Like Kim said in her blog, we are in the midst of an ice storm. We haven’t had power for what is going on six days. We didn’t have water for about four of those days. That is back now- yay! Through all this, we have been camping out on the futon in our living room and heating with a propane heater- it works, but it takes a while to warm the room. Last night, John brought home a kerosene heater. The fumes were terrible, but that thing really put out the heat, so I really couldn’t complain too much. (And yes, I have been testing our CO detector religiously.) I have been showering at my parent’s house, and I have been picking up supper in town on the way home from work. Kind of nice to not have to cook, but we are starting to get bored with the limited selection of restaurants.
So, I would expect that during this time of turmoil, a person’s basic instinct would be to hunker down and just focus on getting through this. Instead, my instinct is to shop. For anything. I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and bought propane and batteries. That helped a little. But I can’t wait until I can hit the mall again or the discount stores. It’s not that I need anything; I just feel a need to consume. Like maybe that new pair of shoes will some how make it less dark in my house. Or a new shade of lipstick will make the food left sitting in my lifeless refrigerator fresh again.
I hope this is over soon, not just for my husband and me, but for everyone. It is pretty scary to think of those people who don’t have a resourceful husband like mine to take care of them and to heat their home for them and to snuggle up next to them at night. He has really come through for us. Maybe I should go buy him something.
