rock. solid. AWESOME. morning.

6:05am wake up to run
6:06am check the weather. find 4 inches of snow on the ground.
**secret thought...scarlet's getting married today and wanted sun. in utah? in march?!?
6:06:30am send text to jess (running buddy) commenting on the weather
6:07am receive a text "i could be convinced to sleep in"
6:08am sleep
6:30am ignore alarm clock
6:45am disregard 3rd alarm of the morning
7:00am rudely awakened to a new foreign beeping
7:01am recognize the foreign beep as the sound that Grandma's phone makes when the power is out.
7:01:14am recognize a "new" foreign beep as the sound the peoplevator makes when the power is out.
7:02am contemplate skipping the shower today to realize that i HAD to shower today. there was NO choice in the matter.
7:05am wander around basement looking for suitable clothing and psych myself up a shower in the pitch black
7:06am remember that the laptop has a battery and could theoretically double as a 10x14 white light.
7:08am enter shower by laptop light. mentally grateful for a) a hot water heater that is gas powered; and b)a shower curtain that is not completely opaque.
7:25am exit shower.
7:34am check the clock. gotta leave in 10 minutes.
7:34:12am HAIR!?! two weeks ago we chopped all the hair to prevent throwing it up, creating the "bald man"/"cancer victim" look. gotta figure that one out quick!
7:35am create 2 small buns on my head reminiscent of danniey...adorable girl i work with. pack the bag with extra bobby pins. still not sure that the hair is long enough for the hairstyle.
7:40am make up? no need to look like a small child playing in mom's makeup. i value both my eyes.
7:45am leave house and scrape 4 inches of snow off my car
7:50am shelley calls. she got a foot of snow last night and is going to be 10-20 minutes late. could i open the front desk? oh sure. why not?
7:55am arrive at work...the ONLY car in the parking lot. oh sure. why not?
7:56am find shawn inside. apparently the power has been out here too. oh boy.
8:00am open the front door with a disclaimer..."we're recovering from a power outage."
8:15am computer still hasn't kicked itself into activity
8:20am the server's down
8:25am shelley arrives and i get to back to my preauth hole.
8:28am add another bobby pin
8:45am trip to will's for sunkist for shelley and chocolate milk for me. it's one of THOSE days.
8:52am discover that we're not the only ones with power/technical issues this morning.
9:07am settle into a groove at work
9:38am groove destroyed. the internet's down. no schedule. no insurance information. no google to even find veracity's phone number.
9:42am embrace the primitivity of morning and call insurance companies.
10:12am spoke with the 3rd "Kim" of the morning at IHC. she saved my hide and helped me auth an MRI that is scheduled for MONDAY.
10:35am the internet's back!
11:30am i decided that i had come to terms with the day. the hair. the weather. moving on.