I just spent the most miserable night I've ever had...
Here it is, JANUARY, one of the coldest months of the year, and our power went out last night at 7PM. My sister Jeannie and her family had just been down visiting for the afternoon, and had just left when we lost power... well, it got COLD and it got cold FAST!
We called and checked with the power company and every time we'd call, they tell us another three or four hours before the power would be restored! Well, they finally got it back on this afternoon at 12:45! ALMOST 18 HOURS WITHOUT HEAT!! I didn't think it was going to be that bad, until I got up this morning and could see my breath! There was frost ON THE INSIDE of my windows! I couldn't believe it! I looked at my meat thermometer and it was only 38° in my house!
Thankfully we have a gas range, so all of the burners were turned on, a fire was started in the fireplace and still, we couldn't get warm to save our lives! Well, the powers been on now for an hour, and it's finally getting bearable in here.
The worst part of the equation is, we now have two frozen pipes in our house! When I asked the power company who was going to pay to have them thawed, they told me that it wasn't their responsibility... we'll see about that! I had layer upon layer on today and I was still shivering.
Another thing that sucks is with AS, once you get cold, you end up hurting most of the day... or even into the next... I'm in a LOT of pain today... all I can say is better living through chemicals!
Talk about a life unhinged? Stay tuned for updates to the power saga!
