Southern California is getting pounded by a storm right now. Yesterday it poured and hailed nearly all day long. When I got home, the power was out and I was especially bothered by this because I had dinner in the Crock Pot AND I had just filled my fridge and freezer with food from the market.

I called Edison and apparently the power went out around noonish and there was no update and it was after 5pm. Not good. Plus, it was COLD. So we brought out the sleeping bags and lit a fire and managed to watch a movie on my laptop which died right before the end. Thank goodness for all the PartyLite candles that I bought last year. It may have been dark but the house smelled wonderful and the kids busied themselves with shadow puppets and their iPods. Okay, so we weren’t really “roughing it” with iPods and a laptop but a laptop with no WiFi? Now THAT’S roughing it.

I was also a bit miffed because I had about fifty pages left of Things I Want My Daughters To Know and I was unable to finish them in the dark. You just don’t realize how much you rely on modern conveniences until they are gone.

At about 3am, my alarm clock started to flash at me and the heater kicked on. I was so happy to not have to go into work with a wet head of hair. It’s hard to imagine anyone doing the “happy dance” at 3am but I did! I hope the downpour today does not cause any problems later.