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This blog is a continuations of our adventures in the snowicane of 2010. For part I http://asd2mom.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!BF70F135A8FDB728!497.entry
Well it’s been a hell of a week. Getting back to normal after being out of power for so long is really a lot of work. Who knew? Never mind the back up of laundry. Just making sure that everything is up and running properly. Restocking the fridge with the basic things that you don’t really think about (jellies, worcester sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayo- you know the things that get replaced very infrequently) is a major job in itself. In fact, even though I had kept it on ice for almost 5 days, I was afraid to use HSB’s growth hormone shots, so I threw it away. One week will not make a difference right now. Luckily it was time for a refill of his subscription, so even that came yesterday. Then of course there is the property damage to take care of. We were really lucky. The tree that fell on hubby’s car did comparatively minimal amount of damage, but enough that it couldn’t be left that way. There are trees down all over our yard that luckily didn’t hit our home, unlike some of our neighbors. Hubby will be chopping wood, or rather using his electric chainsaw sawing the wood over the weekend. (I think he’s really excited about that. He loves to use his electric tools) Guess, we won’t have a shortage of wood for the fireplace any time soon.
But it’s the sheer idea of bringing yourself back into the real world after you have lived in a surreal one for so long. I can’t even imagine what the people in Haiti and Chile have been through and are continuing to go through. Their worlds are so unbalanced now who knows when the universe will correct itself for them. Ironically there was a report that the quake in Chile actually shortened the days on Earth because it shifted the Earth’s axis. Now it was on by a second and a half, but still, it’s all rather unsettling. No I am not going to get all doomsday and Mayan 2012 on anyone. Just think that it’s amazing that the Earth’s axis can be so shifted by tectonic plate maneuvering that’s all. Wonder what would happen if my two aspie teens collided, maybe the force could at least dislodge those ice-trapped ships in the polar cap.
I would have to say that in many respects the world was calmer without all the fuss of the electronic gadgets. We did spend more time together as a family, mostly because the boys couldn’t go to school and hubby couldn’t go into work. But it was a calmer kind of less harried time that was even spent together. When you are so cold you don’t want to move, I guess there isn’t too much energy left for tension and anxiety. It really was amazing how subdued the tension and anxiety was during our sojourn into the past.
But then the world came back on. The electric grid and internet returned and the regime of school, homework and chores commenced. Now for collegeman he bolted right back into his world. In fact he had not even lost a beat in studying. He was ready for tests and class assignments-whatever college threw at him at that moment. Highschoolboy on the other hand, was not so happy to be back to school. Oh he went, much to his chagrin. Something about that transition from being in his own cocoon to the world where he has to always be” on” is what causes him the most angst. He had done his homework and studied for a chemistry test. Unfortunately he had studied the wrong topic so the test did not go well. You know, after a while you really just have to shrug and move on.
The interesting thing that happened though is that HSB’s algebra teacher had scheduled an algebra test for the day back from the storm. Best part was that he said in the email that the information they needed was up on his webpage. I guess he did not hear that most of us had no power. OK HSB could have gone to the library (yes I know we charged some laptops in the car, but even the broadband access was really intermittent) but there are only 20 computers at the library and hundreds of students. I did email the teacher
