11.2.2012 Day 4 - A turning point.

The house has gotten so cold that instead of making a fire we bail in the car to search for gas, ice and a warm breakfast. No gas. The ShopRite has ice and ground coffee that will work in the french press. One child needs slippers.

We get to the diner all grumpy, cold and hungry and we discover there is no credit card service and ATM won't work. All the data lines are down. This is why you need to carry cash in an emergency. Unfortunately we don't. In the most neighborly way, they let us give an IOU which we pay back the next day.

During breakfast we get a call from a friend to tell us her power came on late the night before. The first one we know with power back. She says her husband had just bought a generator and was on his way home when the lights came on. He was now planning on returning it. We jump at the chance and buy a generator from her since we have only heard that the stores were sold out. (He got his on an inside tip about an arriving shipment) In the process of buying the generator we get invited over for dinner. We eat barbeque ribs, turkey burgers and big salads.

Even if the house is cold when we get home, we go to bed warmer.
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