Yesterday my power went out at about noon. I am not used to that. With our power lines underground in my neighborhood, our power doesn't go out very often and when it does go out, it's usually back in a minute or less. I hardly knew what to do. First I checked that it wasn't just my power our. My neighbors confirmed it wasn't just me. Then I went to call the power company. I wasn't even sure of the name. I recycled my phone books years ago thinking I could rely on the internet to look up phone numbers. And my computer was charged so that would have worked except without power I had no power for my router so no internet. I was cooking and that ended. I was grateful the power went out on Easter instead of Thanksgiving and had crackers with peanut butter for lunch instead of the zucchini spaghetti I was cooking. Offspring #1 had his power go out for four days. I had no idea how long I would be out. What if I was out of power for days? My flannel sheets were in the dryer. Now I questioned my decision to live with only one set of sheets. Was I frugal or foolish? The weather was too rainy to hang them outside. Well, I could live without sheets. But could I live without water? Without electricity to run the water pump in the well, I would have a limited amount of water. What if it got cold? Well, I have a fireplace. The house was so silent without power. No furnace fan running or any noise at all. I couldn't listen to music. I couldn't watch television. I couldn't cook. What am I supposed to do? I guess I'm not myself if I don't have electricity! I sat down and read an old-fashioned book made out of paper. After 90 minutes or so the power returned. I had finished my book but wasn't quite ready to pick up on the chores where I had left off. Today, on my answering machine, the power company left a message explaining the source of the problem and apologized for our ham and cheesy potatoes. I have to admire the way they took responsibility!
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