聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 It was a bit of an interesting day there on Feb. 28 when the lights went out from Carlyle to the Manitoba border鈥� thankfully it was a beautiful day out, but the power was off for 15 hours, came back on in Carlyle for an hour, and then was off again for about an hour before coming back for good.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 amazing how much we rely on electricity and technology these days. Growing up on the farm if there was ever a power outage that seemed to be extended out came the generator and a fire was lit in the fireplace downstairs 鈥� that thing could heat the whole house.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sitting in my apartment though was a little bit different. When I went to bed, I hadn鈥檛 checked to see what SaskPower had said about how long the power would be off, so I plugged in my phone expecting it to be charged in the morning as I automatically thought it would only be out for a couple hours tops.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 When I awoke in the morning, no such luck. I went and plugged my phone into my truck to charge and checked out what was going on via my SaskPower app. My first thought was about the paper. In Carlyle we send to press on Wednesdays and it has to be at the plant by noon鈥� well that wasn鈥檛 going to happen, luckily we had that hour in the afternoon and our production got it sent鈥� otherwise we were going to be lacking a paper that week.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, what does one do when the power is out? Luckily it was a beautiful day, so I opened up any blinds where sun might be able to come in to keep the apartment relatively warm. I avoided opening up the freezer or fridge to avoid letting the cold air escape鈥� and for lunch I used the BBQ鈥� and I barbequed a can of soup. I can honestly say that鈥檚 something I never thought I would ever do. Looking back on it I could have pulled out my little camp stove, but oh well.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I read a book, which because of this job I don鈥檛 get around to a whole lot, I look at words for most of the day and reading a book for enjoyment 鈥� although I鈥檝e always enjoyed reading 鈥� isn鈥檛 necessarily my go to.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I also had my camera at home鈥� so the cat that I found on the streets, which now lives with me got to have a photo shoot. In a very short two-months I鈥檝e become the 鈥渃razy cat lady,鈥� but I have to say the pictures are pretty darn cute.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In reality I never thought that I would ever own a cat in my life. I consider myself a dog person, so when this little thing showed up at The Observer frozen in January we formed a bond as she sat on my lap for the entire day in my office as I worked. Maybe I鈥檓 more of an animal person.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 She lost half of her ear due to it having froze, which was quite the odd experience finding that鈥� luckily I didn鈥檛 find it in my bed鈥� but I did find it on the floor near my couch 鈥� it was cold, furry, wrinkled, and hard鈥� what was it? I dropped it quickly. Looked to my cat and realized it was just her ear. It was definitely weird finding that one though.
The other day when it began snowing she spent her time on the windowsill watching it come down... the last storm she would have been outside for seeking shelter鈥� so, I spent my time watching her and wondering what was going through her mind as the snow fell.
