Thought for the day

[jenk]

Modern Life[tm] without power is interesting. However, it is NOT up to Wash's definition of "interesting", which, for the Serenity-impaired, is: "Oh god, oh god, we're all going to die."

Reminding myself of this can be proportion-making.

What we've lost:

• Stuff in the fridge.
  
• Three sections of fencing.
  
• Time.
  
• A weekend's worth of normal housecleaning (vacuuming, laundry, other basics) that require good lighting and/or electricity.
  
• Certain emotional equilibrium and predictability (sar_anon discussed this today in a way I found useful).
  
• Sleep. Between the colder temps and no CPAP, I am not sleeping as well as I usually do. I have been sleeping longer hours some nights, shorter on others.

...I was writing up the stuff still at risk and my plan for getting my emotional equilibrium back to around "normal" when two things happened:

1. dustin_00 IMd that our outside lights are ON, , and
   
   
   
2. My company's HR specialist offered to put us up in the Sheraton until our power is restored. (Which, um, I declined, as it has been restored. But still.)

I feel really really good right now.