We're in the midst of a heat wave here in the STL. I've never been a huge fan of A/C before I moved here, where its a total necessity. Now I'm hooked. Last night the power went out (again!) just as we were getting ready for bed.
- Power failure. A/c and fans die.
- Lay in bed, willing myself to fall asleep before the room heats up and the stuffiness overtakes me.
- Turn over.
- Turn over.
- Retrieve a damp washcloth from the bathroom to place on my forehead.
- A. decides he can't stand it and must open the windows.
- Neighbor turns on what sounds like a trash compactor, but must be a generator.
- Extremely loud bug, that sounds like a bug-zapper starts going to town outside the window.
- I will myself to block it out. A. goes outside, in the dark, to try to find the offending bug. Branches are shaken. To no avail.
- Decide the windows must be closed.
- The wind picks up. Decide windows should be open.
- Wind blessedly quiets the bug, and partially drowns out the generator. But now i'm stuck thinking about the dead branches in the back yard falling on the electric lines.
- A few minutes of fine, sweet, cool breeze...
- Thunderstorm parks directly above our house. Cacophony of thunder and intense flashes of lighting.
- Remember I left my bike outside.
- Rain is so hard its spraying in the window, across the floor to the bed where it hits our legs.
- (Finally!) drift off for a few blissful moments.
- 4 a.m.: Power comes back on. Every light in the house seems to be on. As well as a radio. And the A/C. Get up to turn things off.
- Dream about being in a medical experiment where I'm not allowed to sleep.
1 comment:
this was me last night! except insert: boyfriend getting home at 4:30am from a gig. arg.
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