Such a strange evening then morning.

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A power outage yesterday afternoon put an odd spin on things.  While I have lighting options, only flashlights are right to hand.  I suspect very minor looking would find lamps, with oil, ready.  I wasn't in the mood to read though.  What else would there have been to do in such light?  Instead I went in to sleep.

I had to get up, to check my wires.  As cold as it is, I would need heat, which would require electricity for the fan.  If it was my wires down, they would never know.  I could wake in serious trouble and in a frozen home.  Thankfully it wasn't my wires.  I decided to call it in anyway.  By 19:00, yes they knew, had a crew on site, would send updates.  So, back to bed.  Couldn't sleep, wasn't time... rested.

It all came back at about exactly 19:00.  The second outage this week.  It always gives cause for concern when it is this cold.  If it isn't terribly unusual.  No complaints.  Perhaps I should set the temp to 72 and leave it there though.  It had already dropped to 66 or lower.  That in what had been 72, and the heated parts.  While I had usually been doing 70, I had it up during the day the last few days to encourage activity.  As cold as it is getting, perhaps 72 to keep more cushion.  My bedroom, which doesn't have ducts, is 49° F... if that is both normal and preferred... or cooler.

I woke with the lights.  A dinner, Internet, if I couldn't do much.  As with this morning... stuck in, at, Nothingsville.  You have no idea the hunger to do, work, play, but with no mechanical means to that end.  I'll get fatted tea, to warm me before checking on the ducks.  Last I checked, shortly before the outage, their water was thawed.  They don't drink at night though.  It will be frozen.  Oh, I need more basins.  One broke in the cold. But I want taller ones, of similar volume.  I might get four, and insulation so as to create an insulated nest... see if that might make it through the night.

Oh, has youtube died, or just shut of access "to some"?  Wondering if anyone else can't get vids to play.  Can get to the site, just not play vids.

I'll try to do some other work today.  Oh, the hydrated lime, or such, will be in today.  Which means shopping, so a shower.  Ugh.  Later.