in which i say, SOD IT

[fox]

The past couple of times my power has gone out for days on end (latest estimate: Pepco hopes to have everyone's power back on "by midnight Friday", which is a step up from "we are assessing the damage", but we don't actually know if that takes into account the brand-new storm that's brewing right this minute), I've been fortunate to be able to stay with local friends, and I don't know what I'd have done without them.

This time, my local friends variously are also without power, don't have the free space they had last time, or still have cats, so in no case would staying with someone else be measurably superior to staying in my own dark home.

So I said FUCK IT and got a hotel room. ("Just for the one night?" "God, I hope so.") I was thinking of going out for Thai for dinner, but at this point I think maybe I'll call for a pizza. Let someone else deal with the rain. And the fact that only one of the three elevators in this joint is working.

Comments

[meara]

If you need another night, I may have a free hotel night that has to be used by the end of August that I was contemplating just randomly using, but if you need it, I could give you.

[fox]

That's very generous and hopefully unnecessary. :-) (Any hotel in particular? Not that it matters, I suppose, as Saturday morning the business of getting to work will be a non-issue for me.)

[meara]

Hyatt brand--I'm not sure what particular ones it's good for (...probably any of that brand name, I think, though there may be "as long as we haven't already given all our good rooms away" restrictions). Just give me a call (my cell # is on my FB) if you need it.

[cinco]

Oh, no, that sucks! Also, I only found this out fifteen minutes ago, but I *do* have my power back, and you're always welcome. Enjoy your hotel room, though--I kind of like them!

[neotoma]

You're welcome to my couch, but water seeped under my sliding door (I think this morning's rain overwhelmed my drain, damnit), so there's a big patch of wet carpeting that I'm trying to dry with my box fan.