Lights Out

What I expected to be a nice, quiet evening to myself at home tonight turned out to be quite the opposite. While Levi was getting ready for work, I was hanging out in the living room when we heard a huge "boom" and the house shook a little bit. We both quickly ran around looking in rooms and out windows trying to figure out what had happened.

When I looked out the kitchen window to the backyard, I saw this:

Our neighbor's large, old tree had snapped in the wind and, on its way down, it literally ripped the power lines off our house. Of course, this left us with no lights or heat on what would likely be the coldest night yet this season. With Levi headed to work, Molly and I were on our own.

After talking to our neighbor, I found out that the power company would reattach the live wires to the house, but an electrician would have to come fix something before the power could be restored. This will likely be tomorrow, so tonight Molly and I are at my coworker/friend's house having a sleepover. It feels quite rebellious to be having a slumber party on a "work night."

Thankfully, no one was hurt and our property was not damaged (as far as our house structure, anyway). I'm really glad Molly was inside at the time! I'm also thankful to have had a full list of people in mind who would have taken me in tonight, had I asked. We are so blessed!

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Also, many of you are probably curious about how Levi's interview with the Norman Fire Department went today. He felt very prepared and feels he did a good job of answering the questions. We're not getting our hopes up, as we have been disappointed several times before, but we are still praying that it would be God's will for Levi to get this job. Hopefully we will hear something by the end of the week. Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts today. They were felt by us both!