Why do I have to take the good with the bad? Why can’t I have the good with the good? It’s always something. Got home last night to discover that *most* of my power was out. There was an outlet and overhead light in the kitchen, an overhead light in the dining room, and one outlet in the living room that were still functioning. Everything else was out. Not a thing worked upstairs or in the basement. The flashlight was nowhere to be found, but I ventured down to the basement to flip the breakers off and on. Nothing happened. Aside from me panicking. My house is old. Built in 1906. The former owners did a little bit of rewiring, but not much. A few months back the closet lights and most of the outlets in my bedroom quit working. I still haven’t called an electrician because I know it will be expensive. Last night I called around to see if anyone had firsthand experience with a reliable one. Then I remembered a situation a few years back, when my boiler died in the dead of winter. Then I’d called a heating company to come look at it. After two days of poking around they were stumped. Turns out they hadn’t tested the gas line (should have been the first thing they checked) and it was actually the result of something the power company had done. It was a nightmare. So last night I decided to call the power company first, to see if this was their fault too. They promised to send someone to investigate my “partial out”. While I waited a certain someone came over because I was stressing out. Just a tidge. We waited. It was hot. We were all cranky. We went ahead and made dinner. A tofurky (which seems ludicrous now, considering the heat and the situation). Managed to get the fridge working by using an industrial extension cord, and the stove/oven is gas powered. It was so hot. We decided to make just instant mashed potatoes and to skip the carrots. But we still had corn. And we waited some more. I gave the little man a cool bath. Then he got sleepy. I put him to bed in his stifling hot room (it was less hot than the others though). Eventually a certain someone had to go to work. I fell asleep. Still waiting. Woke up around 11:30 to discover *all* the power had gone out and the home security system was beeping (the low power warning). Disabled the alarm and drifted off back to sleep. Woke up again at 2:30 to the sound of the fan coming back to life. All the power had come back on. With no explanation. If this was the power company’s doing they didn’t take any credit for it. No note. Nothing. I’m very confused. And tired. And I feel like I’m coming down with something. Would have called in sick to work, but it’s too danged busy. Ugh. Back at it.