![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Last couple of days
Aug. 15th, 2003 11:02 pmSo the big blackout did very little other than make me throw a few things out of my fridge. It was mostly a wonderful opportunity to play games by candlelight. Which is great fun. I love candlelight.
The drive back from Chris's place was kind of scary though. Power was back in some places and not others, and I only saw one other driver actually stop at a blacked-out light. Just one on the whole drive back. It was scary, as I had to make turns at some of those lights, and seeing people not slow down at all was worrying. Thankfully I turned at intersections empty of cars but me.
Work today was interesting. It was my last day, and I met with my replacement. I'd planned on actually showing him the systems I work with and the way files need to be transfered and stuff. But the entire CS department network was down. So I couldn't do a thing. The entire university was closed due to power shortages, and that meant they did not turn on the AC in our building. And since the people who designed our new building did not listen to the sys admins and give the machine room its own AC unit, we could not turn any machines on. The machine room was 80 degrees (in the Danger! Warning!) zone, and that was with all the machines turned off. So I just typed up all I could think of that he needed to know, and packed up my office- all the Legos and the Nerf guns. The rats were back for another visit- Sam's house had no AC and was hotter than our office. The girls are lovely, as always.
After work I got to hang out with Eugene. Which is damn fun. We walked around in a huge cemetery, talking for a over an hour. Very fun, though we both forgot to bring water. Then back to his place where I successfully chased down and ice cream truck and we played video games. I can play fighting games! My total lack of skill with a controller is much less of an impediment, you just hit buttons really fast, and laugh when your character does bizarre stuff. Lots of fun and a bit of silliness. I needed that. Thanks Eugene!
Visit my sister tomorrow, and get to have the first pick of any clothes she is getting rid of. She's decided she needs less stuff. Me, I've decided that more clothes is not a bad thing.
The drive back from Chris's place was kind of scary though. Power was back in some places and not others, and I only saw one other driver actually stop at a blacked-out light. Just one on the whole drive back. It was scary, as I had to make turns at some of those lights, and seeing people not slow down at all was worrying. Thankfully I turned at intersections empty of cars but me.
Work today was interesting. It was my last day, and I met with my replacement. I'd planned on actually showing him the systems I work with and the way files need to be transfered and stuff. But the entire CS department network was down. So I couldn't do a thing. The entire university was closed due to power shortages, and that meant they did not turn on the AC in our building. And since the people who designed our new building did not listen to the sys admins and give the machine room its own AC unit, we could not turn any machines on. The machine room was 80 degrees (in the Danger! Warning!) zone, and that was with all the machines turned off. So I just typed up all I could think of that he needed to know, and packed up my office- all the Legos and the Nerf guns. The rats were back for another visit- Sam's house had no AC and was hotter than our office. The girls are lovely, as always.
After work I got to hang out with Eugene. Which is damn fun. We walked around in a huge cemetery, talking for a over an hour. Very fun, though we both forgot to bring water. Then back to his place where I successfully chased down and ice cream truck and we played video games. I can play fighting games! My total lack of skill with a controller is much less of an impediment, you just hit buttons really fast, and laugh when your character does bizarre stuff. Lots of fun and a bit of silliness. I needed that. Thanks Eugene!
Visit my sister tomorrow, and get to have the first pick of any clothes she is getting rid of. She's decided she needs less stuff. Me, I've decided that more clothes is not a bad thing.
