I am glad I posted when I did last night because soon after that our power went out. We've been having big power issues in the state since the big storms and heat wave. Our house has been lucky, though, and we've not lost power at all. Until last night. At 11:11 pm last night our power went out. I didn't panic, I just texted Si and I opened the windows.
Thankfully the power returned about an hour and 10 minutes later! AEP must have just been working on something.
I can't imagine how there are still people without power after more than a week. I have friends who went 5-6 days. So much heat, too.
I am very blessed to have power again after such a short loss.
"What we learn with pleasure we never forget." - Alfred Mercier
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Alone
I have been thinking lately about how I have to learn how to be alone. I've never been a big fan of being alone, and really, it's not as bad as I once thought. Chances are that in about 14 months, my son will go off somewhere to college and I will be in this house alone. It's hard to even get my mind around it, but at the same time I think about it a lot. It's like a scab that I can't stop picking at.
Take tonight, for instance. I worked my 9-6 at The L, and my son was gone by the time I got home. He has a play tonight, and after he is probably going to go out with his friends. So I came into a house with no humans in it (2 cats), and I warmed up some leftovers for dinner. I chose to listen to my current audio book while eating, which was nice. It's The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, and it's good, but once my hands were no longer busy with eating I decided to get online.
And here I sit. Bored. The house is a mess, so there is no shortage of chores to be done, but I am tired from a long day at work and I don't want to clean. I could watch TV. I could put a movie into the DVD player. I could get out one of my instruments and play some music and sing. I could pick up a book, or turn on the audio book. I could knit. I could find a way to combine 2 or more of those activities. Still, I am sitting here, thinking about how I'm alone in the house.
It's nice to have some quiet. It's nice to have complete control over my environment. I could go to bed (I am very sleepy, having stayed up too late last night).
Oh - that's another thing. I have trouble going to bed at night when I'm alone in the house. What is that about?
You think about it and get back to me.
I'm going to just sit here. And think. About being alone.
Take tonight, for instance. I worked my 9-6 at The L, and my son was gone by the time I got home. He has a play tonight, and after he is probably going to go out with his friends. So I came into a house with no humans in it (2 cats), and I warmed up some leftovers for dinner. I chose to listen to my current audio book while eating, which was nice. It's The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, and it's good, but once my hands were no longer busy with eating I decided to get online.
And here I sit. Bored. The house is a mess, so there is no shortage of chores to be done, but I am tired from a long day at work and I don't want to clean. I could watch TV. I could put a movie into the DVD player. I could get out one of my instruments and play some music and sing. I could pick up a book, or turn on the audio book. I could knit. I could find a way to combine 2 or more of those activities. Still, I am sitting here, thinking about how I'm alone in the house.
It's nice to have some quiet. It's nice to have complete control over my environment. I could go to bed (I am very sleepy, having stayed up too late last night).
Oh - that's another thing. I have trouble going to bed at night when I'm alone in the house. What is that about?
You think about it and get back to me.
I'm going to just sit here. And think. About being alone.
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