but this light actually came in the form of the air conditioner kicking on...
we have just completed an 18 hour period of zero electric power and we are still under a water restriction...
I am absolutely sticky and stinky... (it probably wasn't a good idea to play soccer during a time we aren't allowed to take showers...)
the thing that struck me the most though, during this period, that people were not going bonkers... I did not see a lot of road rage and people were pretty nice to each other, in a situation where it would be rather easy to blow up at someone.
people helping people... so nice....
Oh, so I was driving home from soccer yesterday (remember, no power still - so no traffic lights)... as I was jamming (as in bouncing my head to the beat, pretending to play drums, and doing pointy-finger dancing...) in my car to some compliation cd I made (which had a lot of Erasure, New Order, and Depeche Mode) a long time ago - in the car next to me, a middle aged woman, with a sour look on her face turned and saw me in my exuberance... I turned to look at her, and flashed a huge grin whilst continuing my dance - she shook her head slightly and then started smiling and laughing... that was nice... then a few cars down, a family was driving along - they all noticed me, although I don't know how long, and they were all just staring at me in disbelief... I looked over and basically started head banging... som e how I got the mom head banging with me and everyone started cracking up... that was nice too...
during the outage, my family (including my mother) sat around the kitchen table, playing Texas Hold-em in the candle light... it was awesome.
but now that the power is back on...
WE CAN KARAOKE!!!
yeah...
(but if it rains... I am so rinsing myself off outside...)
p.s. everything is cool here... at least I didn't have to drive to work today.
