the scarves

the power went off here at 10:20 saturday night and came on at 2 p.m today [monday]. we've been rushing to refill the water bottles and trash cans and my bathtub because it's going off again at somewhere between midnight and 4:30 a.m. tuesday morning for another 2 days.

 

we have a generator which runs our 2 fridges and freezer at 4 hour stretches [then off for 4 hours]. leon added a lamp for me last night so I could read downstairs in front of the woodstove and we plug in the coffee pot in the morning.

I got to take a shower tonight. I would have taken a luxurious bath but I filled the bathtub with extra toilet flushing water just in case the power goes off earlier.

 

this is not fun.

but the fires in California are awful again and if this outage saves even one home, it's worth it.

 

we took a ride downtown this morning. nothing is open but the grocery stores and one coffee shop.

no gas. no batteries. no meat.

but the casino two off-ramps down from us is open and has gas and meals. [and gambling for those who want it.]

bless the casinos.

Done