powerless
another rookie move - i was unprepared for a power outage, until yesterday.
i should have learned my lesson last week when i came home in the middle of the day to a "scheduled" power outage and because i don't read the paper or listen to the radio, i had no clue. i panicked and thought maybe GPA had cut off my power because i was ten days late. my backup plan consisted of me calling my mom, who works for GPA, to turn my power back on...but she explained that GPA never cuts off on a saturday due to non-payment and i knew i paid my bill and i could not have been THAT late. anyway...i decided to go to ross instead and kill time, hoping it was enough time for the power to come back on...and it was. but this doesn't stop here.
early saturday morning, the power went out AGAIN and this could not have been scheduled at 3am. of all the nights...i was babysitting a10-month old baby and kylan had a friend sleeping over. it was pitch black - i had no lighter, no flashlight, and my only candles were glittery floating candles from a christmas gift and a 7-yr old scented candle which i packed for sentimental reasons when i moved. i'm very lucky that my smoker friend was at my house and provided me with a lighter and stayed behind to keep us sane. kylan woke up in panic...and has never experienced a power outage at night in his life. he was genuinely afraid. the lights finally came back on at 415am but when i woke up at around 7...i realized that the power was on, but very weak. my coworker came to pick up her baby and explained it was a BROWN OUT. i've heard of the term, but never experienced one.
it was another "welcome to guam" moment. last night i went to kmart and loaded up on candles, flashlights, batteries, and finally bought myself a lighter.