No Power

On 23rd we lost power due to some incredible storms that hit this part of England.  I had naively thought it would only be an hour or so before power was restored, after all, this is a fairly rural location and power cuts are not unknown.  I was therefore somewhat gobsmacked to learn that we had no power on Xmas Eve… or Xmas Day!  The River Wey flooded and much of this part of Surrey was underwater and so was our sub-station.  It was doubly ironic as I’d just spent a small fortune replacing our boiler to ensure we weren’t without heat at Xmas! 

However, despite having no power and no power to alter the situation, I realised that we were way more fortunate than :-

1. The 40 homes that were flooded in our town, or
2. The businesses that lost their Xmas eve business & restaurants and their patrons who had booked Xmas meals, or
3. The people here who were planning a big Xmas meal with loads of family coming (we had planned a much more modest affair this year), or
4. Those poor souls who are homeless on the streets during all this, or
5. The people in South Sudan who have found themselves in the midst of mayhem

We had a fire, and a gas rings, so we could manage.  Sometimes when we have no power we have to ask “What things can I do to make this better?”, and having been as creative and imaginative as we can be, just make the best of it and wait for things to change. 

We were rescued by my brother who invited us over to join their meal (having heard from my other daughter on Skype from Cambodia of our situation)!  I’d like to thank him, and all those power workers who gave up their Xmas to help us to recover our power.

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