Sometimes the idea of a power outage leaves me nostalgic and at times I look forward to the odd quiet they bring. This nostalgia has usually happened when I have a laptop with a functioning battery… A month ago mine decided it was no longer going to play nice and became bulgy, deformed, and incapable of maintaining a charge for longer than 10 minutes. Or when my DSL modem and wireless router had a functioning UPS… My UPS died a noisy and undignified death last week. I’ve also not minded when my phone has a full charge as that keeps me in the loop… As I write this my battery is less than half charged.
It looks like I will break out the candles and a book this evening! Shortly, I will have no familiar blue glow will keep me company. The power company has given an estimate of up till 10:00 this evening, if not later, before power will be restored. How exciting!