Back at Gibson Hall

Yesterday there was a little rain shower in the early afternoon. Then there was a loud "boom" somewhere down the block and the lights went out. We were then without power (and of course high-speed internet) all night and most of this morning. I slept badly and was in no mood to go out for a ride when the sun started to come out, and when the wife asked me to go out and get some coffee and brioche for breakfast, I grudgingly agreed. Since I had no cash in my wallet, I figured I'd hit the ATM down on Carrollton and then backtrack to Rud de la Course. The ATM had an "out of order" sign on it, so I went on down to Magazine street. My bank didn't have an ATM there, so I ended up getting held up for $2.25 for the privilege of getting money out of my own friggin' bank account. Then I went down to the Laurel St. Bakery for brioche, only to find that it is closed on Sunday, so it was back to Magazine St. where I found that the line at CC's coffee was out the door, so I went down to block to PJ's where the coffee is better and the line is shorter. They had nothing good to eat, so I ended up back at CC's, waiting in line for a couple of $2 muffins. Let me be perfectly clear about this. I would never have done this for myself.

So anyway, the Psych folks started showing up at the house promptly at 8:30 despite the lack of electricity, and soon enough I headed off for Gibson Hall at Tulane where we have secured the use of a classroom as a temporary office. No phones, no ethernet connection, no nothing. It took all morning for me to get my MAC address registered so that I could get a wireless internet connection. My dad called to say he had a small refrigerator we could use, so we headed over there for large quantities of wine and a little food after work. Around 9:30 p.m., my dad and I drove over to his apartment building and liberated an old refrigerator, stuffing it into the Volvo and screwing up the latch so that I don't know if I will ever be able to get the thing out! Hopefully it will look easier in the light of day, but for now, the "fridge will spend the night in the car!