Utter darkness was never so annoying

Yesterday morning I woke up at 4:15 to the sound of my computer’s battery backup beeping away because we had lost power.  In my half-awake, half-blind state I found a flashlight and made the beeping stop so I could go back to sleep.  I kept hoping the power would be on when I woke up for real, but alas.  The hot water wouldn’t work and I didn’t want to have a cold shower in the dark, so I ate breakfast in the glow of my laptop and then just went to work.  It was an inauspicious start to the day.

Here’s the thing though – when I was little I used to love power outages.  My family would light candles and huddle together on the couch and tell stories while some storm or another raged outside.  I miss that.  But sadly, a power outage on a work day doesn’t seem as glamorous.  Especially when it’s not caused by a storm.  And when the DWP is literally across the street from you, it’s kind of a slap in the face.

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