Pitched into darkness

Without warning, the lights were out. Actually, there had been warnings. Countless phone calls, and finally, as I only discovered recently, a warning through the post. They cut off my electricity.

I don't remember the exact day this happened. It's been a while now. The fridge had been room temperature for the past day or two now, and things are beginning to smell. I've tried to clear it out before the food spoiled, but at the same time I need to save some for later.

I've still been resting at home most of these days, not that it helped. My abdomen still hurts, though not any more severe than before. That's the only thing I can take comfort in as far as this is concerned.

I went out to my workplace today to try and fix the problem. I bought one of those solar power generators. No longer on sale, it cost me around $70 with my discount. I also told them I couldn't come back to work just yet because of my injury, and they seemed rather displeased. But what can I do.

It was a real pain lugging that thing back home. Took a while to get enough juice into it to run my desktop. Here I am now. Still alive. More than I can say about the houseplants though...