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June 02, 2006
the 'feh' post
work was an exercise in suppressing crankiness, today. my manager told me i did a very good job of it in a fairly important meeting. but the effort took it's toll; by the time i got home, i was ravenous, in that "special" kind of ravenous way that women experience from time to time. i walk in the house distracted by a large, oddly shaped package from kalamazoo in my mailbox, and it takes a while for me to realize the power is OUT, baby. out. nada.
so i feed the cat, and inhale a container of basically still cold cottage cheese (i know, ew, but i like it). then i tackle the problem of calling the power company: i throw away all my bills, so that number isn't handy.
fortunately i have all the equipment needed to get on the internets without conventional power and connection sources. though of course, two of my three cell phone batteries are dead. i finally get on, get the number, call. my usually robust cell signal sux, and while i do successfully report the outage, the estimated time when they'll have it back on-- delivered by an automated system-- is hopelessly garbled.
i consider crying, briefly, and panicking, but realize i'm just hungry, and tired, and give it up.
i consider grilling the probably still ok chicken on the gas grill (which i just got working yesterday) but realize i'm in no state for primitive cooking.
so i go to d&s house to feed their cats, and although i can't use their internets, because naturally d has it locked up tighter than... well, i could be offensive, but i won't, let's just say i won't be cracking that password tonight. so i use the cell connection, which is nice anyway, and feed the cats and chill out.
i dunno. cook out? q shack? sigh.
Posted by lisa at June 02, 2006 07:34 PM
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we watched our lights flicker tonight, too.
the # for duke power (for future reference) is 1-800-power-on.
so easy even i (with my drug-addled memory) can remember it! ;-)
Posted by: xta on June 2, 2006 11:58 PM
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