Rain and My Work

We've been getting much needed rain yesterday and today, but the rain made my job just a little more difficult yesterday.  I had visions of it taking hours to get to my client's house since the rain was really coming down when I left Publix.  I was surprised that traffic wasn't bad. 

Yes, I had some moments on 285 near 75 where I almost could not see and listening to the radio was aware of the tornado warnings for the area.  I could see the possibility, there was a lot of wind and sheets of rain.  I made it through and when I got to my client's I didn't even need the rain poncho I keep in the car. 

I  greeted the dogs, unloaded the car and started cooking.  My potatoes were in the oven for Twice Baked Potatoes and I was just ready to put the chocolate cake in the oven and the power went out.  No rain, no wind, no power.  This wasn't good since the stove is electric too.

Luckily I had brought balls for the dogs and also luckily the dogs liked the balls, so Charlie Brown, Becky Sue and I played for a while.  My clients came upstairs and we relaxed, chatted, played with the dogs.  My client got me some knitting magazines to read once the dogs got tired.  The lights were out for about 40 minutes or so, and once they came on I preheated the ovens again and got moving.  My day wasn't too much longer.

Today I cooked for the second time for John and Dawn.  Their friend Lorraine had given me as a gift since John had been in a serious motorcycle accident.  I didn't get to see John today because he's doing much better and was at work.  I missed him, but it's good that he could go to work finally.  I did get to chat to Dawn this afternoon since she had a light day at work. 

This is just the best job.  Dawn and I learned more about each other and I really like them more than I did the first time we met.  I'm pretty tired though since Lorraine wanted to be sure her friends had food so I made 8 portions of 10 recipes.  Lots of food! 

I made many, many enchiladas - two kinds, pizza dough for personal pizzas, rice, black beans, tilapia and flounder.  A good day  overall.  I need to go check on laundry.  If I don't keep moving I could fall asleep!