Blackouts and COVID

We awoke this morning to another blackout due to downed tree limbs covered in heavy ice falling on power lines nearby.  The ice adds too much weight for the branches to bear and it has been a bit windy too which doesn't help.  I think we had power again in about two hours.  That was just long enough for us to collect all of our battery operated lamps, lanterns, flashlights and power stations.  This time of year we worry about freezing pipes but short blackouts aren't a major problem unless they fry electronic components throughout the house and we had that potential today!

When we lost power, the power was flickering for about ten or fifteen minutes which caused all sorts of problems with our electronic devices, appliances and entertainment center.  Once we had power back on I quickly realized that all the flickering had pushed everything into "pairing mode".  This meant that I needed to set up each device again.  We also had issues with a few of our routers as well.  All in all, I think I rebooted everything, individually, about a dozen times before everything was able to synch together again and work as they should...   I think, anyway.  I wouldn't be surprised if I found something still is not working correctly.  

Sheila is still quite sick with COVID.  I'm still dealing with the remnants of the same.  For me, I'm mostly exhausted with little energy and a lingering cough but I'm also having great difficulty breathing.  Sheila still has a sore throat and a pounding headache.  We're both still dealing with a runny nose and sneezing but that is hardly worth mentioning.  The breathing problems, sore throat and pounding headaches are worth mentioning though.