wednesday

today we started the day off with a little excitement...the power went out at 6:45am and it was our first foggy cloudy morning on top of it...flashlights just to make it to the bus stop...thank goodness the coffee was already brewed...steve got ready for work by candlelight & flashlight...i managed to survive without my early morning matt lauer today show fix...then it hit me...just as i was moaning about no power, i realized that
a) i can not live without electricity
b) i am not the laura ingalls girl type
c) i suddenly have a new found freedom today...no emails - no office work - no computer - no internet - no vacuuming - no laundry - no phone calls to catch up on...my do-to list was IMPOSSIBLE to-do...it felt like a snow day from school !
i was rejoicing about no power, now i could
a) climb back into bed and read by candle light with lukewarm coffee
b) sit and look thru boxes of old pictures without feeling guilty
c) browse through catalogs & magazines all day...christmas ideas??
d) crank music in my cd headset (yes, i still own one to all of you ipod kids out there)
e) walk around the block and enjoy the quiet darkness of the morning
f) actually write in my journal...like the good olde days before blogger
as i was busy figuring out how to spend my guilt free no electric power snow day...the power came back on at 7:27am and the light shone brightly on my list...so much for climbing back into that bed with a great book...