And we're back... and we're not...

[susandennis]

And the saga continues. The lights came back on at 3:50.  I got the computers restarted and the bed back to flat. The TiVos came on successfully and I calmed down clocks on the stove and microwave.  Oh and I peed with the light! (The only windows in this place are in the very front of the house - the living room. Without power the back end and both bathroom are black.)

And then at 4:25 the power went out again. This time the outage website said restoration ETA was 11 pm.

But at 5:05, the power came back again.

This is getting old.

It's one thing to deprive me of CBS Sunday Morning but when you threaten me with no Good Wife finale, you are talking some serious shit.

However, fingers crossed, maybe... we're good til 3 am tomorrow.  I abandoned the moving the car thing. They will have to have the garage doors open for people going to work. I've already organized everything I might need in case I get back from swimming and can't get in for a while.  All's cool.  And I'm starving. I'm planning on cooking while it's possible.

Comments

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

I suggest getting some solar path lights (http://amzn.to/1jRJ3xM) to keep on your balcony for power outages, planned or otherwise. If the power goes out, day or night, you can grab one of them and take it in the back rooms to glow happily.

[susandennis]

If this house was not full of flashlights, I'd agree with you. But, I have a kind of LED flashlight fettish. I have a couple that can be charged by a little solar panel and one can be charged by cranking!!

I did just recently get two lovely spiral sculpture things with a ball in the middle that is solar powered. At night the ball in the middle glows brightly and changes colors. It's sooo cool. And, the stupid power company can't touch it!

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun! I did get some hand-crank flashlights when they were on sale on Woot a couple of years ago, and there's always one by the front door. Most of my other flashlights are too likely to have dead batteries at any given moment.