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Thanks, local electric company. The power went out just after 6 AM this morning, and you called me just now at 8:15 to tell me the power was out in my area. You think?

It was an annoyingly dark weekend. On Saturday night, just after 6 PM (important timing), a circuit breaker in my kitchen blew. This was a problem as it was the circuit that my fridge was on. So I called my apartment office, but apparently they close at 6. Bah! I called the 24 hour service number, but the mailbox for it hadn't been set up, so there was no way to leave a message. Double bah!

A search of my apartment and I found the breaker box. Which had been 100% painted over, sealing it closed. Handle, hinges, everything painted solid. I had to use a screwdriver and a knife to cut through the paint to struggle to open it, then my mother's electrician boyfriend walked me through resetting it.

So thing #5 that makes me happy is electricity. I never think about it much until I don't have it anymore, but it powers all the things that make me happy and make me able to function.

So here's to you, electricity, and the good things you enable in my life.

Date: 2014-02-24 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] changeling72.livejournal.com
We rely on it so much it rather makes one wonder how our forebears managed without it?

Date: 2014-02-24 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Seriously! Bedtimes would be a lot earlier...

Date: 2014-02-24 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tea-blossom.livejournal.com
I don't know how I'd ever survive without it. I'm glad you have your electricity back!

Date: 2014-02-25 03:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Me too! Thanks!

Date: 2014-02-25 07:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashmedai.livejournal.com
Glad you got your power back! Ours was out for half a day the other year after a lightning strike, you really do realize how much you depend on it when it's not there.

Date: 2014-02-27 12:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heathersmoo.livejournal.com
I love those helpful phone calls- they make me laugh if nothing else.

Date: 2014-02-27 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Yep, I snickered!

Date: 2014-02-27 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spike7451.livejournal.com
Glad you managed to get it sorted out!

I never think about it much until I don't have it anymore

... so very, very true.

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