From Dark and Sweaty to Cool and Glorious: Thank You, Line Crew!

Of course I had to do an update (also posted on Facebook)

At 6:00 p.m. the cavalry arrived! The line workers rolled in, jumped straight into action, and by 7:40 p.m. and just like that, the lights came back on. 

The heroes? Those amazing line workers out there working in the heat to bring back power while the rest of us complained about sweat and snack access.

Huge THANK YOU to the crew that fixed our transformer and to every single person out there keeping our power running and our ACs blasting. You’re the real MVPs. 



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