Power Cuts

It is common to lose power for 4 hours at a time. This happens about 2 to 3 times a week. The power company just cant keep up with demand, so they "load shed" by cutting power in different parts of the city throughout the week. This power outage affects many stores, who have turned to generators to keep their businesses open. It also affects stop lights....which is a nightmare in rush hour traffic! But generally speaking, since we know they will happen, we just live with the power outages.

Yesterday was a different story. We lost 4 hours of power in the morning (which reset my alarm clock...Thank God for a flexible work schedule!) Then we lost power again at 2PM. This would have been fine. With the usual 4 hour cut, we would have gotten power back at 6PM...just in time for dinner. BUT NO...our power DID come back on at 6PM...for 2 minutes!!! And they cut it again!! So Sara and I lit a candle and laid around for a while talking. Then by 8 we were hungry. So we went to get dinner at a restaurant. And when we got home, we only had to wait a little while and the power finally came on and stayed on.

I dont know why we were so lucky to have our power turned off for 12 hours in one day! But I sure hope this doesnt happen again!