Awakening can come softly as a gentle rain or suddenly as a clap of thunder. In either case, it takes us from one view of reality to another, requiring that we expand to meet the new experience and in the process become new. ~Julie Redstone
How funny. You read the above quote and this is how it relates to this morning. At 5:20, after waking a few times from the thunder and lightening, there was a loud bang and then silence...followed by the beeping drone of the computer's surge protector. The lights were out. So I went from a fairly blissful state to an awakened one where I not only had to pee, but had to find a flashlight and dig out the candles.
Bunny was hesitant to go outside as it seemed to be raining, but it wasn't. The rain had stopped but the lights were still on next door to the east and seemed to be off to the west. Every other house surrounding us seemed to not be affected. I came back in with Bunny in tow, poured a cup of coffee left over from yesterday, added creamer and sat at the desk. Couldn't log on since there was no juice for the computer.
I thought I had better check with the power company. No one had reported an outage and she asked if I had checked the breakers. For some reason I was thinking the breakers were outside and I just didn't want to bother with checking, so I told her to send out the crew. She told me there would be a charge if it wasn't located outside the house. No problem. After I hung up I checked the breaker box (in my clothes closet) and none were tripped. Plus the big bang surely didn't come from my couture collection! I looked in Mary's back door and her computer monitor was off, so was the security light at the side of her house. Looked like we were the only ones affected, along with the neighbor to the west. Is it odd that one transformer would furnish only two properties? That seems odd to me.
Back inside I sat down, finished my not quite iced but chilly coffee, which I love. I rarely drink hot coffee anymore. I said a little prayer to start the day and then I knew I could not sit there with no television or worse yet, no computer--NO INTERNET ACCESS!!!
So I let Buns out one more time, got dressed, blew out the candles and headed into Lambda Center where I always go Saturday mornings to do the week's bookkeeping. (I love that word, three double letters in a row!) So now I will do some meditation reading, hit a couple blogs and do my work. Then at noon I have an art show to attend--my friend, Sheila, is having a showing of her collages. Then report to Nau-haus Gallery to man things until 5PM. Go home, eat, shower and get to the Lambda birthday night celebration.
It was great driving through Montrose at 6AM in Saturday. Barely any movement, and Snowy delivered me safely here. Have a good day!
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7 comments:
Lack of power, that was our dilemma...
sorry, I am sure anyone would have said it if they had been here first.
Happy Saturday Scott.
... but your life is manageable.
I enjoyed reading that. I wonder if a squirrel got zapped by the transformer (more than meets the eye).
Any excuse to hit Montrose at 6 AM.
I'll bet it was caused by a tapir.
Tapirs are drawn to electrical transformers - hence the well-known expression "like a tapir to a transformer." Sometimes smearing the circuit breakers with a dab of pastry cream will provide a temporary fix until the power crew arrives.
I'd say your HP had a playful way of getting your ass out of the house this morning.
What did we do before the internet? I can't remember back that far. Hope you aren't powerless for long.
Hiya Scott. I enjoyed the other night, too. Would love to come by the gallery today. Forgot which one it is. If you're going to this AM's meetings, you can tell me then. If not, call me and let me know. I want to see your beautiful art in person.
Love,
KAS
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