Now that the days are longer I can almost feel myself lifting out of my winter blues. I didn't feel like that yesterday, but today is a different matter. I don't know anyone whos body clock does not get a tad confused by daylight saving.
I was on a late shift on Saturday and got out of work at 21.10. By the time I'd got home, had a shower and a glass of red (for medicinal purposes), put the clocks forward and got in bed.......it was time to get up again for the early shift on Sunday. Hardly worth going home really. I went to work and according to my mum who came to walk the dog for me, I'd left all the lights on in the house. I have no recollection of it.
Determined to have an early night last night, I had switched my electric blanket on to warm my bed up when..........Blackout. All the lights, the telly and everything went off. I groped under the stairs for my box of candles and made my way to the front door to see if the rest of the street was out. Thankfully it was, I had convinced myself that I had somehow shorted out my house by switching on the blanket. Many of the neighbours appeared on the street with candles. We all made sure that everyone had some and I rang the electricity board.
Don't you just hate automated answer machines. The emergency number which I rang informed me that they were aware of a problem in my area and to be patient. By 10pm we were still in blackness so I rang work and arranged the night staff to give me an early morning call. I have a little travel alarm which I did set, but the alarm is quieter than my radio alarm buzzer and I was afraid that I would sleep through it. I am one of those unfortunate people who has to be literally blasted out of bed by a loud stressful noise for an early shift.
I felt like Wee Willy Winky climbing the stairs in my nighty with the candle and trying to squeeze toothpaste on to a toothbrush in the dark is no mean feat.
Needless to say. Work forgot to ring me at 6am, they rang at 7am when I'd already set off. The lights are back on this morning and I have to now go round the house and set the clocks again, the radio, the video etc. It's funny, but you don't appreciate electricity until it's not there anymore..
I was on a late shift on Saturday and got out of work at 21.10. By the time I'd got home, had a shower and a glass of red (for medicinal purposes), put the clocks forward and got in bed.......it was time to get up again for the early shift on Sunday. Hardly worth going home really. I went to work and according to my mum who came to walk the dog for me, I'd left all the lights on in the house. I have no recollection of it.
Determined to have an early night last night, I had switched my electric blanket on to warm my bed up when..........Blackout. All the lights, the telly and everything went off. I groped under the stairs for my box of candles and made my way to the front door to see if the rest of the street was out. Thankfully it was, I had convinced myself that I had somehow shorted out my house by switching on the blanket. Many of the neighbours appeared on the street with candles. We all made sure that everyone had some and I rang the electricity board.
Don't you just hate automated answer machines. The emergency number which I rang informed me that they were aware of a problem in my area and to be patient. By 10pm we were still in blackness so I rang work and arranged the night staff to give me an early morning call. I have a little travel alarm which I did set, but the alarm is quieter than my radio alarm buzzer and I was afraid that I would sleep through it. I am one of those unfortunate people who has to be literally blasted out of bed by a loud stressful noise for an early shift.
I felt like Wee Willy Winky climbing the stairs in my nighty with the candle and trying to squeeze toothpaste on to a toothbrush in the dark is no mean feat.
Needless to say. Work forgot to ring me at 6am, they rang at 7am when I'd already set off. The lights are back on this morning and I have to now go round the house and set the clocks again, the radio, the video etc. It's funny, but you don't appreciate electricity until it's not there anymore..