Many Welps

I had planned to play something Tuesday night to have something to write abut. But it wasn’t meant to be We lost power around 4pm due to severe thunderstorms in our area. Tree branches all over the road, power lines down, it’s a whole mess. A few towns over there was a Tornado watch in effect which, thankfully, didn’t come anywhere near us. We got power back yesterday morning around 8am.

Long term power outages can be a little stressful. They really makes you think about how much you depend on electricity, you know, just working. Lights? Yeah, lights are cool. Candle light gives off a nice vibe, but unless you have a bunch of them, it’s hard to do stuff by. Our stove is electric so we made a dinner of PB&J and an assortment of things we didn’t have to cook but would also go bad in our fridge overnight. My toddler loved that!

Unfortunately, my Uninterruptible Power Source seems to have either died recently or was fried in the outage. I was wondering why my PC completely lost power. I figured, maybe the battery might have finally gone bad. I turned on the UPS this morning to screaming, constant beep, and a fault that indicated a problem with the charging circuit. Everything I read online pointed to a complete replacement. It’s lasted me 7 years so I can’t really complain. While a replacement isn’t inexpensive, I’d rather replace the UPS than my PC. At the moment it’s acting as a glorified power strip.

I did get some gaming time in Tuesday morning. I woke up earlier than normal and sat down to play No Man’s Sky. I booted it up, started the new expedition mode, and quickly realized I didn’t know what the key-binds were anymore. The expedition mode seems to assume that I already know that which- fair. It didn’t interest me one bit to start the tutorial for the sixth or seventh time. So that was out. The Squad is planning to play it this weekend so I’ll fumble around and learn the controls then. I’m sure they’ll love that!