Things I Learned with No Power

• 47F inside a house is cold enough to see your breath.
• Being in a house with no power is NOT like camping; it's worse.
• When your camping, your prepared for no power and cool temperatures.  I was not prepared for a loss of power.
• I have a minimal food supply, but almost none of it can be eaten without cooking.  We have a camp stove, but neither Ken nor I were motivated to use it.  It was easier to go eat meals at the hospital where Ken works.
• Sophia did fine in the cold; I just bundled her up and she slept through it.
• Amelia had a harder time with the cold, and it didn't help that she had a cold too.  It's hard to take a nap when it's cold and you can't breath.  But I think she did better than I did with no TV/ Internet.
• I can live without TV but it was harder to be without the internet.
• Being without power was harder than I thought it would be.  I really feel for people who had to do it longer than the 1 1/2 days we did.
• I think I saw my neighbors more during this week than during the last few months.