Where To Be In a Crisis

I received some sad news that another local yarn store was closing on thursday.  Knitting in La Jolla was one of the first stores I visited when I first started knitting and it was crammed full of lovely stuff.  The parking was not so great, but the stuff inside was wonderful.  I didn't go as often due to the traffic congestion and parking but I'm sad to see another store close.


While I was fondling all of the lovelies and picking up some cashmere, the lights slowly faded and we were soon in the darkness.  Suzanne went out to see what was what and determined that the entire building was out.  That meant no computers and no credit card machines.  I browsed more to my credit detriment while waiting for the power to kick back on....


However, it was soon determined that the power outage was region wide and there was really no point to waiting around anymore and since the air conditioning was off, it was starting to get uncomfortable.


Suzanne was nice enough to tally and bag up my purchases and set it aside until power could be restored and I headed home.  What usually takes about 20 minutes ended up taking about an hour as traffic was snarled everywhere.  The power went out around 3:30 pm and I got home about 6:00 pm.  While most drivers complied with emergency procedures since all stop lights were out, some more aggressive drivers decided not to stop at all or only performed a cursory stop assuming they had the right of way.  I cringe to think of all the fender benders.


As I suspected, power was out at home too and since it was a bit cooler at home, I opened all of the windows for a breeze.  Dinner ended up being a sandwich and it was off to bed as there is not much to do in the darkness.


Power came back on around 3:00 am and the next day, I headed back to Knitting in La Jolla to claim my stash.  Here are some of the items I bought.  I decided to splurge for my birthday.

I have concluded that this could have been so much worst especially with the scepter of 9/11 hovering over us.  I determined that the best place to be in a crisis is at a yarn store where you can be soothed by lovely yarn.