Something Bad to Something Good. Suffered thru a six-hour brownout last night. It was the result of a heavy downpour - the first this year. What's the first thing that goes thru your mind once the lights go out? OH NO!!!! Another wasted night! Can we go out instead - to somewhere with electriciy, with aircon? I hope the kids don't get fidgety and irritable. I hope the kids can sleep with this heat. Can't use the computer or watch TV. But then again....Brownout nights remind me of years ago when we used to have brownouts/blackouts during strong typhoons. Everything was done by candle light, dinner and even lessons we had to do. My brother, sister and I would seek out the coolest room in the house, just get together and start talking. No TV or radio to distract us. We'd talk about what was happening with our lives - which during that time was more about school - the teachers and the workload; our friends - a little gossip here :) ; a touch or our "love lives" - crushes, do you think he's/she's cute, what's he/she really like....TV show, music, and movies were among our shared interests. We enjoyed the feeling of being able to share and talk amongst ourselves. Those times are dear to me, since now that we're all grown up and have our own families we have less of that kind of time together.
With the children last night, we played an alphabet game with them to keep their minds off the darkness and the rolling thunder. We picked out letters in the alphabet and asked the children to give us words starting with those letters. We also let them guess some words by giving out clues about what that word sounds like, what it letter it begins with....we had a pretty good time with lots of laughs and seeing the children try to outdo each other. They slept alright with me fanning over them till the lights came on.