What Santa wishes for
After several nights and days without heat or power, ours luckily came back on in the middle of the night. There was a power line downed one block from our house, which I think is why Seward Park went without power longer than other areas.
I couldn’t stand the cold, but besides that I didn’t mind all that much. It felt nice going back to basics. No alarm clocks. No computers. No e-mail. No phone. I would have liked to say that we read by candlelight and enjoyed the time without distractions. But it was just too cold. We did spend some time in the house with candles and oil lamps. We spent more time out watching movies and hanging out in the few places that had electricity (and heat). After not taking a shower for two days, I gave in an took an ice-cold shower before going to my internship yesterday. I was so disappointed when the client called and cancelled the session. :(
On a personal level, the storm made me very appreciative of B. I’m sure it's partially because he helped keep me warm. It's also because I felt like we went back in time. We took a moonlit walk through Seward Park, which we had all to ourselves. It was fun to navigate through all the fallen trees. The one advantage of the storm was that it made the sky incredibly clear. Without the city lights, the stars were out in abundance.
We’re treating ourselves to a nice hot breakfast at Geraldine's. (It seems that half of the people in the city shared this bright idea). This place is usually crowded, but it’s never been quite like this.
It may be a few more days before cable is up and people in surrounding areas will probably be out of power for much longer. For me, going without (little things in comparison to those who have really suffered) has made me so thankful. Taking a hot shower this morning felt like such an incredible luxury.
My thoughts are with all of those who are still struggling without heat or light. May you find warmth soon.
I couldn’t stand the cold, but besides that I didn’t mind all that much. It felt nice going back to basics. No alarm clocks. No computers. No e-mail. No phone. I would have liked to say that we read by candlelight and enjoyed the time without distractions. But it was just too cold. We did spend some time in the house with candles and oil lamps. We spent more time out watching movies and hanging out in the few places that had electricity (and heat). After not taking a shower for two days, I gave in an took an ice-cold shower before going to my internship yesterday. I was so disappointed when the client called and cancelled the session. :(
On a personal level, the storm made me very appreciative of B. I’m sure it's partially because he helped keep me warm. It's also because I felt like we went back in time. We took a moonlit walk through Seward Park, which we had all to ourselves. It was fun to navigate through all the fallen trees. The one advantage of the storm was that it made the sky incredibly clear. Without the city lights, the stars were out in abundance.
We’re treating ourselves to a nice hot breakfast at Geraldine's. (It seems that half of the people in the city shared this bright idea). This place is usually crowded, but it’s never been quite like this.
It may be a few more days before cable is up and people in surrounding areas will probably be out of power for much longer. For me, going without (little things in comparison to those who have really suffered) has made me so thankful. Taking a hot shower this morning felt like such an incredible luxury.
My thoughts are with all of those who are still struggling without heat or light. May you find warmth soon.
posted by Elizabeth at 11:53 PM
2 Comments:
Glad to hear you're back up. Cable is finally back up over here; let me know if you need to come over and hop online etc.
Thank you so much for the offer. It seems it is finally up here now, too. I’m sorry we didn't get together before the holidays, but I look forward to taking a late-night walk with the dogs soon.
E
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