Tormenta de Viento

Tuesday night, the wind picked up quite drastically.  I was of course wandering around the house cleaning up and getting ready for bed while watching/listening to my recently acquired Big Bang Theory Season 4 DVD's.  While brushing my teeth, I heard a large bang and nearly spewed my toothpaste all over the mirror.  Then the lights went out.  AWESOME.  Apparently a transformer blew down the street.  All the lights were off in the park across the street and all down my street.

Thankfully, I brought a flashlight with me when I came to Mexico.  It's been put to more use than I would have originally expected.  I found the flashlight and continued to get ready for bed (as I finished the episode I was on... since my laptop still had battery left), wondering if my water heater would still work without electricity (yes, at this point I really didn't have much hope workers would fix the electricity until the next day).  I really didn't want to take a cold shower in the morning.  I must say the nice thing about Mexico is that not everything is run off of electricity.  I have a gas stove, gas water heater... I could cook, take warm showers (I hoped).  The only issue is the fridge.  Conveniently enough I was down to nubs that day, so the only thing I threw away in the morning was an egg, two pieces of uncooked chicken.and a bit of milk.  I had to throw away A LOT more when our fridge went out in Rochester.

Ok, random tangent, when I was buying a fridge, I flat out refused to have those tiny fridges with a box freezer.  No way, I use the freezer a lot!  Guess how many times I've had something in the freezer in the 5 months I've been here... ... ... go ahead, guess... ... nope. you're wrong.  The answer is never.  I've yet to actually USE my freezer.  I guess I do eat quite differently here.

Anyway, getting back on track, I really didn't lose that much as far as food was concern.  I got up that morning and my water heater DOES work when the electricity is out.  Overall, the only thing that you miss is the entertainment... internet, tv (if I had one), being able to charge your electronic devices.  The only thing that I found that I really needed were a bunch of candles.  It was such a pain to carry around the flashlight with me where ever I went.  I'm sure I'll be making a purchase soon... with the rainy/stormy season coming, I expect this won't be the last time the lights go out.

Needless to say, by the time I got home from work the next day, the electricity was back on.  For which I was very grateful, as I needed to do some internet research.