I did a little prototyping last night on a couple of origami projects. A friend asked if I could make a Filipino Christmas star and I think I got close with a particular module. It’s not quite there, but I think I could further modify it – photos once it’s done. I also worked on a simple sailboat out of poster board for another friend. The lamp project is on hold until I get these done.<\/p>\n
After watching a little Eureka and playing with the cat, I headed to bed.<\/p>\n
I was up at 3 to use the bathroom, then woke up again later. It seemed really quiet in my room and I realized the fan – which I usually have running – was off. I thought Thunder(cat) might have unplugged it, but when I glanced over at the clock to see what time it was, the clock was dark.<\/p>\n
The power was out.<\/p>\n
I got up and went over to the dresser to check my watch. 5:30 am. I lay back down in bed for a moment and considered my options. If I tried to go back to sleep, I would most likely be late for work since there would be no alarm. If I lay in bed much longer awake, the headache that was starting would go full blown.<\/p>\n
So, I got up and made my way back across the dark room to a storage container where I knew I had – along with other random junk – at least one unused glow stick. I found it, took it out of the package, and snapped it alight – much to the surprise of my cat.<\/p>\n
Then, by the green light of a glow stick, I got dressed and ready for work. Thunder(cat), despite his clearly superior night vision, was no help at all.\u00a0I found my phone, got my swim gear from my extra spooky basement, and went out to the garage. I pulled the release on the door and opened it manually – then closed it again after my car was out.<\/p>\n
The rest of my street was dark – though the traffic light nearby was not. Nor was the rest of the neighborhood, except for a traffic light further down the road. Strange little pockets of power loss.<\/p>\n
I got some breakfast and a sandwich for lunch at Sheetz and fueled up my car. I was early to work and got right into it.<\/p>\n
I’m hoping the power is back on by the time I get home. I think this was my last glow-stick and I don’t know how long it will last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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