There was a power issue today...
This morning, a polite man knocked at my door at 9 in the morning. He was a worker with the city power department. They were going to be installing the junction box for the new houses across the street, so would be shutting down all power to this neighborhood for about four hours.
Buh-LAH.
I was still in my sleepsweats (as usual - when you’re a telecommuter, getting dressed before noon is “optional” while the dual boot-up [computer and coffeemaker] is mandatory) so I had twenty minutes to take my shower, dry my hair, and get dressed before all power went bye-bye. I went, grabbed caffeine and gingerbread, and came back home to a still-powerless house. On impulse I checked my fireplace. You know, the one that isn’t 100% real because it’s a gas fireplace? The pilot light was still burning merrily away. I flipped the wall switch…and lo and behold, I had fire!!! I laid down, read a book for a while, then took a nap (surrounded by cats). The power came back on at the 4.5 hour mark…but I’d managed to let my boss and my team know that I’d be offline for the bulk of the day. I also got the electric team foreman’s name and phone number so that if this happens again, I can complain and ask for more warning. (Not that I think it will do a bit of good…but the worst they can say is “you get no warning” and I’m no worse off than I am now. Though all these power outages are kind of a bugbear.)
In other news, there’s a gorgeous nearly-full moon tonight that, if one is diligent, one can see through the occasional gap in the overcast. Also, the (live) ladybug has relocated from the top corner of the stairwell to my desktop. I guess even good luck insects need the occasional change of scenery.
