Power Outages

Power Outages are really annoying. Not having television isn’t the problem; it’s the complete and utter darkness that drives you crazy. I’m not necessarily afraid of the dark; it’s more like the things in the dark that you cannot see. You know, mundane things like tables, chair legs, doorjambs, the brown dog lying on the brown carpet, along with the bears, wolves, and ax murders you hear about while at scout camp. All right, I’ll fess up, I hate the dark. It’s creepy, I can’t see a darn thing, and I still am thankful for the nightlight in the bathroom in the middle of the night. How else am I suppose to miss the computer desk on my way to the john I ask you? But seriously, what is really annoying is when the power decides to go out while you are sleeping and the alarm doesn’t go off, then you are late for school or work. The topper is that the excuse that the alarm didn’t go off has been used so many times that the boss won’t believe you and you get written up. I suppose that we are spoiled with our electricity and the like that comes with it, but at times of power outages you really have to admire the Amish. The never stay up as late as many English do. When the lamp light burns low, they go to bed! No sense wasting good resources when you can’t see bo diddely squat! And I think I’ll do just that since laptop computer batteries only last about three hours even on power saving mode. Night All!