Yesterday we got a little taste of what it would be like to be Amish; the power went off and was out for 6 HRS due to a hydro pole fire and it went out at 6 pm so we were really in the dark and with no electricity that also meant no electronics(it went out just 15 minutes into watching the news) so no TV, computers, video games, etc. but luckily I already had a candle lit and we do have a lantern but of course the batteries were all dead and we couldn't find the flashlight so my hubby and the boys just used the lights on their devices(which are pretty powerful considering the small sizes of the things) so find their way around the house and my hubby and the 14 YR old even played a board game by cell phone light! My mother just went to bed early and I listened to music on my iPod I always keep fully charged for just such an occasion and the 27 YR old was at work and they were ok; it was just a few blocks the power was off. Poor Buddy was scared though and wondered what happened and he stayed with me the whole time which is good as he might get stepped on otherwise in the dark and when the TV went off my mother said she'd try to fix it, not realizing everything went off and I told her, Good luck, if you can get all of the power back on, go for it!!
The 14 YR old also,just out of the blue, for no particular reason; I never said or did anything, and never told him to do any chore or said anything to upset or offend him, said I'm a terrible parent and I told him that he's a terrible child too so it works out and he said that I'm not even annoying on purpose which makes it even worse and added that at least he is annoying on purpose but I think that's even worse; I mean; at least I don't mean to(it's just my autism and how things come out and come across) but I think it's awful to purposely get people upset and yesterday he was mad and throwing food at both my mother and I and yelling and being disrespectful and he's always treated me like that but now he's doing it to her too and she's the one that coddles and pampers and over-indulges him and bends over backwards for him and to her he can do no wrong and she's always excusing him. He has a real attitude and is out of control yet my mother and hubby refuse to see it(in denial) or deal with it and I'm the only one that sees that it's a problem. It was also soooo windy again yesterday it blew the weed right out of my bong and it was impossible to even get a flame on my lighter anyway and it rained all day and washed away what remnant of snow we had left but then it snowed overnight and now we have a nice blanket of white on the ground once again.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.-Mark Twain.
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