BLACK-Out!

I never get to pick what is on our TV.  Ever.
Well last night I was goofing off waiting for the family to come back from TKD.  That's when I remembered my season one of DD from the library.  Why did it take me so long?  It's like it was sitting there going to waste!  So I popped it in and watched a good 2 minutes of it.

THEN!!

Everything went out.  Pitch black.  No electricity.  And it was DARK people!!
Like black dark.
Like plagues of Egypt dark.
And I was by myself.

Now everyone knows that serial killers always cut the electric lines (or was that the phone lines?) before they go in after their victims.  And they use that cord to strangle them as they are frantically running up the stairs.

Well I don't have stairs but I was SCARED ya'll.  Like pee-in-my-pants kinda scared.  It never occurred to me that it could be the storm b/c I didn't even know it was raining.
And I didn't know where a flash light was and even if I did I couldn't get to it b/c you can't get anywhere in blackness like that.

But I made my way to the back door to lock it in case serial killer hadn't made his way in.  I stared into the darkness telling myself that my eyes would adjust.  But there is nothing to adjust to in pure darkness.  Outside was just as dark as inside.

My dogs started growling and I could hear Buzz walking around slowly.  I followed his noise and  made my way over to him and when I touched him he jumped out of his skin!  Turns out dogs are scared of serial killers too.

I slipped my fingers into his collar remembering that he is a VERY big dog and even if he is a chicken, just his presence is intimidating to others.  Even serial killers maybe.  Besides it helped me feel like I wasn't totally alone.

We stood there in the blackness of the dark and I rehearsed all the bad words I was going to say to Honey for not coming home sooner.

Then FINALLY there were headlights!  But the driveway is long and it takes a minute to see who it is.  Then the headlights went out.  Wait...so serial killers probably need the lights to find the right house but then sneak up and turn them off when they get close.   So I was scareder than ever.

As they got closer he turned them back on again and I saw my FAMILY!!!  Turns out he wanted the kids to see how dark it was without the lights.

I forgot every bad word I was gonna say and dissolved into a mess of tears.

Of course the kids thought it was the greatest fun ever and immediately made plans for hide-and-seek-in-the-dark, and located every flash light in the house.   Driving home they said they saw all the power go out in the city and Honey says, "Ooooooh your Momma's not going to be happy about this."   Well now he was right.

I learned something....
Country dark is not the same as city dark.