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The past few days have been quite interesting here in Wolfville.

Saturday brought the first snow storm of the season as the Valley was under a heavy snowfall warning. I spent most of the afternoon in the library and then ventured down to Tim Horton’s for some hot chocolate amidst the storm. I also stopped at Shopper’s to pick up some candy canes, just to get in the Christmas mood with the help of the snow as well.

Waking up on Sunday revealed a power outage. Although we didn’t know about it at the time, 6 transformers and power lines in Halifax had fallen due to the storm and left 100,000 people without power. Through word-of-mouth, we heard that power wouldn’t be restored until Wednesday at the earliest and then it changed to no power until the end of the week.

With no power, it meant not having access to the internet, which also meant having no way of using my desktop or having any way to recharge my laptop battery. Therefore, not much work was accomplished on Sunday except for some Translators marking. Also, you don’t realize how fast the Sun sets unless you don’t have power as it was completely dark here at 5:30pm. After venturing down through campus and downtown, it was evident that everyone was out of power. The only light on downtown was the flickering OPEN sign at Joe’s. They were taking orders for pizzas and donairs with the help of their propane oven.

On Monday there was still no power and plans were in the mix to head into Halifax or Stellarton, where Julie’s parents live. I opted to ride out the storm and power outage which could show a hint of adventure while trying to stay warm for the next couple of days without power. As it turns out, a couple hours after Sean and Julie left for Stellarton, the power came back on. This prompted the thermostats to be cranked up to 20 degrees and my computers were quick to be turned on as well. It seemed like only a part of Wolfville had power, as much of the downtown area was still in the dark. While on MSN, it seems like everyone had vacated Wolfville and headed into NB or into Halifax. Many of these people left within hours of the power coming back on.

So now it’s back to classes again. Only 2 weeks left in the term!