The power went out - Again!

So I really like the location of our home. Nice small neighborhood, big backyard, and the beautiful field which makes our yard look even bigger :) The only problem with our location at the back of the neighborhood, as far as I can tell, is that we are the only house hooked up to the power pole. So that means that when something happens to knock out the power for that pole we are the only ones in the whole neighborhood who don't have any power. And for some reason or another, I think that the stupid transformer box? (looks like a cylinder to me) is faulty. We have had our power go out so many times during the past year it is ridiculous. None of those times has our neighbors lost power, only us. In fact I cannot think of a single time when our neighbors have lost power since I moved here almost 2 years ago.

The reason for this rant is that on Saturday night/Sunday morning between 12 am and 2:30 am our power went out. We found the latest bill to call to get it restored and... "We're sorry, none of our representives are able to answer at this time. Please call again later." So Nick tried at 3 and 4:30 and 5 and 7:30 and each time got the same recording. Finally at about 8 we called the parents and had them look up a number for us online. Lo and Behold, it was a different number. Yes, our power is out. So, finally at about 12 pm our power was restored. Yay, happy ending right? NOT. I'm feeding the baby at 5 this morning and hear a huge POP and what happens? Power is out again. You have got to be kidding me! Hello, our power is out again and we just called yesterday and we don't want to call you ever again.  This time they were more prompt and we got it back in two hours.

So, since the hubby was unable to call the utility company (stupid work, always getting in the way), my dad called and was able to find out that they replaced our transformer and got us a direct number to call in case anything happens again. They also said that the neighbors across the street are on the same pole as us but they are wrong. I don't know how many times when we have not had our power, looking longingly across the street at their lights and wishing for electricty.

Hopefully now we will have a happy ending with no more power outages unless there is a major storm and everyone else loses power. If I have to suffer, I don't want to be the only one!