essay on an evening at home when and unexpected power cut occurred
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Thus, for four nights my neighborhood and its surrounding barrios were left to fend for themselves without electricity.
So there I was on a Monday night home alone and trying to nap before dinner (because what else is one supposed to do in the dark with a dead computer and dying phone?).
All of a sudden, I hear the front door open.
"Mónica?" No answer. "Mónica?" Nothing. "Quién es?"
My heart begins to beat faster and my sweat begins to accumulate on the surface of my palms. I get up from my bed and peer around the corner down the hall. What do I see but the silhouette of a full-grown man! (...probably a robber.)
I briskly tiptoed back into my room and, using the fading light of my iPhone, I began to write in my journal: There is a strange man in the apartment and Natalie and Jade are still at class and Mónica is at a meeting and I can't see anything and I don't have minutes left on my local phone so I can't call 9-1-1! WHAT DO I DO?!
Just then, the robber's voice calls out, "Lucy? Estás acá?"
How did the kidnapper know my name? I heard his footsteps approaching. This is it...this is how it all ends, I concluded.
The kidnapper/murderer came toward me, holding out an electronic lantern. "Para vos, toma" ("for you, take it").
...
As it turns out, this man is named Luis and he works in our building and thus has access to every apartment. He is a good friend of Mónica's and she had called him and asked that he bring me a lantern lest I get scared in the dark...
The cons of not having electricity:
1) The elevator ceased to function. Also, the lights that illuminate the stairwell ceased to function. Thus, we were left to grope our way through the dark and up seven flights of stairs.
2) No lights, no water, no heat, no Wi-Fi.
3) No Wi-Fi = No Netflix.
The pros of not having electricity:
1) My quads firmed up from the numerous treks upstairs. Also, the angry dog on the third floor doesn't scare me anymore.
2) I treated myself to doing my homework in cafés and bakeries after school to use the Wi-Fi. Also, Mónica couldn't cook dinner so we got to eat out in restaurants.
3) Jade, Natalie and I, without the escape of our technology, ended up spending a lot of time together hundled in blankets around a lantern. While that's not what I had pictured three months ago, this turned out to be a really nice way to spend time together in the homestay.
Everything worked out and the four of us ended up having a cozy time during the power outage. Yet I am especaially able to reminisce with a smile on my face as I sit in the well-lit kitchen checking up on my Instagram feed and sipping a hot cup of tea.
Power failure
One evening just as I was getting ready to watch a cartoon show on television, there was a power failure. The television set just went blank, the lights went off and the fan slowed down and stopped. As it was getting dark, I hoped that the power would be restored soon but it was not to be so.
Soon darkness enveloped the neighborhood. We hastily lit candles so that we could find our way around the house. As we had only three candles, my mother sent me to the sundry shop nearby to buy more.
"Sorry, no more candles", was what the shopkeeper told me. The neighbors had bought up all the candles. At home my father managed to dig out two kerosene lamps. We lit these too and kept the darkness out.
Without the fan running, it was oppressively warm. Furthermore there was nothing to do but wait for the power to come on again. All of us sat quietly in the living- room. We had grown so dependent on electricity. Without it we felt so uncomfortable. I used a book to fan myself.
Finally it was time for bed and still there was no power. Nevertheless I groped my way to my room, changed and lay quietly in the darkness. It felt so strange without the familiar lights around me. Anyhow I fell asleep after a while.
The power came back on only at dawn. By then we did not need it anymore.
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