clasps LJ to ample bosom
Mar. 14th, 2016 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fufarawYou're back! What a relief! I swear, I could live without lights and flush toilets, just don't take my internetz away!
We had ferocious winds yesterday afternoon and evening, and about five-ish, there was this great hollow boom, like the doors of the afterworld had blown back, and everything flickered and went out. The hard-wired smoke detector beeped plaintively, once. The lights flickered again, and an unearthly groan started, but stopped an instant later. A minute passed, and another rusty groan and flicker of lights, but inside I'm pleading, "Stop. Just don't." It sounded awful, like trying to rise with a death wound, and a sound to cringe and hide from. Zombie transformer, nobody wants that.
We still have homes without power from the last big blow, so I didn't have hopes for a speedy recovery. I added extra layers, took a nap when it got dark, since deprived of both Netflix and the internet I was bereft of entertainment options, but woke to the ghastly glow of an LED camping lantern which OH had retrieved. We made a pickup cold supper, with a list beforehand and a quick delve into the fridge (the light's out in there. Something ain't right) to gather supplies, and then he took a nap. The rain stopped. The wind died. All the lights in the neighborhood were out, except for the house on the corner, where they have a generator. I found a novel I'd been intending to read, my fingerless gloves, and snuggled in under a fleece throw on the sofa. OH roused from his nap, stretched out some kinks from the chair, and went to bed. At some point I became aware of chainsaws in the distance.
It never got quite to the point where I could see my breath, but lemme tell you, that toilet seat was pretty damn polar. And then, sometime after 1:00 AM, everything came back on at once. The furnace took a breath, and then you could practically hear it tutting under its breath as it ran around with extra blankets and hot water bottles. I made the rounds, turning everything off but the reading lamp by my chair, jumped online (hugs internet!) to finish that fic I'd been reading. By the time I was done, the bathroom was less than arctic and the furnace was still catching up.
The world was still here when I woke up this morning, and so is EL JAY! Man, LJ, I always hate it when we're parted like that!
We had ferocious winds yesterday afternoon and evening, and about five-ish, there was this great hollow boom, like the doors of the afterworld had blown back, and everything flickered and went out. The hard-wired smoke detector beeped plaintively, once. The lights flickered again, and an unearthly groan started, but stopped an instant later. A minute passed, and another rusty groan and flicker of lights, but inside I'm pleading, "Stop. Just don't." It sounded awful, like trying to rise with a death wound, and a sound to cringe and hide from. Zombie transformer, nobody wants that.
We still have homes without power from the last big blow, so I didn't have hopes for a speedy recovery. I added extra layers, took a nap when it got dark, since deprived of both Netflix and the internet I was bereft of entertainment options, but woke to the ghastly glow of an LED camping lantern which OH had retrieved. We made a pickup cold supper, with a list beforehand and a quick delve into the fridge (the light's out in there. Something ain't right) to gather supplies, and then he took a nap. The rain stopped. The wind died. All the lights in the neighborhood were out, except for the house on the corner, where they have a generator. I found a novel I'd been intending to read, my fingerless gloves, and snuggled in under a fleece throw on the sofa. OH roused from his nap, stretched out some kinks from the chair, and went to bed. At some point I became aware of chainsaws in the distance.
It never got quite to the point where I could see my breath, but lemme tell you, that toilet seat was pretty damn polar. And then, sometime after 1:00 AM, everything came back on at once. The furnace took a breath, and then you could practically hear it tutting under its breath as it ran around with extra blankets and hot water bottles. I made the rounds, turning everything off but the reading lamp by my chair, jumped online (hugs internet!) to finish that fic I'd been reading. By the time I was done, the bathroom was less than arctic and the furnace was still catching up.
The world was still here when I woke up this morning, and so is EL JAY! Man, LJ, I always hate it when we're parted like that!
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Date: 2016-03-14 07:35 pm (UTC)Ours went out, too, while DS was here. *pounds head on table* Halfway through the last episode of Mythbusters and bang! Two hours after we took him back to the ferry, the lights flickered and stayed on -- I tell you what, fu, as cute as this place is I'll be glad to get moved into town.
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Date: 2016-03-14 09:41 pm (UTC)I'll be glad you guys are on a more stable grid, too. It's a thing about island living, unless it's well-planned. And your place sounds very well planned!
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Date: 2016-03-15 04:31 am (UTC)