A silly set of power failures

As I biked home tonight from Caroline's, where we were having a crafts night, the street lamps were off and the houses were dark as soon as I was on this side of the little river between uni and here. Sure enough, no power at the house, so I shut down my computer and then the UPS that was making a loud beeping noise to tell the world that it was doing its job.

Then I started yoga by candlelight. That was lovely, but then the power came back. After yoga I went to the kitchen, blew out the candle and pushed the button on the microwave to set the time. At which point the power went off again.

So I re-lit the candle, but before I could leave the room the power came back. This time I was smart enough to keep the candle burning while I set the microwave clock.

Then I took my book to bed and read for half an hour, at which point the power went out again. So I put the book down and picked up the phone to make note of the power failures (and look up when we have had others), at which point the lights came back on, so I picked my book back up and read for six minutes more, which was enough to finish the book.