Friday, October 4

Things I know about being disorganised and power outages

Apparently the best time to work on these beauties is the
middle of the night. Or at least that is the case where I live
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This week Things I Know is brought to you care of a power cut which went from 10.02pm Thursday night till 3.34am Friday morning. Because apparently you don't need electricity when you are sleeping. Which I might point out could well be true if you didn't live in the tropics during the build up. Thankfully though prior to the black out the very first rains of the season bore down from some rather black clouds that passed by making everything a bit cooler than what it has been of late.

Anyway being the largely disorganised being that I am, coupled with the fact that it is school holidays, I naturally didn't have a post scheduled before the power went out. Thankfully (or not) Lovely awoke at 3.08am and lay there yelling about how hot it was without the fan on. She then moved on to how dark it was.

Somehow I refrained from strangling her, or repeatedly stabbing her with a fork which quick frankly I think is a rather major achievement. Instead I calmly sat with her in the hope she would nod back off to the land of sleep. All the while going holy toledo batman I haven't sorted TIK for this week.

Just as I made the decision to get my phone and use the remaining 30% battery to see if I could do a rather dodgy make do post before the battery went flat the powers that be took pity on me and returned electricity to my humble abode (and the entire suburb). As the computer automatically came on as well (on account of me forgetting about the notified power outage and it being turned on when the power went out) I took it as the perfect time to get this post out. I mean 3.59am has to be good for something doesn't it?

Zany has now joined me which means I know it is well and truly time to wrap this baby up.

I know that I will be back at a more reasonable time and share some more things I know over at Making Time to Make it Matter because this week I really wanted to share the things I know about hanging with lots of kids during the school holidays.

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13 comments:

  1. ann4 October 2013 at 05:57

    Linked and run again but will be back for sure later today!!

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    1. Rhianna 4 October 2013 at 09:02

      No worries lovely, thanks so much for joining in, hope you have a wonderful day

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    2. ann5 October 2013 at 07:44

      I hate having no power, last year all the power poles in my street were replaced which meant days of having the power turned off. It meant forced housework for me as my computer only works if it is plugged into the wall!!

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    3. Rhianna 8 October 2013 at 12:36

      Oh gosh Ann that must have been awful.

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  2. Kirsty4 October 2013 at 06:21

    Whenever we lose power I really do realise just how horrifyingly dependent I am on technology. It's really quite depressing. Happy the power came back on and I hope the rains bring some relief for you all up there! Have a great weekend Rhi!

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    1. Janet Camilleri4 October 2013 at 07:58

      We have a gas cooktop and hot water - BUT - somehow (I think it's just the hot water) has an electric ignition so STILL doesn't work when the power goes out! WTF!

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    2. Rhianna 4 October 2013 at 09:04

      We have gas oven and cook top and solar hot water, not that we really need hot water up here at the moment. The thing that gets me most about no electricity is the peace and quiet.

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  3. EssentiallyJess4 October 2013 at 06:37

    Oh man! I would have got very cranky with her!
    We had power all last night thankfully! I get so frustrated when it's out like that in the middle of the night

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    1. Rhianna 4 October 2013 at 09:05

      Cranky wasn't even the start of if Jess, let's just say she was lucky there were no forks handy and I was too lazy to walk down stairs to get one. There was maintenance apparently that needed to be done, we were notified about it a week or so ago but naturally I totally for got all about it.

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  4. Janet Camilleri4 October 2013 at 07:57

    Now that's blog dedication. Even if my kids woke me at 3am, I still couldn't be stuffed to put a blog post together!!!

    Hope you catch up on some shut eye over the weekend!

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    1. Rhianna 4 October 2013 at 09:09

      I had been asleep for about six hours by that time Janet so my body thought it had to stay awake. Figured when the power came back on I may as well use the time wisely. I hope I catch up on the shut at lunch time!

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  5. The Kids Are All Right5 October 2013 at 06:17

    I always keep a super stocked freezer and fridge, which means whenever there's a power outage my thought turns to all the cooking I will have to do with the defrosted meat. Not fun in a heatwave either :)

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    1. Rhianna 8 October 2013 at 12:36

      yes I worry about that as well. Thankfully though we have a few good hours of no power before that has to happen

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