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Today was a very very long day. Like everyone else, I stayed up way too late last night and was not ready to get out of bed at all. On top of that, it was raining outside which meant walking to the train station in the rain, and then waiting for the light-rail in SF….in the rain.

My company is doing training for customers so most of the people in my group are sitting in on the training sessions. Aside from getting free lunch, the training sessions were pretty long and tedious. I did learn something, but I totally tuned out after 3pm.

At last, it was time to go home. I wanted to stop at a shop on the way to the train, so I walked in the light drizzle. Halfway to the station, the drizzle turned into sideways rain. Although my umbrella kept my top half dry, my lower half got wet. Yuck.

The trains were running late, so I got home about 30 minutes past my normal arrival time. I was wet, tired, and fantasizing about soup and hot tea. I literally ran from the train station to my apartment complex. As I turned the corner onto my street, I was met with complete darkness. Crap. The power was out.

I carefully went up the steps to my door and walked in. Danny had gotten home ten minutes before me and was taunting the cats with his flashlight.

Since we had no power and no food that was ready to eat, we decided to go to Denny’s and then Target. I changed clothes, said goodbye to the cats, and headed over to Denny’s on the other side of town.

I had the best damn Denny’s meal I’d ever eaten. It was so good to be in a warm, dry, and “clean well-lighted place.” Next, we roamed Target like old ladies in the grocery store: slowly wandering up and down each aisle trying to remember everything we needed to buy.

We headed home and the power was still out. Double crap.

After unloading our stuff, we laid on the floor and played with the cats some more. We thought about playing scrabble or using the battery power on the laptop to play solitaire. We could have used our flashlights to read books. No. Too boring. All of a sudden, we heard a buzzing. The cats ran to the door of the office. Could it be? Yes! The power was back on! Our printer came on and was clicking and beeping back to life. We joyously walked from room to room blowing out the candles and flipping on the lights. Oh beautiful, glorious, abundant electricity! We hugged each other as we both grinned like lottery winners! We were saved! We had TV, light, and most importantly, the INTERNET!

I probably won’t go to bed until after 1 tonight. I am still too darn excited about having my entertainment back.

So, this is why we don’t go camping. I’m sure it’s great and stuff but….naaah.