powerless

well, last week we joined the other 800,000 California residents in a utility company initiated power outage.

 

on Tuesday we prepared.

leon got gas for the generator, filled buckets of water, and we checked all the lanterns and flashlights for working batteries.

the power went off a couple of hours later.

 

we are all-electric, therefore we have no way to use the stove, oven, or microwave. we have no water because the pump to the well runs on electricity. we can't take a bath or shower or flush the toilets.

leon runs a cable to the refrigerators and the freezer. he ran the coffee pot off the kitchen cord. [we always have bottled water on hand so we can have coffee and the dogs can have water.]

and even tho' it was chilly at night, we had a fire in the woodstove. [we have no central heating] and I discovered that my clock in my bedroom has a battery backup. I'd forgotten.

I always have books to read next to the battery-operated camp lantern.

leon has a radio that runs on batteries and he could listen to outage reports and music.

 

our entire town and surrounding areas were shut down.

 

we were lucky.

our power came back on Thursday.

 

three hours later I got intestinal flu'. it's a good thing the power was back on.

 

I finally got up this morning [Sunday] and did some laundry and folded it.

I emptied the dishwasher. I checked the greenhouse and watered.

I ate some cold cereal.

I went back to bed.

 

I had some noodles for dinner and a bit of salad.

I am back in bed.

tomorrow will be better.

 

I've actually been feeling as old as I look. blech...

 

 

 

Done