Life With Lisa: The Power Went Out

Who knew that something so pretty, fluffy looking, and fun to play in would become such a big problem? Who knew I would be out a whole week from school, because of this fluffy mess (I needed a break anyways, but still!)? Who knew that after about the third day of school closure, things were getting old, dangerous, and cold?

Snow! How could snow cause so many problems?!

So if you didn’t know, I live here in the states, in the Northwest to be exact! We’re used to the cold, and the rain, but not twelve or more inches of snow! When it hit us, it was all fun and games at first, school was out, I had more time to read, do homework and just hang out. But after about the second or third day, I was tired of being cold, stuck inside, and not being able to see ALL of my friends from school.

That fourth night, I remember going to bed, and watching the news. Listening to the reporter telling us that snow was sure to melt by the next morning, and that schools would open up again if not in the morning, it would be at least a late start. Well, that report was VERY WRONG!

I woke up the next morning, with a good foot of snow in my front yard! I’m not even sure if you would consider it snow, since the top layer was frozen ice. The streets and trees were covered in this ice! I couldn’t believe my eyes! And again school was out!

I remember going to bed Wednesday night, hoping and praying it would go away, and go away fast (come out suuun, where are you?). All that night, I would randomly wake up to my printer turning on and off, being super loud, and doing, who knows what. At that time (middle of the night) I didn’t pay too close attention, I just wanted to go back to bed.

But I should have known, I should have payed attention to the clues!

The power went out! Not just a hour, or two. Not even just one day, but three! Three days without power! Lisa can not survive without Internet, checking her email, or blogging! The first day without power wasn’t too bad, since Josh was over, and we were having fun. But after the first night, the house was freezing, and we basically had nothing, but my small radio!

But I stayed strong and survived!

My friends are all okay, my family is safe, and none of my neighbors are hurt! We’re all fine! But within this last week, I learned tons of lessons!! The biggest one being, is always stayed prepared for anything, have flashlights, candles, and tons of canned food ready for any possible emergencies.

Even though the power outage sucked, I hope you guys enjoyed this week’s Life with Lisa, and make sure to check out my blog post on Turning Pages, and learn different ways to prepare for power outages!

Lisa