no power

Well.... here we are again. No power. Our house is somehow tangentially hooked to another source for power. Literally our tiny section of Rutland will loose power over and over again and no one else will. We waited forever during "The Ice Storm." It is obviously back on now... or I wouldn't be typing this. Still we were out for about 24 hours. In a way it was nice.... in a way. I really liked the silence that it brought with it. I like not being able to hear the refrigerator. I like having the kids here and involved with me. They kind of lost it a bit, if I am to be honest. During the storm, Henry and Nora were manically running around the house and I asked them to sit for a bit because they were going crazy. They literally couldn't sit still. Nora was sliding all over the couch and onto the floor repeatedly and Henry started freaking out about not being able to draw these cards he wanted to draw. At one point both kids were in tears. I just wanted them to settle. Sit. Relax a tiny bit. But they had needs. So, I lit two tapers on the kitchen table and set Henry up with some drawing stuff and took Nora to get a drink of water from the reserve water Jenny had thought to put into one of our coolers.

I got out my guitar. Nora got on the piano. She pounded random keys and I played for a while. She actually is starting to be able to carry a tune. The power outage lasted one full day. It was enough though. I can like all the candles I want, but with the risk of losing the stuff in our freezer and fridge as well as the not knowing how long it was going to be out for... I could do without the romance of candle light.

I have heard a couple of weather guys say that we are in for this kind of weather for the next seven or so years. I might just break down and buy a back up generator.