Last night, our neighborhood was without power for about 3 hours. It was about 5 o'clock, Peter wasn't home yet and all of our candles were packed deep in the garage except one lone Christmas candle. I lit that pathetically and tried to keep Abby happy. Did I mention she's afraid of the dark? Then our new neighbors came over and lent me a flashlight. So kind!
When Peter did get home, we took the neighbors flashlight and the one Peter keeps in his car and went spelunking in the garage for candles so there would be enough light to make dinner. After about 5 candles were lit, Abby was content to sit in her high chair. The yummy Gerber puffs helped her mood a little too.
Despite not being ready for such an emergency and the initial stress of trying to make do, the evening was actually kinda nice. The neighbors came over again after about an hour and gave us some glow sticks they had which made a perfect nightlight for Miss Scardy Pants so she went to bed relatively peacefully. And Peter and I got a chance to just sit and talk. It's amazing how quiet it was with no TV and candles flickering.
Best of all, the power came back on and we watched TV and I got the Christmas cards addressed. All in all, it was a good night.
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We had a huge storm the other day and our power went out as well. I live with a roommate and she is a single momma. Her kids were in bed already and we had some friends over playing Wii until the power outage. It was the night of the eclipse (which we missed due to the storm and cloud cover), so as our friends departed, Amanda and I went in search of light-able candles (she has some for strictly decoration) and then she went to bed. I remained with the lit candles and decided to continue reading my copy of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by candlelight and just relax. It was pretty great. :)
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