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Lack of Power
Feb. 21st, 2007 07:40 amOur power went out last night just as Joe was sitting down to eat. Thankfully, his food was already hot. Ellie and I had already eaten since he got home late. It was just our block – the neighbors behind up had power.
There is nothing more depressing than sitting in the humid dark of your own house and hearing your neighbors’ generators crank up and seeing lights go on here and there.
I gave Ellie a bath with Joe holding the flashlight and rocked her to sleep while Joe and I talked with the flashlight keeping us company. It was so much better than the last time the power went out – it was sort of cool for Puerto Rico. We opened the windows and got an occasional breeze. Since there was nothing to do and Joe had to get up at 3am to leave for Tampa (again!) we went to bed around 8. Then the mosquitoes started biting. Joe went downstairs and got one of our mosquito coils (not meant to be used inside, by the way) and I got a couple of sheets. I covered Ellie up with one and we put the other over us. Hopefully, the smoke wasn’t too harmful. It was warm, but we all managed to fall asleep.
Of course, the neighbors had no interest in sleeping and with the windows open we could hear all sorts of talking, playing, yelling, and dogs barking. Then we were woken up around 10 to a big cheer when the power came back up. We all slept okay until 2:30 when Joe got up. I went back to sleep when Joe left and of course, I had not set the alarm properly when the power came back on so it didn’t go off this morning and I had to rush out the door. The back of my throat is a little sore – I’m hoping it’s from the coil and I’m not getting sick. Ellie still has a slight cough from the last time she was sick and we don’t need any more, thank you.
One of the things Joe and I talked about while we were just lying in bed last night was Iraq. He was telling me that the generators reminded him of being in Iraq because everything there was run off of huge generators. He said one time the power was off for two days and there was a near riot. KBR is in charge of that stuff and I guess all the military guys were very unhappy. It also got me thinking about how much it must suck to be an Iraqi these days. Beyond the bombings and constant concern for your safety, just sitting in the dark every night would be so depressing.
There is nothing more depressing than sitting in the humid dark of your own house and hearing your neighbors’ generators crank up and seeing lights go on here and there.
I gave Ellie a bath with Joe holding the flashlight and rocked her to sleep while Joe and I talked with the flashlight keeping us company. It was so much better than the last time the power went out – it was sort of cool for Puerto Rico. We opened the windows and got an occasional breeze. Since there was nothing to do and Joe had to get up at 3am to leave for Tampa (again!) we went to bed around 8. Then the mosquitoes started biting. Joe went downstairs and got one of our mosquito coils (not meant to be used inside, by the way) and I got a couple of sheets. I covered Ellie up with one and we put the other over us. Hopefully, the smoke wasn’t too harmful. It was warm, but we all managed to fall asleep.
Of course, the neighbors had no interest in sleeping and with the windows open we could hear all sorts of talking, playing, yelling, and dogs barking. Then we were woken up around 10 to a big cheer when the power came back up. We all slept okay until 2:30 when Joe got up. I went back to sleep when Joe left and of course, I had not set the alarm properly when the power came back on so it didn’t go off this morning and I had to rush out the door. The back of my throat is a little sore – I’m hoping it’s from the coil and I’m not getting sick. Ellie still has a slight cough from the last time she was sick and we don’t need any more, thank you.
One of the things Joe and I talked about while we were just lying in bed last night was Iraq. He was telling me that the generators reminded him of being in Iraq because everything there was run off of huge generators. He said one time the power was off for two days and there was a near riot. KBR is in charge of that stuff and I guess all the military guys were very unhappy. It also got me thinking about how much it must suck to be an Iraqi these days. Beyond the bombings and constant concern for your safety, just sitting in the dark every night would be so depressing.