Powerless

When I got home from the gym this morning, and walked in the kitchen, I noticed there were no lights on the stove or the microwave. Joe was cutting up veggies for our Sunday breakfast, and he said, Yep. It went out about half hour ago.

Damn! I just changed all those stupid clocks and now Ill have to do it all over again!

I called the energy company and had a meltdown with the poor guy on the line. It takes forever to work through their IVR system and finally speak to a real person. If I had a gas leak, I would be dead by the time someone came on the line.

Anyway, he took my information and said it might take up to three hours to get the power back on.

I calmed down and went to take a shower, as I was covered in sweat and wearing stinky sweaty clothes from my awesome workout.

A few minutes into my shower, I heard Joe call through the door that the power was back on. Yes, I could hear the furnace firing back up.

While I was changing those stupid clocks AGAIN, I thought that we were out of power for about an hour. Those poor people out east have been without power for days. Some of them are stranded in their apartments and have nowhere to go.

Unfortunately, this horrible storm destroyed major infrastructure, and it takes time to work through it. But Americans are so weird sometimes; we expect everything to be fixed in one day. I believe everyone is doing the best they can, and everyone will eventually be helped.

I was lucky, my power was out only an hour, and if went longer, I could get in my car and go somewhere like a hotel.

I watched Chris Rocks documentary Good Hair last night. I have white hair, straight, fine, and simple. Ive only dyed it once and I didnt like it. Im OK with going gray. My hair is fine, so my stylist has a figured out a way to cut it so it looks thicker and all I have to do is blow it out and I look pretty darn good.

I couldnt imagine having pressure to relax my hair or add a weave to make it longer and fuller. Those weaves cost from $1,000 and on up. Did you know most of that hair comes from India? Women in India will undergo a total head shaving twice in their lives and the temples sell the hair to America. The hair is worth more than gold!

It was just an eye opening documentary about something I dont ever really think about. What is good hair anyway? No one likes their own hair. But I cant see spending $1,000 on it. I dont know. I dont walk in a black womans shoes.

I baked apple crisp today. I ran the gas out of the lawn mower. I pulled out the snowblower, so were ready to go if we get a lot of snow. I didnt have to use it last year, not even once. That was a good winter. I hope history repeats itself.

woman in the moon

November 4, 2012

I love the geese at the cemetery. When I was in the Cities last summer I thought of you and Ray when I went by the cemetery. I know what you mean about being briefly without ‘necessities’ and being almost unable to imagine what it would be like to be without them for a period of time. I assume our local REC linemen have gone out to help. They always do when they are needed.

gel

I actually like my hair-it is healthy and strong and thick and grows like a weed! I can’t even imagine what the poor people in the east are going through-especially those who lost their houses.

lifeonacitybusem4

I’ve been meaning to watch that documentary. My roommate has very African hair, and she goes through a lot of trouble to get it braided. She’ll wear a hat at all times if there are no braids in.

I do agree on the outrageous amounts people spend on their hair. But I can’t say too much because I dye mine – or else I’d be totally grey, and I’m not ready for that! 🙁 Our power was out for 24 hours and I was very inconvenienced but like you, kicked myself for complaining when so many had it so much worse.

a mote, floating

Love the geese! We had power outages twice over the summer; they lasted only a couple hours at most. In 2004 we were w/o power for 4 days with Frances & then for 2 days with Jeanne, but we were fine. A NY friend has been w/o for a week & charges her electronics (& showers) at the gym. Only place she drives to after waiting 4 hrs in line for gas. My hair’s thin, but I keep it plain; no problems.

(Oriental Princess)

candles…romantic 🙂

gray tabby

November 5, 2012

i hope we have little snow this winter, too. i loved last winter!! i have brown hair with some gray, it’s thick and coarse and swells up to major frizz when it’s damp. loved living in colorado cause i had very few bad hair days. the longest i’ve been out of power is 18 hours back in dec ’08 after the ice storm. thank goodness, my daughter lives next door to me and i can go there. she rarely losespower. take care,

mcbee

November 7, 2012

I like my hair. I didn’t know that women in India donated it but my daughter did. Here, we could die without power in the winter for any period of time.

XOXO

November 9, 2012

November 11, 2012

RYN: She’s computer literate so I’m sure she’ll be fine!

Jinn

I can not imagine what the people in New Jersey and Staten Island have been going through. I watch CNN interviewing them and I feel sick. How can you live in a high rise with no lights, heat and not being able to even flush the toilet ? No way to keep food.. They say they are staying put because of all the looting. Sad people will do that to people who have lost almost everything.

I have super fine blonde hair . It’s the bane of my life. I usually just wash it , air dry it and put it in a ponytail . Can’t be bothered to fuss more than that … Instead of turning gray , it seems its turning white in streaks. It’s always been a bunch of different shades of blonde all my life.