When I was walking home from the subway last night, I rounded the corner to see ConEd crews working on my very own street. My pulse quickened. Before I reached home, a neighbor had called out to me that our power was back.

Indeed!

I ran around the apartment (after greeting the ecstatic pup) turning on everything. Then I turned most things back off, not wanting to tempt fate. I text-messaged █████, who confessed to getting a little misty at the news.

This morning, I shaved for the first time in a week. There was light in the bathroom!

Then I paid some bills. The largest by far was our ConEd bill. That one is still sticking in my craw.