Power Outage 2011

So this pic was taken with nothing covering the lens. Usually I have quite a bit of light from the street lamps outside my bedroom window, but since about 3:20 this afternoon, I've been without power! In fact, my entire town is in blackout mode. We had a pretty severe wind and rain storm earlier that toppled several trees into power lines and I read that the main road in and out of my town was blocked due to a mainline being on the road. Yikes!

At one point even my cell coverage was out! Made me have to come up with other things to do that didn't require power. I did the following: took a nap, read two different books, fed my cats their wet food (so it didn't spoil) and read some more. The later it got I had to light a candle and read that way. Goes to show that I can survive without electricity, and my phone/Internet, but did think, what if there's an emergency! I have no way of contacting someone...though I do have neighbors so I could talk to one of them.

Thankfully my apartment stays pretty warm as the heat hasn't been on and I am actually pretty toasty. I also put on extra layers and have 2 cats that's are basically portable heaters.

So now I'm going to try and venture to the restroom cause, yeah, well you know ... and then try to sleep.

Really hoping the power is on by morning or else I'll be getting ready for work at work!