Last Night

yesterday was our 2nd full day without power. long story short, our landlord changed our account so that we give her cash and she pays the power company- bad idea. on wednesday, our power was cut. by the time we figured this out, that it wasn't just a power outage, the offices had closed. and our landlord is out of town for who-knows-how long. so first thing on thursday morning eric went to the office, and found out that though we had been paying her every month, she hadn't paid the bill since december. december!! i mean, we are probably paying for this trip that she is on with our power money. so eric paid the amount in full, and they said that the power would be turned on the following day. frustrating, but okay. the business hours came and went, and by 3:30 the power had still not been turned on. i called the office and they said that we are on the list, but the list is long, and if it isn't on by 4, then they would get to it on monday. 6 days without power, and that is considering that they actually do get to it on monday. we are camping in our own apartment! my favorite part is that we keep forgetting to buy a lighter to light our stove, so 5 times a day, i light a paper towel outside from our water heater pilot light and carefully walk back into the kitchen, torch in hand, to light our stove. who knows when we'll see our land lord again. the whole thing is pretty ridiculous. and did i say long story short? i meant long story long.


here are a few picture from our night our last night. oh, and the bottom photo is our scrappy set-up to power the fridge. our neighbors downstairs are kind enough to let us run a big ol' extension chord from their apartment.