The power is back on. Finally. It's been out since about 4 in the afternoon, thanks to the big storm we had. At least the rain cooled things down so being without my fan wasn't too miserable... But I was bored. In the 8 hours without electricity, I read two plays, did some crossword puzzles, played on my laptop until the battery ran down, talked to my mom, ate the melting ice cream from my fridge, attempted to sleep (and failed, sadly), played the music quiz on my iPod, played solitaire on my iPod, stared into space, and eventually sat in the hall and played with a bouncy ball until Mary came back. And just as I was going to try sleeping again, the power came back on. Now, of course, I won't sleep - I have to revel in the light.