Welcome the The Sunday Salon, Let It Snow Version 1.0!

Any of you who may follow me on Twitter heard my plight this weekend as I endured not only the accumulation of 30 inches of snow in the DC area but also the accumulation of 30 hours without power.  How is that for a really heinous 1:1 ratio!?!  Seriously….I’d have been happy to deal with an extra foot of snow if it meant 12 less hours without power.  At any rate, this is pretty much how it all went down:

  • Snow starts, I have power.
  • Snow rages over night, I have power.
  • Snow continues into next day, I lose power.
  • Power comes on for 5 minutes then back out regardless, power company informs me neighborhood is powered up and we’re all set.
  • 1st call to emergency maintenance people at complex about power outage in building while surrounding neighborhood is comfy and cozy.
  • Snow stops, I’m still without power.
  • 2nd call to emergency maintenance people when 1st call goes unanswered for hours on end.
  • Houses 100 yards away (seen from my balcony) twinkle and taunt with the gloriousness of heat and internet connectivity.
  • Prowl the halls and get small bits and pieces of who has what power in the building (a lady with her fire alarm beeping and one light, a guy with his microwave, someone with full fledged all appliances power!)
  • Bitter and rabid call of anger and frustration to regional property manager of complex about non-response from maintenance (dude, it’s freezing cold and I only have so much patience for the shenanigans of waiting).
  • First call back. Maintenance man telling me that the power company is “working on it”.
  • Another hour without power.
  • Second call back. Property manager telling me that the power company is “working on it”.
  • I momentarily revel in the fact that my regional property management rantings bear results.
  • I freeze my ass off overnight to wake up without power still.
  • Spend a couple hours down in lobby (which has some plugs working and glorious internet) until every part of the building loses power entirely.
  • HARK!  1pm rolls around and power is restored!

Anyway it goes without saying that my weekend of reviewing, blog post writing, and general bloggishness did not happen.  I did get a couple of books read which was nice and I did discover that my book light has a dual purpose as a really kick ass flashlight, but my plan to write about Nerds Heart YA, the Book Blogger Convention and other great things related to blogging has been seriously derailed.  My motivation is nothing and sadly I can’t concentrate enough to coherently put thoughts together.  All I am is left feeling even further behind than I was when I started this weekend with the optimism of getting caught up.

**sigh**

How was your weekend?