Blackout

Starting around 5:45 tonight, we have had thunderstorms. At 6:57 pm, when the chicken was 3 minutes from being done on the George Foreman grill, the tater tots were 4 minutes from being cooked in the oven, and the corn was waiting for 3 minutes in the microwave, the power went out. This was unfortunate, since we were very hungry. We lit candles, got out our emergency lamp, and spent some time in our dark apartment. The best candles we have for power outages are the ones left in our room on our wedding night. They give off a lot of light and burn really slowly! I tried to take some pictures, which are what we posted, but it turns out it is not so easy to take pictures in a dark apartment. What we have posted are the ones that sort of came out. After waiting a half an hour, and worried that this could go on all night (thus making opening the fridge unwise), we decided that dinner would need to come from somewhere else. So, we had an impromptu dinner at Panera. Just as we were leaving Panera, the somewhat gentle rain became a torrential downpour and we got soaked running the 10 feet to the car. Granted, Hannah's run was more of a fast waddle, but it was a heavy rain none the less. Luckily, by the time we got home, the rain had settled down again so we didn't get too wet on our way in. We spent some time chatting, and the lights came back on around 8:30pm. This was a relief, because the apartment was becoming very humid and I was not looking forward to a night without air conditioning (for reference, see "Is it just me or did 60 degrees suddenly become hot" post). The storm is still going on, but we have power now! We've been joking that this would be the night for the baby to be born - thunderstorms raging, power on and off, etc... The story could start "It was a dark and stormy night ..." There's no indication this will happen, but it would be a great story.