Generator?

Power finally came back to us this past Tuesday, just a few hours shy of a full week in the cold and dark. I sent the kids back home yesterday afternoon and joined everyone the same evening. The house was warm and was in surprisingly good shape considering that Shirra couldn't wash a dish or sock or do any normal cleaning for most of the time she was there.

The big question now, of course, is whether to shell out the $3000 necessary to buy and install the kind of generator we'd need in case of another emergency. We've had outages in the past, lasting no more than a day, but even if we get hit again, we could get by if we didn't have the pets. It's not like we're trying to improve our property value -- Shirra and I plan to move out of that house in a box. It's a question of whether we need to shell out big time for another major storm event.

My hunch is that we'll be getting a generator as soon as we can afford it. Maybe over time it will pay for itself in food not wasted and nerves not frayed.