Suburban Goddess

It’s been a really interesting six days since my power went out.  Did I mention it’s been six days? Yeah… but the word is out that we should have power by next Monday, and I figure since I’ve toughed it out this long, another three days won’t kill me.  Chip has Alex this weekend, so it’s really a win-win situation for me; if the power DOESN’T come back on, then I don’t have to find ways to keep Alex entertained in the dark… and if it DOES come back on, then I at least get a little time to myself to maybe rent a chick-flick or two.

In all honesty, it hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be. Living without power isn’t that different from living with it in my world; the only thing is I can’t charge my phone as often as I’d like. Most evenings I’m fully engaged with Alex until 9pm, and then I just stare vacantly at the TV for two hours; now, I just go to bed with her, and I’m finding myself fully refreshed by sunrise. The other unexpected bonus is that during the first three days of no communication and no power, I unwillingly weaned myself from my caffiene addiction (and the headache was absolutely crippling… I will NEVER drink as much coffee as I did before the storm.)  I actually feel healthier, and I don’t crash in the middle of the day like I used to.

The only thing that truly bothers me about this storm is that I turned a friend in need away, and I’m afraid I’ve irreparably damaged the friendship in doing so… but I had my reasons. Sometimes to fix something, you have to break it. I know I did the right thing, but it still hurts to lose him. He was good to me for a while, and walked me through some really tough times.

On the flip side, I’ve strengthened some of my other friendships and really come to appreciate the company I work for. I’ve learned I really DON’T need that much to survive, and how incredibly spoiled I really am.  I also realized that I’ve done pretty well for myself, all things considered, so next time I decide to have a little pity party I’m going to try to stay focused on this stuff.

I’ve also come to the realization that my love life really ISN’T such a train wreck… and the object of my affection has deemed himself worthy over the past few days. Maybe someday I’ll actually write about it.  Right now, things are still too complicated.

So day six is closing, rolling into day 7… life moves on and I haven’t killed anyone.  I don’t think I’ve even threatened to lately… oh, wait, yes I did.  But that doesn’t count, because she totally deserved it. And it had nothing to do with electricity, either. But I didn’t REALLY kill her… I got over it.

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