I got really lucky last night.

Shortly before leaving work, I looked out the window of my office and saw black clouds rolling in the distance.

I saw a distant flash of lightning and knew that we were in store for a heavy summer thunderstorm. I checked the doppler radar on my phone and noted that the rain and wind and lightning would come to cover my route home before I would be able to make it through rush hour traffic. I said a silent prayer for safe travel as I waited for the remainder of the 30 minutes of my shift to end. By the time I got to my vehicle in the parking garage, I could feel the wind picking up. I was about halfway home when the dark and menacing clouds and lightning and thunder gave way to a torrent of rain. I made it home safely, but just as I was grabbing the leash to take my dog out really quick there was a great flash and a boom and the power was knocked out. I was really hoping that the power would be restored before bedtime, because I didn’t think I was going to be able to sleep without the benefit of air conditioning and my fans blowing in my room. I simply can’t sleep well at all when I don’t have a cool bedroom and the noise of a fan blowing. That’s how desperately I rely on air conditioning and white noise. Well, the hours went by and I was settling into bed with the lights not yet being restored. I resigned myself to sleeping without an air conditioner or a fan when suddenly I heard a rumble of thunder. I checked the weather to see that a second wave of rainy weather was coming that would last through the vast majority of the night! I was lucky because I was going to get the lullaby of the rain falling outside with distant rumbles of thunder. I was also going to get the benefit of the cool breeze blowing, because I opted to leave my window up. This was, of course, the next best thing to air conditioning.

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