banana-haters have feelings too

top ten things to do when you don't have electricity or running water:

you know, just in case a blackout this crazy ever happens again...

10. do NOT, i repeat, do NOT freak out. some people got arrested at a gas station after discovering they were out of gas. sheesh, you people need to CALM DOWN. it's not like it was their fault!

9. learn how to entertain yourself after 9pm without any lights, tv, computer, stereo, air conditioning... some suggestions: crossword puzzles by candlelight, late night chats in the dark, or star-gazing because they're more visible when there are no city lights around.

8. stay in the western-most part of your house in the evening so as to make use of the sunlight as best as possible.

7. play board games with your family and take turns manually oscillating the one little battery-operated fan you own.

6. instead of dinner and a movie, have dinner and a shower at your friends in canton or taylor or wherever they had power first.

5. thank whoever decided not to get rid of your one telephone that wasn't cordless

4. reserve one toilet at home for going #2 and wait til everyone has gone to use distilled water to flush it down. hopefully it'll work, unlike our experience.

3. make everyone have milk and cereal, orange juice and cold leftover spaghetti so it won't go to waste. (the toilet thing is important after having had milk and oj together...)

2. take a shower outside in the rain - my brother did! it was the highlight of my day.

1. thank God for all the things you take for granted, and learn that we depend on God alone to provide for us!


:: i hope you all were safe and clean during the blackout! leave your entertaining stories in the shout-outs!

posted by Laura @ 11:32 AM