Saturday, March 28, 2009
Musings on Earth Hour.
Well, we decided to do Earth Hour today. It was interesting. Kinda like a hurricane or bad thunderstorm, without the scary.
Anyway, here is what I noticed:
- The carbon monoxide detector really hates Earth Hour. I think the battery backup was dead, so it wouldn't shutup. Good news is I changed the battery after it was all over.
- It's real quiet with the furnace and refridgerator off.
- The children were scared silly. They just can't deal with going to bed with no nightlight. I had to open their windows so the lights from our neighbors who were not celebrating could shine in.
- Kyla's still in a wetting the bed phase, and she let loose immediately. My first act after restoring power: Doing a load of laundry. I am pretty sure I used up any carbon benefit by that act alone.
- Earth Hour is not compatible with frantically trying to finish your taxes. Especially when you're using TurboTax. Oh well, I need to get the day care expenses on Monday, anyway.
- Cell phones still blink during Earth Hour. I had to tell Val, that using the cell phone violates the spirit of the thing.
- Val and I actually got to talk to each other (relatively) undistracted for about half an hour. Then she fell asleep before 10pm for the first time in a year. (No grading papers in the dark.)
