What if "No Power" Could Happen? I am Intrigued by a new tv show
I have been watching the new show on television called Revolution. In it, earth has lost all power, (we don't yet know how or why, a la "LOST") and we get to see when it happened, just after it happened, and more than a decade following the event. I was intrigued by the commercials and more than a few minutes long teasers, and I am absolutely enthralled with the actual show. Its the best validation of the saying, "What if...starts all the best stories."
I have been enlightened to my dependency on electricity. I was recently sick for two days, and when I returned to work I had a record number of voice mails and emails. And that's just for two
days. So, I got to thinking...what would my life be like without power?
A Day In The Life With No Power:
First, I wake up late because I have no alarm. I take a shower but I can't blow dry my hair so I look like crap. That's okay though, because without power, there are no supermodels. Score!I make the kids breakfast with NO microwave and they still miss Eggos in the toaster. Which now just stores notebooks.I ride my bike to work since I only work three miles away. It still kills me. Also, I have not been able to get the car out of the garage since the power went out. I use the van for an extra closet now.At work, there is no coffee machine so everyone has their own thermos full of the sweet elixir. Sometimes two thermoses look alike and there is a fist fight in the lobby. It breaks up the monotony of the day and a break from handwriting everything.Paychecks still come on Friday, but they are in scrip. I pedal like a maniac to the store to get fresh kill for supper. On the other side of town, Husband is pedaling like mad too. Whoever gets there first doesn't have to heat up water for the kids baths. And drag it in buckets upstairs.Weekends we take turns guarding our stockpile and laugh about shows we used to watch, especially Coupon Clippers and Honey Boo Boo. Then we stop laughing when we realize, we live a LOT like Honey Boo Boo now.I know there are other modern conveniences we would miss, but these are the ones that readily come to mind. What POWERful extravagance would you miss most?
I have been enlightened to my dependency on electricity. I was recently sick for two days, and when I returned to work I had a record number of voice mails and emails. And that's just for two
days. So, I got to thinking...what would my life be like without power?
A Day In The Life With No Power:
First, I wake up late because I have no alarm. I take a shower but I can't blow dry my hair so I look like crap. That's okay though, because without power, there are no supermodels. Score!I make the kids breakfast with NO microwave and they still miss Eggos in the toaster. Which now just stores notebooks.I ride my bike to work since I only work three miles away. It still kills me. Also, I have not been able to get the car out of the garage since the power went out. I use the van for an extra closet now.At work, there is no coffee machine so everyone has their own thermos full of the sweet elixir. Sometimes two thermoses look alike and there is a fist fight in the lobby. It breaks up the monotony of the day and a break from handwriting everything.Paychecks still come on Friday, but they are in scrip. I pedal like a maniac to the store to get fresh kill for supper. On the other side of town, Husband is pedaling like mad too. Whoever gets there first doesn't have to heat up water for the kids baths. And drag it in buckets upstairs.Weekends we take turns guarding our stockpile and laugh about shows we used to watch, especially Coupon Clippers and Honey Boo Boo. Then we stop laughing when we realize, we live a LOT like Honey Boo Boo now.I know there are other modern conveniences we would miss, but these are the ones that readily come to mind. What POWERful extravagance would you miss most?
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