Stay or Go

Unfortunately, for a few neighborhoods in town the blackout continues. When we got power back we had friends without power stay over. They got their power back, so we called other people without power, feeling it would be silly to let beds lie empty. Especially since the effected houses are not just dark, but freezing cold.

A bunch of people said no. They'd rather not pack up, they'd rather stick it out at home. I really love to be home. However, I cannot imagine  that the discomfort of living in someone else's house for a few days is more than the discomfort of living in a house whose high temperature is 52 degrees ( and according to one friend as low as 42!). Soup and other hot foods only take you so far. Do you get more points at the end if getting through it was difficult? If someone offers a place to stay that's warm and well lit it does not make you less tough or less hearty a soul if you go. Especially if you know early on that it's a least a three day proposition.  We know a lot of people who went out of town to relatives, that's much more of a commitment then going to someone who lives a few minutes from your powerless house. If you forget anything, you just go get it.

To each his own, I guess.