Confession time, listeners. It's been 2 weeks since my last episode. Last week, Texas experienced one of the worse arctic blasts we have ever seen. In my 48 years of being here, I've never known it to be 6 degrees, 0 with the wind chill factor, and 5.5 inches of snow. These conditions would've been doable if we didn't loose our electricity. Because Texas is, well, Texas, we are own our very own special power grid, yes, separate from the rest of the country. (Don't get me started o_O) We lost electricity--which powers our central heating system and our water well. For days, y'all. Before I sound like a whiner, the trickle down effects no power has on living conditions is sad. And miserable.

(Side note: We weren't completely without electricity the entire week. For 3 days, we were on rolling (controlled) blackouts. We were allowed between 10-15 minutes of power each hour.)

To pour some salt into my own wounds, I recorded this episode in so many different segments last week, and at different times, I wanted to choke myself editing. In the process of said edits, I somehow managed to screw up my set master CCM Podcast EQ levels. The recording switches back and forth between my master vocal levels and the program's default settings. But after hours of research on how to fix it, I accepted defeat. I decided not to re-record what might end up being my worst recorded chapter ever. But guess what? It's uploaded! And if you can excuse the sound variations, it's not too bad. Without further ado, here's chapter 8.

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Black cat portrait artwork: Artist, Karen Arnold, *License info: This image falls under a Public Domain license.

Music: “Acoustic Blues” by Dark Horse Music. https://audiojungle.net/user/darkhorsemusic/portfolio