Many conveniences we have become so reliant on

We had a recent power outage that lasted for several hours from about midnight until around 8 the next morning. It was a home football weekend in Oxford so there were lots of visitors in town and I’m sure it was disconcerting for them to be without power, as they may have been looking forward to a restful night after a fun day in the Grove and later on the Square. If the weekend guests were staying in a hotel, it probably was a little inconvenient. I can imagine the phone call to the front desk complaining about the power outage and demanding to know when power would be restored. Do hotels have generators that kick in in the event of a power outage? I was distressed over the power outage because I sleep with a noise maker and it is electric, so there was no soothing buzz to lure me to sleep. Oh, you think why doesn’t she have a battery-powered noise maker? Well, I do. I happen to have two, but they don’t provide the same soothing noise to which I am accustomed. I am such a whiner!

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