Sunday, October 30, dawned cold and clear. Mostly cold since we still had no electricity and thus no heat or hot water. We found Rosanne huddled in the corner of our den closest to the gas-fired space heater, the only source of warmth in the house.
Ira soon joined us for a breakfast of stove-top-cooked oatmeal and cold cereal. Much to my surprise our New York Times was delivered despite the storm. Reading the paper would help pass the time since there wasn't much else to do.
Whenever you lose power, one of the first things you think about is saving the food in the refrigerator and freezer. We had just bought meat for hamburgers and a flank steak, all of which were in the freezer.
I couldn't get to my patio grill because a large tree limb had fallen diagonally in front of it. So we cooked four hamburgers in a large frying pan on the stove. They weren’t the greatest but no one complained. We decided we could save the flank steak for at least one more day.
Rosanne and Ira made a quick trip to their house down the block but were back soon because they had no source of warmth at all. Ira came back with a load of magazines which he read while I spent the afternoon with The Times. It was the first time in a long time I actually read the Sunday paper on Sunday.
Enough was enough, we agreed. Let's go out for dinner. We called around and found a local diner was open for business. And what a business they were doing. It didn't take long before we were sharing storm stories with folks at a neighboring table.
Dinner was a welcome break from the cold and dark. Afterward, Rosanne and Ira decided to sleep at home, despite their cold house. We went our separate ways hoping Monday would bring some relief.
(To be continued)
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