A series of unfortunate events

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A series of unfortunate events is what this weekend has been filled with for us. The schools were closed in observance of MLK Day. The school was closed until Thursday. Friday schools were closed because of the bad weather. We had lots of freezing rain. Everything is slippery. The power in our neighborhood went out for hours. It was incredibly cold. We all dressed in extra layers and used 7 comforters. Two to go on top of the bed and then we all sandwiched together and were under the other 5 comforters. The heat kicked on again once the electric company fixed the transformer. The kids were sound asleep so carrying them to their room would have woken them due to the cold crisp air and sheets touching them after taking them from a warm environment. We let them stay in our bed in our room. When I woke up this morning I was on the edge of the bed with my daughters feet in my face. My son had taken my wife's pillow and spot. My wife was sleeping down at bottom of the bed by my feet. It wasn't really comfortable but it was warm due to all the body heat. We couldn't get through the automated system to put more money on our prepaid electric account. The system sent us to a live person who tried to help us but it wouldn't accept the card number. She had to transfer us to someone else. The electric bill is running us more money than usual. We are already up to $275 for the month and the month still has another 8 days left and at the rate of $12 a day we will have to come up with about $100 to cover the remaining days. Its one thing after another this week. Image is owned by me