233 Hour Powerlessness Ends

[This power outage was caused by Hurricane Irene.]

I was sitting in the living room reading the comics by the light of the window, when I heard the strangest sound. Something started clicking over by the piano. I thought the cat had knocked something over, but it just kept clicking and clicking. I went to investigate, and saw that Cynthia’s metronome was on. Cynthia’s metronome is plugged into the wall. I picked it up and listened to it, thinking to myself “how could this possibly be clicking when there’s no power?”

Then I thought, “wait a minute, THERE *IS* POWER!!”

I rushed around the house - yes, the bedroom lamps are on. Yes, the refrigerator is on (and smelling quite icky too unfortunately). Yes, the back porch light is on. It’s not a hallucination!

This is one time I am VERY happy to note that Dominion Virginia Power was completely wrong on their estimate of September 30 for restoring our power.