Power to the People

Our village was hit by a short, but fierce storm Tuesday night that knocked out the power and downed hundreds of old trees. Bad enough, right? But the power in our rental villa was out for four long and dreary days. The houses across the street had power so each night we would gaze over in envy and anger. Many of our neighbors without power fired up their gas generators, which sound as if someone is mowing the lawn underneath your window 24/7.

What does this have to do with building Barbie's Dream house? Nothing, as in nothing got done this week. No building permit applied for because no one involved had power.