what did we ever do before electricity? man, could i ever use some tips from my great, great, great whoever who lived in the days before power! Last night after threats of tornadoes and storms, we got ours. Not a tornado, but an awfully wicked thunderstorm that whipped through the streets on Milan, hitting ours with severity (ok, i am being dramatic, but it was a big storm). First it started by our Dish service being interrupted, annoying enough, but that lead to flickering of lights and eventually a fuzzy TV and then NO POWER! We were hoping it would just last a few minutes but then quickly realized that was only a hope. Reality is that is is 3.01 pm, 18 hours after the storm and still no power...
Now, living in a house without A/C has challenges of its own, but living in one without power is pretty much impossible. If we had a thermostat upstairs, i am sure it would have read triple digits yesterday. It was about 85 degrees downstairs with all the doors and windows open (after the storm tore through). Our 5 ceiling fans and other regular fans make life on Ideal street fairly pleasant even in the heat of summer, but not so much if you cant use them. The worst part was that Drew had just put in the window AC unit for our bedroom (well, that turned out to be pointless).
We were miserable. We sat on the porch in our underwear, haha, we really did, we were so hot we didnt even care, and watched what was left of the rain. We mainly just stared with envy across the street at all the houses with power! Yes, the storm, picked us out, it had something against the south side of our street! We ended up sleeping on the sofa sleeper with everything open downstairs. This was after Drew serenaded me with his guitar (still in his underwear) and a oil lamp lit! Surprisingly I slept just fine, but poor Drew was awakened by every car and train that went by.
This morning, I took a turn for the worst, I was upset the power wasnt back and and just assumed everything would be ok when i woke up. I did some chores and got some ice for the freezer and then had a mental breakdown, the heat was getting to me, i couldnt stop sweating and i was swelling by the minute. I decided AC was the way to go, so i packed up some clothes, headed to the gym where i could also finally take a shower and off to Panera bread i went. I am currently much happier. I have full power, AC and non swollen extremities!
I wonder how long until they kick me out?
2 comments:
So sorry! That sounds like a miserable existence. Figures the power would go out on the hottest week of the year...
I hear ya! It's been really hot and humid in the Philadelphia area, too, and today was a nightmare! You dare not go outside for fear that your sweat glands would go on a full-out revolt!
In fact, as I'm typing this I'm sitting here, sweating, under a ceiling fan pretending it's AC...
whatever DID we do without power?
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