Last night, I had a very unwelcome power outage in the middle of the night.
I might have been half awake or I might have awoken immediately.
Usually, whether I’m half asleep or wide awake I notice when the power goes out immediately, because my fan shuts off and it immediately gets much warmer and quieter. These are two things that make it very difficult for me to sleep! Suddenly being deprived of my air conditioning system kind of makes me realize how easily I can lose things that I consider to be vital to me getting a good night’s rest. I checked to see out the window if everyone else’s lights were out. I could not see lights in anyone else’s windows and the street lights were out as well. This told me that it was indeed a power outage in the area and not just at my house. Even though it was quite warm and stuffy without the air conditioning running, after reporting the outage to my electric company, I realized that it was going to be quite a while before the power was going to be restored. I resigned myself to using the mobile data on my phone to find a white noise video so that I could at least try and sleep. Unfortunately, it was a good four hours before the power was restored. Thankfully, the night seemed to get a little cooler as time went on, but I was surely grateful when the air conditioner in my fan kicked on again!