So I just walked almost 2000 steps on my Wii Fit. This thing is addictive, despite the fact that my “Mii” avatar grew in size when it first weighed me. Yeah I could have done without that bonus feature, Nintendo of America.
Yesterday we experienced the remnants of Hurricane Ike. At this point, he was more of a Depression, and let me say he caused it too…because thanks to the 65+mph winds here in OHIO, our power went out. I do NOT do well without electricity. Yeah yeah, I know that my ancestors got by just fine without it. That’s only because they didn’t know any better. Trust me…if you’d asked Laura Ingalls Wilder if she would have preferred cooking over a fireplace for 3 hours or nuking a frozen dinner in 3 minutes, I’m thinking she would have chosen the latter and still had time to nurse baby Rose and knock boots with Almanzo.
I just sat there in the dark, watching tree limbs fly past the window. My husband did fine. He reads books like a vampire consumes blood. He can’t get enough of them. For him, no power = solitude. For me, no power = nervous breakdown. His reverie was often interrupted due to my incessant bitching and pacing back and forth…him lying on our bed, a book in one hand, book light in another…me cursing the local power company and flipping light switches off and on, “just incase”.
Today the heat, wind and humidity has been replaced with cool, dry air and billowy rain clouds. Our power has been fully restored, and even I can’t find anything to complain about. My “Mii” may still be pudgy, but I’m 2000 steps closer to my goal. What else can you ask for?
