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the problems of privilege
Dec. 6th, 2020 05:42 pmYesterday was the mega productive day, after working until 9pm Friday night still managed to get some productive stuff done for work while getting prepared for winter storm. Because there was going to be a storm and we had already lost power for 24hours once this week we prepared. I made sure the snow blower was full of gas and would start. Arranged my car so it would be easy to get the snow blower out. Filled two five gallon buckets, our blue camping jug, and the bathtub upstairs with water. Made sure the dishes were all done. Made sure the LED camp lights which run on tea candle heat were all set. Charged all the devices which use battery power and the two USB power packs we have.
I was still typing away on work stuff when the power went out at about 5pm. Finished up the day reading, feeding the wood stove, and doing holiday cards.
Mental note: Should really get the LED puck lights out of the van while it is in storage. Those would be really handy for power outages and they serve no use just sitting in the van all winter.
2nd mental note: For how often we lose power, should probably do a cost analysis on generator vs off grid setup.
Today we cleaned the snow off the driveway (only about 3 inches but wet and heavy), filled the wood box, fed the wood stove, cooked lunch on the camp stove, filled up the oil lamp, did some more holiday cards, and checked the power company outage list obsessively. The power came back right about 5pm.
I'm glad it was Sunday and we didn't have to rush to try to get things done. Of any day to be without power, it was the most convenient. But I'm glad to have the power back again. Now I can log back into work and continue where I left off yesterday when the power went out.
I was still typing away on work stuff when the power went out at about 5pm. Finished up the day reading, feeding the wood stove, and doing holiday cards.
Mental note: Should really get the LED puck lights out of the van while it is in storage. Those would be really handy for power outages and they serve no use just sitting in the van all winter.
2nd mental note: For how often we lose power, should probably do a cost analysis on generator vs off grid setup.
Today we cleaned the snow off the driveway (only about 3 inches but wet and heavy), filled the wood box, fed the wood stove, cooked lunch on the camp stove, filled up the oil lamp, did some more holiday cards, and checked the power company outage list obsessively. The power came back right about 5pm.
I'm glad it was Sunday and we didn't have to rush to try to get things done. Of any day to be without power, it was the most convenient. But I'm glad to have the power back again. Now I can log back into work and continue where I left off yesterday when the power went out.
