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The only problem with yesterday's power outage napping was that was a couple of hours that I wasn't working on getting rehyrated from last weekend. I've been drinking like a drinking thing, and while my pee is an appropriately light shade, my joints still feel like they want to be better lubricated. It's been a while since I've done a blazing hot two day event. Apparently faire hangover gets worse when you're older?

Hail Hydrate!

I had an unplanned power outage at Frogholm today. Right around 1:00, so thankfully I'd already eaten lunch. I was in the bathroom when the lights went out, because of course I was. So pants around my ankles, in a room with no windows and ZOT! The lights flickered and tried to come back on once or twice, so I was hoping it was one of those times when the power goes out and then comes right back on. But by the time I got back out to my desk, it was clear that I was in the dark.

I checked the outage map for National Grid on my phone, and there were a couple of small (5 person) outages across town, but nothing on the map anywhere near Frogholm. So I tried to enter the outage on my phone, but they wanted my account number and I don't know that off the top of my head. So I called. And the automated system still wanted my account number, so I stumbled around to find a flashlight and was rifling through my mail when they dumped me into the queue for a human. I found a bill just as I got a human on the phone, so I filed my report. Turns out we did have a known outage in the area, but power was going to be out until at least 3:00pm. So I texted my BFF at work and asked her to post on Slack that I'd lost power and internet. And then I took a nap. Because I was exhausted, and what else was I going to do? Not work, not laundry.

When I woke up, there was a text updating that power was going to be out until 7:30, so it was just as well I'd caught a couple hours of sleep. Power actually came back on a little after 6:00, but it's been a while since I've had an outage that wasn't related to a major storm.

Home again from my visit to Jamestown, VA. I am dehydrated, sunburned, and exhausted, which just means it was a VERY good weekend. Some highlights, but I do intent to do a big writeup for this trip, because there is so much I want to remember.

* Guess who forgot to pack a neutral bra and wore her black and rainbow bra on the drive? I had to go braless both days at the event, but luckily gowns back then were cut to give bust support, so I was quite comfortable.

* I almost got the Klingon gagh recipe from the Las Vegas Star Trek experience, but when the fellow came back on Sunday, we missed each other.

* Tom and I yakked the whole 10 - 11 hour drive down, I talked all day for the two days of the event, and Tom and I found even more to talk about on the drive home. I am almost hoarse from talking. =P

* Part of the allure of this event is driving South into Spring. Saturday was warm, in the mid seventies. Sunday was even warmer, we must have hit the mid 80s, because during teardown (after 6:00 pm) my car thermometer was still reading 82. And we drove home into snow flurries. *cries*