My power went out yesterday morning due to the snow and cold winds blowing in over the mountains and while it is fun to play in the snow and I love taking pictures of it, some of that paled beside the rest. No gas stoves here, no fireplace down here and no woodstove in my house, just electricity.
It is very cold here without any source of heat at all and the snow was so deep I decided to weather it out rather than trying to make it upstairs. Partly in the hope that it would be a short outage, which it was compared to the winter before last in Illinois where I was stranded behind downed power lines after an ice storm for five, or six, days. Can you believe I no longer remember which?
When my refrigerator started smelling a little off, I took the important things out in containers and stuck them down in the snow, but it froze solid overnight and today when the power came on, I had to chip it out! I dug out my oil lamp and at first it felt very romantic and rustic to be able to read by its light, but soon I began computer withdrawal.
I had one friend on the road and several others I was hoping to hear from, not that any of this really matters I suppose, I just don’t like being out of touch and my computer is truly my window to the world. I survived in spite of myself. I even did some writing by hand, the old way, but the computer deprivation kept stealing my thoughts away.
It finally got so cold I put an extra cover on the bed, added socks and another shirt and climbed under the covers where Chauncey’s doggie breath and my own warmed up my frozen hands and toes.
Then, at last, this afternoon, I heard what seemed like the roar of the refrigerator and it dawned on me, the power was on!
My priorities? First I turned on the heater. Then I booted up the computer while I made a cup of coffee and my own version of MacDonald’s sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich. Yeah, I know, having survived the storm I am now killing myself with food. Oh well, that’s me you know.
Now I’m writing my thots and all is well with my world.
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