November 17, 1998
Power to the People!
This is one of the rare entries that was not originally typed. There's a very good reason for that. Power outage. Apparently Michcon cut our power line while digging out front. Oh, and I'm at work, by the way. But do I get to go home? No - because the phones still work, of course.
So here I sit, in a dim office building. You'd be amazed how much quieter it is without the hum of electricity - fluorescent lights, computers, printers, fax machines. The only sound is the occasional ring of the phones (damn them!) and the murmuring of voices. It's an odd situation - it's peaceful, but there's this underlying tension from the higher-ups. Not in my department though. Here in Services Reception all is candlelight and jelly beans.
I'm serious.
The power goes out here fairly often, so we have a fair supply of candles here. All of us have three or four candles on our desks, so it smells nice here. and a support rep brought over a full bag of Smuckers jelly beans that she wanted to get rid of. So we're cooperating.
Of course, Jo's statement was that our desks look like altars.
I suppose there are worse things than working by candlelight. I can, however, think of lots of other things I'd rather do by candlelight.
Later
Power again! I'm not sure this is a good thing or a bad thing, though. It's been a nice, soothing day. I suppose I shouldn't complain, otherwise I'd be sitting here in the dark until 8:00 PM. And if I'm going to be sitting in the dark talking on the phone, I'd at least rather it was with a friend.
And speaking of friends... sounds like it's another Tios night with Jo, Chris and Jeff. Who are in need of a nickname, cause I'm tired of typing 'Jo, Chris and Jeff'. At any rate, more real life is a good thing.
Even if it means sitting in the dark.
