1/23/09

Ok so yesterday we had a power outage in our apartment because Kathleen was blow drying her hair while we had a bunch of things plugged in. This happened at like 11:50pm and we were all up and still needed to do a few things before bed. We couldn't call our landlord because it was too late, so we played around with the fuse box in our apartment. Kathleen pulled some switches and there was a huge spark, but no luck. It was pitch black in our apartment. I started freaking out because I need to come out at 8:15am for class and need to wake up at 7 15 to get ready. When I wake up in the morning it's still pitch black outside until at least 8am. So I just went to sleep yesterday knowing that I would have to get up in the morning and get ready in the dark. I also had plans to take a shower and wash my hair in the morning. When I woke up today, of course it was completely dark in our house. There was also no hot water because apparently when the power is out so is our hot water. So much for my shower! Somehow I managed to get ready. I even managed to put on my contacts when it was still really dark out haha. I also called up our landlord...well, lady, before I left for class. Our landlady doesn't know a word of English. So I was sitting at my computer and looking up words in Italian on the online dictionary while I was talking to her. She was able to understand me, which was very exciting! Her husband came to our room to take a look right as I was leaving to class.