Heavy rain today. Maria worked at the college most of the day and briefly attended the wedding of their departmental assistant, Beth. Wonderful young woman and a great worker. Power failed at our house at 1:00 p.m. I got some reading done by a well-lit window, not needing the generator right away.

Decided around 3:00 to stock up on more gas for the generator, found the road closed with a tree and wires down. Circled back through the woods to a freeway entrance and proceeded into town. Found all the power dead there too; nobody pumping gas. Drove to the next town, filled the tank in my car and all the spare gas cans from the garage. Finally arrived home and started the generator before 5:00. 

Tried to get the senior-aged woman next door to join us, since the generator over there is unusable for a few more days. No deal. Her vision is bad; she wants to stay in her own place, where she knows her way around. Her caregiver, and the neighbors below us on the hillside, also tried to convince her, to no avail.

Meanwhile, Maria is in town at our daughter's place, helping put up their Christmas tree. Turns out that Nate did not seat the tree deeply enough in the tree stand. After the tree was up and decorated, the whole thing tipped over. Not a good start. They cleaned up the mess and decided to postpone the second attempt for a day. Driving home, Maria found the same tree down that I did, as well as a large boulder. By that time, someone had trimmed the tree enough to allow her to get underneath it.

We watched Men In Black II on DVD this evening, thanks to the generator. This was the first time we'd seen it, having missed it during initial release in the theaters.

Spent some time tinkering with Photoshop, trying to move my son from one wedding photo to another. This is the first time I've ever used Photoshop for a multi-layer project. I had to slice up the photo into several layers so that I could tuck my son in the middle. Got a good start on carving up the layers tonight.

Heavy lightning in the mountains around 9:30; not very common around here.

Finally shut down the generator at midnight.