Long dark week in Cincinnati

Okay, so we had a wind storm on Sunday all day long. It was very windy, thought I saw Toto go by once. Anyway with all the wind over a million households (you guessed it) ours included lost power at about 12:30pm Sunday. Just long enough past kick off that I was heavily in football salivation mode. So I thought, okay so the lights are out for a few hours no biggie. Well here I sit six days later and no power still. You got it no power still. Everything in the fridge and freezer is gone, and I just finished grocery shopping on Saturday evening. And you have never seen physical comedy until you watch me try to take a shower in 40 degree water. Lather here rinse there, ssssshhhake and shhhivver here, rinse there, a few profanities utttteeeeerrrrrreeeeeedddd hhhhheeeerrrreeee. Well you get the idea. I went on an exercise and diet strike this week too. I figured if I have to live in the dark, and shower in the frigid waters of the north, then at least I'm going to enjoy eating, and its not like I can run on the treadmill without electricity. I did do a 5 mile run through the neighborhood on Tuesday and lifted weights, but that was the extent of my exercise this week short of walking back to the kitchen for a second helping of caramel apple. So Duke Energy was in the neighborhood tonight and I had mixed desire to shoot at them, and hug them for being there. They told me that they had to replace two poles, several transformers and trim some trees and that by late morning/early afternoon tomorrow we should have power again. I hear the hallelujah chorus somewhere in the distance and joy fills my heart. People are at wits end, and I will tell you this experience has convinced me that I both need to buy a generator and a gun. Because if power ever goes out for more than a week, it is quite clear I'll need both.