Below is an entry that I wrote on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 during an extended power outage.
It's been told again and again how different your life can feel when a "core" is taken away... such as my current situation: having no electricity.
Every aspect of my life revolves around electricity: my computers, gaming, cell phones, music, writing (I always write on a computer), et cetra. So for the power to be out for an entire Saturday afternoon (and maybe longer?), it's quite a shock to my system. It is even more shocking when Saturday is one of my two days off work, a day when I want to relax and do whatever I want. Without electricity I'm finding that "whatever I want" part fairly difficult.
Luckily I had most of my portable devices charged up, so staying in contact with Colleen, playing DS, and of course writing this blog entry, have proven to be minor distractions that keep me in some semblance of my normal routine. Unfortunately, as I write this, we are in hour four of our powerless situation, with no idea how much longer we will be in the dark. I'm in a decent situation, actually - I have the luxury of being able to go to Bowling Green to stay in a nice, cool apartment with Colleen. My parents are not so lucky. We are short of running water and cooling, so it's hotter than hell in our house right now; it'll be hell to sleep tonight.
But then again, I've spent most of the afternoon outside with Elli, which has been rather fun. I've been balancing playing outside with playing my DS, and these things have kept me from going too insane. I do wish I could do the things I wanted to today, namely some software development and World of Warcraft.
But all in all, being without electricity for so long isn't as terrible as I thought it would be, and although much of our food will go bad soon and our toilet doesn't work, I'm enjoying the absolute peace and quiet that accompanies our power-free situation.
Out.
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