My fun in the dark...

I have caught up with almost everything and am ready to tell my in the dark tale.

Thursday- 1:30am power turns off. Wind keeps us up most of the night.

Friday- I had a class scheduled at a local hotel but could not reach them because their phone was dead and/or they had no power. Class cancelled. Step-son's school cancelled. We are up at 6am, sitting in the dark and he is already bored. His mom calls to see when she can pick him up since it is her weekend. She comes at 8am. I decided to wait until it is light and start wrapping Christmas presents. Whn that is done head to the nearest mall. After driving 5 miles in and hour, I realize that it is closed but Target is open -with no light and only the registers running. People are literally climbing shelves to get cans of tuna. I debate getting a new lego set to do in the dark that night but don't. Come home, eat some soup and knit for a bit on these (still not finished):

Hubby comes home and tells me I should have bought legos or something to do. I introduce him to my new best friend- a 20yo radio/flashlight. We end up drinking a bottle of wine and rum punch, listening to people call in with their wind horror stories and pass out on the couch at 9PM.

Saturday- Luckily we have a Xmas party to go to where they have power. We get up at 7am and head to Costco for gas since lines were rumored to be miles long. Not here. 10 minutes tops. We hit another Target and do some Xmas shoppping. Come home, warm up in the shower and change for the party at 3pm. We start the hour and a half drive at noon, stopping at a few places along the way. I knit this in the car.

Party is over at 8 and we head home to the cold bed.

Sunday- Hubby works. I wake up at 6am with my best friend on, brings step-son's frog tank downstairs with me and set it next to the fire to keep warm. At 9am, I take a shower and debate about going to a movie. Most areas around us have power now and I am not sitting in a cold, dark house all day. I must have tapped into my testosterone because I end up at a bar at 11am, drinking beer and watching football for 2 hours. I buy a puzzle to keep myself busy until hubby comes home. 3:30 - 15 minutes after he gets home, the heat clicks on!!! Alleujah! Here is how much of the puzzle I did ( it is back in the box ready for another day):

Company Xmas party is at 6pm but need to get there at 5. We clean out the fridge and boogie out but come home to a warm, although foodless, house.