The electric company originally gave us an estimate of Wednesday at 4:30 pm for power restoration, but our second Nor'easter in five days made that impossible. We won the dubious honor of getting the most snow in the county - 17.5" inches. That's a lot of snow to shovel, but not being able to come in to a warm house, make tea, and enjoy a hot meal made it worse.
Without heat, the temperature inside the house got down 48 degrees. We had fires in the fireplace during the evening and that felt pretty toasty, but I started spending my days at the county library to warm up, charge devices, and work as much as I was able. I tried to get on line through the library's wifi, but so were the other 350 people sitting on the floor charging their devices, and the library's network was just overwhelmed.
Our power was restored on Saturday, and I hope it stays that way for a good long time. Six days is too long for me; it's like camping without fun campfire sing-alongs and s'mores. We were somewhat successful at making grilled cheese sandwiches in the fireplace and they were much better than peanut butter and jelly.
I often consider cooking, laundry, vacuuming, and other housework as tedious and unenjoyable tasks, but for now I'm reveling in the sheer joy of being able to do these things (and being delightfully warm while I do them). Electricity is a fine and miraculous thing!
