hmm...

So, it's kind of amazing how we can do things because that's what we always do.

Sunday night as a wave of storms rolled through the area, we lost power in my neighborhood. (luckily we only lost power. Not too much other damage in my neck of the woods.) I knew the power was off. I was watching the news when it happened. You tend to notice when the tv screen and the light in the room go off. So mom and I got out the flashlights. After the major storm had passed through and were were no longer under a tornado warning (apparently about 17 were sighted in the surrounding areas), I was doing some stuff around the house. I'd walk into a room, carrying my flashlight so I could see, and I'd flip the light switch. It was an automatic response. No thought put into it. As soon as I'd flip the switch I'd be like "duh! the power is off!" But it's just so ingrained in me to turn on the light when I enter a room, that it was the first thing I did. Even knowing full well that it wouldn't work.