April 14, 2007, 9:38 pm : Sat in the Dark

Well yesterday at about 4pm we had a power cut for half an hour, it wasn’t too bad, it was daylight still and we got to have take out because we wouldn’t have had time to make dinner for everyone. But now we’ve had a second cut and it started at 1.30am, the house is completely dark and everyone else is asleep.

Luckily i knew where my mobile phone was so i could click the light on it which helped me to find my lighter which in turn help me find the tourch i keep neatly under a pile of crap on my floor.

(Just thought i’d quickly say that the power nearly came back just now but then stopped again.)

Back on track though. Once i found the tourch it was safe to hold it while i lit the candles in my room and go check the fuse box in case that was all it was. Of course that was unlikely and here i am in the dark, my laptop only running on battery and writing a blog post on notepad. My battery is down to 2hrs20 and i don’t really want it fall much below 2hrs so i’ll stop here and finish later if i must, after all it’s not like i’m going to be able to post right away. After letting the people i was talking to online know that i had been cut off from them for a while i went too find entertainment, the TV is off, i can’t read by candle light and while i could have called a friend my aunt is next door and i’d already woken her up when i checked the power. Of course writing this is fun but i like to have background noise so i dug my mp3 player out of the bag i haven’t unpacked since i was last in London. The hamster doesn’t seem to mind the dark, she’s loving it really, i usually have the light on all night while she’s up and i know they’re nocturnal creatures, she’s just running her cute little legs off.

now i’m settled into the power cut i’m starting to worry about things. Should i wake my dad up and do something about the food in the fridge and freezer? should i leave my big tourch (i found a second smaller one on a key ring) out in the hall incase people wake up? should i be in bed like i had planned to be by now?

Well i guess if this power cut is goin to last all night there’s nothing my dad or i could do about the food. I’ve never seen anyone in this house get up at night and they wouldn’t know where i put the tourch anyway. And as for bedtime, i guess i better turn off the candles and blow out the laptop.

Just for an explaination as to why i took so long to actually post, the power came back on at about 12midday, nearly 11hrs after it cut out, but i had gone into town with my aunts and cousin. Then when i got home my sister wanted me to go to tesco with her. I got some time online when i got home but still couldn’t post as i had to get ready to go for a meal with my family. But now i’ve been able to sit down for more than 5 minutes, 20hrs after the power first cut, 9 after it came back, i’m finally able to post, and now i feel like falling asleep where i am.

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