Electricity off, grill on
So we have this fabulous gas grill that has not only a decent sized grilling rack, but also a side burner for a pot. I have never used this side burner. In fact, we haven't used the grill in two years! It's just been sitting on our back porch and then our garage when we moved.
Well, yesterday, the electricity went out in the late afternoon (wreck out something? We heard sirens...) and it wasn't supposed to come back to us until well after 9 p.m. The whole block went out actually. All the neighbor came out of their houses, "Do you have power?" and "Has anyone called the electrical company?"
Meanwhile, drastic measures needed to be taken. After all, I refused to cheat on my keto diet and we were waking up at 5 a.m. the next morning (this morning) so were required to be in bed by 9:30 p.m. As such, dinner must be served before then.
So with electricity out, I unhooked the garage door for a manual open, unpacked the grill from a bunch of other storage debris, checked the gas tank (still some left), and began to set it up for cleaning, only then to realize I didn't have a grill brush.
I then sent my wonderful but exhausted husband to Walmart for a grill and fresh bag of broccoli. Officially, while he ran this errand, I moved the grill to the back yard.
With pork chops seasoned and prepped, I lit a group of candles and prepared for darkness. Husband returned (at last!) and we ate a wonderful grill dinner that included boiled broccoli from the grill's side burner. We went to bed on time and thought that was the end of it, despite the light timers in the animal room drastically put off schedule by the power outage.
And here I sit, 5:30 in the morning, and the electricity is coming on and going off every few minutes. So much for "fixed" and "back to normal," electrical company. I am disappointed in you.