Woke up last night with a hot flash and went to pull my little fan on the bedside table to point at me more directly and realized the fan was not on and neither was anything else. The power was out and why, I do not know as there was only a gentle rain falling outside the window. It was off for hours and it annoyed me, even as I was not really annoyed because what are you going to do? And as always, I thought of the people who have lived in this house for over a hundred and fifty years and how so many of them did not have electricity at all, never, nor indoor plumbing and I'm such a whiney butt, a wussy, because my sleep is disturbed by the lack of my fan and I couldn't believe I couldn't sleep after the day's work I'd done.
Oh well.
And then when I got up I was shocked, shocked! I tell you! to realize that my coffee hadn't gone off as programmed because the power had been out, of course, and honey, these are first world problems if there ever were first world problems and I am amused at how ridiculously dependent I am on my little fan, my programmable coffee pot.
I am trying to learn how to do the panoramic function on my iPhone camera but I'm not very good at keeping the little arrow pointed on the straight line which could be a metaphor for my life but to continue on with the metaphor, that very inability can lead to some interesting images.
See above.
I assure you that the back of my sink is not curved at all and I have tried three times to keep the little arrow on the straight and narrow but I cannot.
Still. Interesting.
It is gray and chilly here today and I need to take a walk, I need to go to town the library to return things and get new things and can I say that I really enjoyed reading The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? You might too. Now I really want to see the movie.
What a small life I lead in this big world. I think of Jessie and Vergil in Italy and how they will soon be going to Bhutan and I can't even imagine it but I want to think of Jessie in a sari, wrapped in splendor, her tall American self made exotic like the Marigold Hotel.
My pea vines are blooming and should be making peas soon. Squirrels are chasing each other around the back yard. We have power.
Good morning.
Marigold Hotel was good. The movie was also heart-warming. I would like to go to India someday. Maybe there will be an opportunity when Americans aren't targeted everywhere as being evil. But we are in many ways because of our lust for oil and starting wars to get oil. I can't blame other countries.
ReplyDeleteGray and cold here today, too, after yesterday's brilliant blue.
ReplyDeleteMay the force remain with you. No power is such a hard concept to absorb.
Bhutan. Wowwowow.
Our power was out the other day, off and on. It was driving me nuts! I woke up the second it went out because I also became instantly hot, thanks to the ceiling fan stopping. How did women go through menopause in the days of no power? :)
ReplyDeleteYour writing is so intimate and intriguing Ms. Moon.
ReplyDeleteI love your first world problems, especially how put out you were that the coffee pot bent to the will of the power outage, which is a third world problem i was very familiar with growing up! i laughed out loud at my desk and people in my office looked at me oddly as they walked by. i loved the movie the best exotic marigold hotel. i am curious to know what you will think of it having read the book first?
ReplyDeleteI haven't read The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, but I did see the movie and it is a joy.
ReplyDeleteI've heard great things about that movie, but I haven't seen it or read the book either. I'd probably be enjoying it a hell of a lot more than this thing I'm reading now.
ReplyDeleteOur power used to go out all the time when I was a kid in Pasco, but my mom swears it's much more reliable these days. Maybe not in Lloyd. :)
Syd- Yeah, we've pretty much destroyed our reputation in the world. Bush had a lot to do with that, I think.
ReplyDeleteDenise- I know- BHUTAN! Crazy. They're going to a wedding there.
heartinhand- I ponder that question all of the time and I think that a lot of women just didn't make it to the age of menopause and if they did, they probably murdered their families with axes. Or something. That's what I'd probably do.
Theresa- Thank you!
Angella- First world problems can be serious for us first-world people. I swear. Sort of. Okay, not really. I hope to see that movie this week.
Stephanie- I think I'm going to like it.
Steve Reed- Not so reliable in Lloyd. No. Since I've lived here, the power company has changed its name twice. I just got a notice that it's changed it's name again. What? I can't keep up.