk will most likely turn into ice, but who doesn't like milk popsicles? While thinking about this on my front porch and smoking a cigarette, I saw something I've never seen before: the flashes of power lines breaking. I hope we have power here at the office for the rest of the day, but if we don't, oh well. I suppose I can go home and read by flashlight or something.
I have lots of things to say since I haven't posted in such a long time, but it will take me a while to write what has happened in the past year. I'll get around to it. I don't, however, have the internet at home, so I'll have to write a little here and there when it's slow at work. Laters . . .