Electronic Detox

So a few days ago a transformer blewup. That left me without any electricity. Well, that's fine, I thought. I got together some candles and played some D&D with my roommate. This is going to be fun, I can handle this. Day 2. Ok, so I woke up and lit the candle now in the bathroom and started the shower. Five minutes later I realize that the hot water heater is electrical. Shit. Ok, breathe deep, I'll be fine, I can handle this. Breakfast time, shit, the fridge doesn't work, ok, it's fucking cold outside, so move all the perishables outside. Now it's breakfast time. Ok, so the stove is electric too. What the fuck, what a really bad setup. By now I'm starting to get pissed. Ok, breathe deep, relax, warm up, ah hah, Ram's Horn. Had a grosse omelette with grosse orange juice, better than nothing. Let's stay out of the house went to Chris's parent's house picked up a propane camping stove and lantern. Get back home, holy shit it's freezing and we're afraid some of his reptiles won't make it. Oh well. Step one, get the stove working. Grabbed the propane tank from the grill, hook it up to the stove, start some water boiling and heat up some rice for lunch. I'm reading a book, it helps a bit. Get some warm lunch and hot tea in me, feels better, but I'm starting to get a weird headache. Chris goes to work. I'm alone, I'm cold, I have a wretched headache, and I'm in no mood to deal with much of anything. I should call James, he offered me a shower, I must remember, relying on others is good. I force myself to call James, he's not home, I can't use his shower, but he does suggest going to a coffee house to read. You're a life saver James. I go to Caribou, it's dead. Whatever, chat with Alex a bit, read for several hours. Jenni's coming home soon, guess I better wrap up and head home. Stop by Subway incase the electrical is still off. As I drive home a pray it's on because I don't know how much more I can take. But I also pray that it stays off for a week, because this is definitly a good experience for me. It's on. That's good, I take a shower. But I also take this time to reflect. I shall now be turning off my computer when I'm not home, I will only use one IM client, I'm going to stop finding stuff to do online and start finding stuff to do offline. This will be good. I hope...