In the {Dark}

{Monday} June 28, 2010

Today was fairly uneventful . . . aside from a quick Taco Bell run, all we really did was stay home, play, clean & do some brain work . . . a kids dream day {totally kidding}.

Tonight, though, at about 7:00 someone came to our door and told us that in 10 minutes we would be without power for about 8 hours! Very quickly I learned that I wasn't quite ready for an emergency like I thought {don't get me wrong, it was definitely NOT an emergency . . . just made me see the reality of our lack of preparation}. We had not one working flashlight, so we ate dinner and had FHE by candle light. All the light we really had was from the candles, Wade's camping head lamp thing {that ended up being more of a pain then a help . . . the thing blinds you if it is shone in your eyes}, the computer {until it died}, and Hannah's DS. It was interesting, but we made it through. Best part . . . the fact that the downstairs college guys couldn't blast their music all night. Too bad this isn't a nightly thing . . . ;)

Our ONE candle . . . I later remembered that I had a smaller votive candle that fits in a lantern style holder, so that helped with SOME light.

This is how we saw each other all night . . . "Like the pioneers used to live" . . . yeah, Hannah, not quite . . . but SORT of. haha

I swear she doesn't get her nerdiness from me!