this evening, as i was walking home (in the rain, with some sort of hole in my boot and totally soggy socks), randall texted to me say that the power was out, but that the food delivery had arrived already. it was really sort of strange. most of the power in the neighborhood was on, but there was about a four block radius that was powerless, and we were right in the center of it.
as i walked down the dark streets i sort of loved the odd power-out stillness, and the flicker of candlelight coming from the windows. every house seemed to have that lovely yellowy warm glow. well, every house but ours. while randall had found the emergency candles, he also had several hours of laptop, and the backup ups that was keeping the internet running. so while the rest of the neighbor was silently glimmering, our house was basking in blue laptop glow and an incessant beeping from the ups.
as a child, i always found stormy power-outtages to be fun. they're like rainy day recess for adults. i suggested a board game, but randall wanted to read nintendo power by computer light and watch video game trailers instead. after almost two hours, the ups's beeped their last beep. i thought i was finally going to get my board game, when a few minutes later the power came back on.
my friends, i think it's time for an escape vacation. i think there's a big need for a technology detox.
in other news, dk's bday is this weekend. to help her celebrate, we deco'd her desk up in all red! red everything (even red deviled eggs because she hearts eggs). and then we went to lunch at the grove. elsa scored us the secret alcove, and we managed to fit 8 of us into a tiny space. on a related note, dk is now part of she-bangs! check out those cute little bangs. team haircut!
