The Weekend the Power Went Out

As you know, last Thursday I went into Kirkcudbright and played the marvelous grand piano at the Church. That evening, as I believe I also informed you, I went to my prayer partner's house and we had dinner. It was delicious, just so ya know, and we had a nice time chatting and praying. When I got home I continued making that post, and watched part of a film with Weasley (she was Vicky before...she's now Ron/Weasley....just deal with it..) while I waited for my piano video to upload so I could put it on my blog.

Now, it was a beautifully clear night when I walked home, the moon was shining brightly and I didn't need a torch or any sort of extra light. Before I had left though I had been told that the group that was in had left early because they had heard there was going to be a big snow storm, also we had had our weekend groups cancel on us because of this storm that was supposed to come. Being Canadian and knowing that Scotland doesn't necessarily get that much snow, they're just a bit unprepared for it when it does come, I figured there wasn't going to be much. This is what I woke up to:

I'm not sure how much exactly there was that morning but it's approximately a foot. By Saturday it was about a foot and a half, and two feet in some places, especially going up the hill.

Not only was there that much snow in one evening, we also had no power. It was off and on for a bit in the morning, but at about 2ish it went out for good. Thankfully, though, Pond had lit a fire in the Porter lounge at about 10 in the morning because the power was sketchy. Needless to say the house got pretty darn cold! Which was weird because it wasn't overly cold outside. However, we managed to get people hot meals through the use of a camp stove that one of the instructors has.

Friday night was pretty great fun. We were all in the Porter lounge sitting on the comfy couches and chairs around the fire, so of us on the floor in front of the couches (since there were about 14 of us). There was no television or internet to distract us and this was the only warm room in the house so we were, in a way, forced to be together and talk. It was a great atmosphere with everyone sitting around and chatting in the fire and candle light. And then someone had the brilliant idea of playing Hide and Seek. So we did. :) It was very, very dark in the halls.

I didn't sleep fantastic that night. My neck was quite cold (my duvet isn't quite long enough...) and I kept waking up. I did have to work the next morning, though we (Pond and I) originally going to do a K2 shift (9-5) we decided to start earlier (7:30) so that we could make crepes. So we made crepes on the camp stove and fried some bacon and did dishes with boiling water. It was basically like camping but in a house. Our adventure came to an end at about 12 o'clock. We were thankful to be able to warm up food for everyone on the actual stove, but it was a little sad to see the adventure end.

It is important to note that the fire that Pond started at 10am Friday morning basically lasted till Sunday evening. It would die down a bit and be just coals, but it never went completely out. It was pretty great!

So that's my life so far. Everyone had this weekend off, and a whole bunch of us are planning to go to Edinburgh on Saturday. Orginally we were going to go to the Metro Center (a huge shopping center) in Newcastle but it was decided that it's a little far and some people have meetings and things to go to. So we'll go there some other weekend. Also, my roommate is coming Saturday afternoon. We'll see if I'll be back from the city to meet her when she arrives here. I kinda doubt it, but we'll see. And the most important thing about Saturday is the fact that Doctor Who is on at 6:15!! I am well excited!