Lights Out!

Sunday afternoon began our week of water. Rain at last. Finally it feels like proper winter weather. Well as proper as we get here in Cali. Though at least our usual January heat wave wasn't as warm as usual, or didn't feel as warm. Anywho, back to the rain. With the rain came the chilly winds that attempt to huff and puff and blow the rain in. :P

Monday, we had a fun windy rain storm hit. It wasn't that hard. I mean it wasn't scary hard. Just, nice, stay indoors weather. :P Which works for us, as I was sleeping or trying to and Mom was busy working from home. But a little past 11am the winds and or rain got so bad that the power in our are got knocked out. No big deal. Power flickers off and than on again every now and then. But this time it didn't flicker back on. Well, it tried to. When we turned on lights to test it, we saw some red light, as if the bulb's light was dimmed too low. And Mom's monitor kept going on and off, not enough power to sustain it, I guess. So, Mom "gets off work early" and just keeps reporting to them every half hour on the status of our power.

Blackouts are no fun. Due to the rain, the skies were so very dark and ugly, allowing very little light in even for middle of the day. With some light, we could try and entertain ourselves reading. But, Mom in particular, we are used to our electronics. Mom's always got the TV on, unless she sets a sleep timer at night. No couputers, so she can't work and I can't do well net stuff. No TV or stereos for noise. I tried reading, but the utter quiet of the whole house made it difficult to enjoy. It's one thing to have quiet because I got the house to myself, another when there's no choice.

Before I went back to sleep and about half an hour or so, Nana came by. I still can't believe she was out driving in that weather, But she came with a gifft. A cake. Itt's a deliscious carrot cake. She didn't stay long as she left her hubby in the car.

I have no idea what kind of night we would have had if not for Dad. With no power and the daylight quickly fading, Mom pulled out all the candles she could find, leaving hot wax drippings all over the place. :P With no power, there would be no use of the microwave, toaster oven, or standard toaster. And we couldn't open the Fridge too often or let whatever cold out and unable to maintain the cold. The stove is only partially electric (the electricity was only used to spark the gas into starting). Dinner options were limited to what was in the pantry/cupboard. No going in and out of the fridge.

Dad saved us. :) The three of us enjoyed a nice meal by candlelight, with nothing but conversation to keep us entertained. It was nice. :D I mean not that we don't talk other times, but the TV is usually on too.

Mom heard the recording say we'd get power again at  130 AM! But thank goodness, that was an overestimation. Power came back on at 630pm ish. Yay! Cable net was still out, but meh, it eventually came back on.

Alas, no pictures of this day... Like the giant "candle" made by several little ones melting together and hardening in the shape of the plate they were on. :P Or of our candlelit dinner. :P

Since I had no net and I was recording, I watched Slumdog Millionaire (2008). The idea was, I'd watch it and return it to Dad. The subtitles on bright/light backgrounds made it difficult to read, but the movie was good. I was sort of shocked at how Jamal grew up. But I was glad towards the end, And I loved the music! Anywho, I shouldn't have showed Mom, cuz she said she'll watch it. Yeah, right. So, it's sitting on her dresser waiting to be watched.