hurricane Ike...bored out of my gourd

Thought I would do one of the post titles I had stated were possibilities.
So how exactly could someone who had books to read specifically bought for the purpose of reading when the power was out during the storm be bored out of their gourd? easy! That's how!
First of all...it is very difficult to read by candlelight or flashlight. holding either one and your book is difficult and can be dangerous either due to flames or arm/neck/back discomfort. OK so you save reading for the daytime when you don't need artificial lighting. NOPE. Didn't work in this case as we didn't really ever have daylight on Saturday plus whatever light we did have didn't illuminate my apartment enough to read without assistance.
Secondly...when the wind is whipping the scary tree outside in all directions with rain coming down ( or was across?) at speeds of 90+ miles an hour it is really hard to concentrate on a book even for one like me who gets so involved in any reading as to be transported into whatever I am reading and the"real" world fades away completely.
Thirdly...without outside contact you have no idea what is going on and when it will be over makes you very anxious and ,as my Mom can attest, crabby too!
Fourthly...so you can't read, don't have contact with the outside world what does that leave? One would think sleeping or eating but sleeping was not even remotely a possibility for me as my waking dreams were nothing short of terrifying what with trees crashing through my apartment being the starring role and all I could NOT and DID NOT want to let my subconscious mind do anything with that. and eating? well you can only eat so much before you throw up and for me it is even less than most people so THAT option stunk too. Besides eating doesn't cure boredom COOKING does but that wasn't possible.
So I was left with very uncomfortable attempts at reading and staring out at the storm. BORED out of my GOURD! That is until I started meeting my neighbors when the rains slacked up and the wind died down a bit we all kind of came out of our caves and started talking and meeting each other. Made the rest of the time go so much better on Saturday. Amazing what human contact can do for you in all aspects of life...spiritual, emotional, and physical. Sunday dawned ( we actually had a dawn didn't on Saturday) much better but still boring until CP came down to check on the walk in and freezer and we meet up for some four wheeling fun...which I will post about later when I have the pictures all ready.
NEXT time ( LORD PLEASE NO NEXT TIME) I am going to make sure of several things to combat boredom...if I stay that is. First make sure I have the right batteries for my radio and lots of them. Second, I will have a laptop because while I may loose power I can run it on battery and if Verizon does as it did I will have internet through my wireless but a very least I can watch a DVD or two to combat the boredom. AND I am going to have someone with me. the worst part was being alone having no one to absorb my fears so to speak. I am a caretaker and when I am the only one I have to take care of I don't do well in crisis. Had I known I would be off work for most of ten days I would have gone somewhere not to evacuate but to be out of the way and to allow me to be more relaxed. I am in need of a massage! Very badly in need! Oh well! That will have to wait a long time. Next post...four wheeling fun!