It's been one of those weeks, months, where things just run together and sometimes you stop to wonder what day it is.. and what day of what week; shortly stopping to awaken to a day long past where you thought you were. Which brings me to my recent Personal Twilight Zone experience.
Five nights ago, I walk by the kitchen on the way to the stairs and notice the clock on the oven was flashing. There had been no storms nearby, but a slight rainfall can be heard from the streets outside; I look around for my cell phone to find the correct time and quickly make the appropriate adjustements to the click, lit in blue. I move upstairs into the office so I can begin researching topics online when around midnight -- click click buuuuu.. silence, and no power. So I sit and look at the computer screen, now black, and await to resume my project. It flickers a few times and after five minutes or so, returns to normal.
Four nights ago, time for a late night snack.. I parade down into the kitchen at the weeee hours of 3 am for some yogurt. From a distance in the dark, I can see the blue light clock flashing; however I didn't remember the power going off nor seeing the clock flash earlier that evening. I open the fridge and begin eyeballing the shelves to find a trace of the blueberry, not just any will do, and I spy my phone on the kitchen counter. I inform myself of the correct time and make the proper adjustments to the clock on the oven, it stops flashing. Returning to satisfy my late night evil delight, I reach for the refridgerator door and then Dammit! Power goes out again. So I stand at the fridge, one hand on the door and await the glorious lights to pour out of silver box. I was not so lucky this time, after five minutes or so, nothing happened so I decided to feel my way back up the bedroom.
Three days ago -- I return to the house from being out in the yard; its around dusk. The community magazine I discarded earlier that week caught my eye, so I started thumbing through in hopes of finding a good landscaper for a good price. Then the corner of my eye reveals, a blue flashing light. And what else.... my iPhone just happened to be on the counter. Do i set the clock? I thought about it for a minute because of the recent track record for power outages, then decided I couldn't stand seeing it flash all night and day. Oddly enough, I caught myself looking around to see if anyone was going to watch me set it (and I live alone). After setting the clock this time, I waited for the power to flicker, anything. Nothing. An hour later, nothing. Of coursea I had forgotten about it, because it is a silly coincidence. I'm on the phone with mom, chatting away about who knows what and there it was.. yet again, the power goes out. It's around nine o'clock and not time for bed, so I grabbed the iPhone and started playing Texas Hold 'em. About an hour and half later, the power returns and I can feel the clock staring at me because it knows that I know that it is flashing. I ignore it.
The other night -- I go downstairs to make dinner and of course the first thing you have to notice is the clock flashing. Drives me crazy, so I fix it. While making dinner, I honestly didn't think much of the power going out. I mean what are the odds? And the odds were in my favour.. nothing happened. Then around one a.m., I'm getting out of the shower and readying for bed -- bam. Got me naked in the dark and wet. What do you do at this point? So I decided to go downstairs and get the phone so I could call the power company to find out what is happening. Surely there is a loose wire or something hanging off a pole... a stray wire they obviously missed when installing or fixing. Either way, it was out of control. I tried speaking to someone but couldn't figure out what option to push, so I just followed the instructions to report an outage. Automated services... bleh. Lying in bed, a little less than an hour later, the power returns. Had to get out of bed, and turn off all the lights. Sheesh.... people raised in a barn that live in this house.
Which brings me to my story about last night. I'm downstairs, staring at the blue light, it flashes at me, taunting me. As crazy at it seems, I am not setting it. And I didn't... and the power didn't go off. I feel nuts for evening thinking so silly but I bet everyone else reading this has something far stranger and thought stranger things. Ha1
So the question remains in my head, I wonder how long I can hold out before setting the time? I think I can make it to the weekend.