Power outage

I had forgotten how light it is in the city at night until I came home to find my electricity down. Apparently, my street is the dividing line for the outage, and my house just happens to be on the wrong side of it. Thanks, neighbors across the street, for leaving all your lights on so I could see to get into the house. The kids were pretty spooked at first, but I found that once I opened some of the doors to the bedrooms, there was a bluish glow coming from outside. It was enough to find my way around anyway. Also, Nate had his iPod to use as a flashlight, and of course we have light from the laptop screens, at least as long as the batteries hold out. Everyone is now tucked into bed. It's kind of peaceful, really. Should we still be out tomorrow, this house great natural lighting.

I am writing this in Text Edit, using what charge is left in my laptop battery, and hoping that power--and my Internet--will be restored in time to post for NaBloPoMo. Too bad the "citywide" wireless only works in about 8 select parking spaces scattered around town. As midnight approaches, I fear I will lose out over a silly technicality.

I made it! Apparently, Blogger is on Pacific time, so I'm actually even early. Yay!