Wednesday – 28 April 2010
It’s snowing.
Yes, it was better than 70F a day or two ago.
Now, it’s not. According to The Weather Channel, it is 40F right now.
Yesterday, it was also very windy. A LOT of dust was blown into the valley from the desert, making things grey and drab.

Last night, SaraRules and I met at the old apartment to pick up some of the last few things we left there. Things were moving along nicely – we had loaded her car and had started putting things in mine – when, about 21:30/21:45, the power went out.

::: braincramp :::

The flashlight was at the house, as were the candles, so we were effectively done. We piled into our cars and headed home…

…only to discover that the power was out there, too.

*grblsnrkx*

The first and most immediate issue that created: No automatic garage door opener. And the door doesn’t seem to have a handle or manual method for opening it. So, we had the privilege of parking outside. No power also pretty much meant that unpacking most things was out. We found the flashlight and SaraRules tracked down a couple of the big candles and we sat around and chatted (and listened to the still-howling wind) until she nodded off. I tried – somewhat unsuccessfully – to stay away, but drifted off about 23:15.

At 23:34, the power came back on. I took advantage of the situation and prepped the coffee maker, put away some of the fortunately still-frozen food that we had brought from the apartment. Since I had been up and moving around, falling back asleep wasn’t the easiest thing, so I grabbed my GameBoy and played a few rounds of Tetris. Sleep found me about thirty minutes later.

Stray Toasters

  • No power + new house = BAH!
    (Of course, it kind of made the no TV/no Internet thing easy to cope with…)
  • I’m debating advancing my timetable for having DirecTV installed.
  • Check out Jim Lee’s variant cover for Legion of Super-Heroes #1

    “I’d buy that for a dollar!”
    (Who am I kidding?  It’s a Legion book.  I’d easily pay TWO dollars for it!)

  • From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…?!” file: Sprint employees fired for capturing shoplifter
  • Who was the best/worst astronaut… and why:
    • Captain Anthony “Buck” Rogers
    • Major Anthony “Tony” Nelson
    • Colonel Steve Austin

    Discuss.

And with that, Kenneth and I are off to the South 40 to deal with a couple of issues with the kids down there. Pray for us.

Namaste.