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Accidental Intervention
So, you wanna know what sucks? Realizing you have re-addicted yourself to the Internet after having your power go out.
Omg, it was terrible! Not only did I not have computer access, but the only thing the itty-bitty amount of power we were getting was able to power was a fan! And only at a slow, sad pace. It wouldn't have blown out birthday candles. And our house lights made it look like a scene out of Poltergeist: flickering, dimming, then surging. It blew out one bulb and we may have lost my son's DVD player. So, I have spent about... 36 hours? hot and bored along with my equally hot and bored children. It is a miracle we survived. On the plus side, I was able to get some cleaning done. Not much since I couldn't run the dishwasher, or the washing machine/dryer, the vacuum, and most movement resulted in dying from heat exhaustion. Oh, and feeding time was fun.The microwave didn't work. So the oven and stove had to be used. In a house with no cooling mechanism.
Wires under the ground have burned out and they will start excavation tomorrow morning. Until then we have a ginormous extension cord running to our house directly from the transformer box thing. Good times.
So, I will be returning emails and comments very shortly. *hugs and pets Internet*
Omg, it was terrible! Not only did I not have computer access, but the only thing the itty-bitty amount of power we were getting was able to power was a fan! And only at a slow, sad pace. It wouldn't have blown out birthday candles. And our house lights made it look like a scene out of Poltergeist: flickering, dimming, then surging. It blew out one bulb and we may have lost my son's DVD player. So, I have spent about... 36 hours? hot and bored along with my equally hot and bored children. It is a miracle we survived. On the plus side, I was able to get some cleaning done. Not much since I couldn't run the dishwasher, or the washing machine/dryer, the vacuum, and most movement resulted in dying from heat exhaustion. Oh, and feeding time was fun.The microwave didn't work. So the oven and stove had to be used. In a house with no cooling mechanism.
Wires under the ground have burned out and they will start excavation tomorrow morning. Until then we have a ginormous extension cord running to our house directly from the transformer box thing. Good times.
So, I will be returning emails and comments very shortly. *hugs and pets Internet*
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