Opportunistic

Last night - and the night before, actually - our area was hit with some pretty bad storms. The power went out for a couple of hours during the storm last night, which made us somewhat desperate for entertainment. We were laughing at ourselves and the fact that with nothing to do, we were racking our brains trying to come up with something to occupy our time. Everything we thought of, though, required power - even though we obviously knew that the whole reason we were looking for something to occupy our time was that we had no power. (i.e. "I guess I could start some laundry....." or, "I could probably dust or something.....")

Leah's not usually bothered by the dark, but I think it might have been spooking her some last night, so I was trying to think of something I could let her do to make it better for her. In a stroke of genius (or so I thought) I gave her the GloWorm doll I've had for her since before she was born. That didn't work very well, though, because even though he plays lots of pretty little baby-friendly songs, something about his glowing face displeased Leah. I think she was even more spooked by him than she had been by the darkness. We'll try again soon.

I eventually used the time to try out my new camera and see what kind of pictures it could take under such light-less conditions. It did pretty well, so I'm very excited to play with it some more.

Scott and the rest of my family, though, thought the darkness was a pretty good excuse for a nap. (Notice Kitter over on the right side of the picture. You can really only see her legs.) I thought it looked a little like a horrible massacre had taken place.