It's Been Awhile

I'm back, so to speak. Been doing alot of thinking lately. Been doing alot of drinking too....LOL!!!

The basement is perfect. I still don't have it set up the way I would like, but it's getting there. So far the first part of 09 has been pretty rough. We had an ice storm a week ago and were without power for 5 days. I live in a rural area and it was colder than shit in the house. I was unprepared. We lost power on a Tuesday night. I thought nothing of it and went to sleep thinking the power would be back in the morning. Boy was I wrong. My whole town was out and they were saying that it could take up to a week for full restoration.

The temps outside were in the teens at best and below at night. I had to find a way to heat my house or we would freeze to death, not to mention the pipes would burst. I didn't have the money for a generator, so I decided on getting a couple kerosene heaters.

Now, the whole town was out, the whole area was out. I think I would have had a better chance hitting the lotto than buying a kerosene heater. I had this lame brained idea I would try candles.......ya I know. My lady said the same thing. I went out and got about 80 candles, needles to say they didn't work. A friend of mine did not have power as well, but he had 2 gas fireplaces. He invited me and the lady over, I declined because of our dog. He is a real asshole to strangers. My buddy did have 2 kerosene heaters though. He let me borrow them.

Man. Those heaters saved my ass. It was toasty warm in our pad. I went over a couple times and checked on our neighbors, he went out a got a generator. They were cool. Everybody else on our street split. So that week was boring as hell. I had this little black and white TV powered by batteries that we were watching and shit. I didn't drink no beers. Was going too, but figured I better keep my wits in case something happened.

Well, we have now had our power back on for 3 days. I am still a little worried about losing it again. Those heaters are standing at the ready if I do, along with the little TV.

This is never going to happen again. I WILL BE PREPARED!!

That's it. Gotta work tonight, this is my Monday, so tossing back a few is gonna have to wait.

I just hope the power remains stable.