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Friday

I woke up around 7, went to the bathroom, then back to bed. A little later, the air purifier stopped, which was about right. I stayed in bed till 7:30, then got up. I turned on my phone and saw it was low. So I plugged it into my laptop to charge. I wanted to check messages before the power went out at 9, but discovered the power was already out. Sigh.

I sent Chris a message. I got dressed. I watered all the plants. I walked around the house with my meter and got zeros for electrical fields and radiation, but there was a 0.2 magnetic field. It was all over the house and even outside. Weird.

I got a text from Chris that the power should be on soon. And as soon as it was, I texted him back. Then I jotted notes for my blog until the internet came back up.

I got ready and went to Math Morning. Saronna came with her kids. Normally I would help Sophia but she was in a really bad mood and didn't want to do anything. Then, someone new came. We were all kind of shocked. But she had a special test coming up and she had sample questions on her phone so we went through them one by one.

Then Michelle burst into the room. She had been trying to call me and Saronna but we hadn't answered. My excuse was that my phone was charging at home. Anyway, she wanted to borrow a lawn mower after having put gas in hers – in the oil compartment!

After Math Morning, everyone left and I locked up. I went to the Post Office to pick up mail. I chatted with the postal lady. When I got home, I made and ate breakfast, although it was an hour early. I also read e-mail.

Around noon I went outside and pulled up dandelion stems that the lawn mower missed. Therefore, I was outside when Michelle pulled up. I got my list and she took me to Tooele. We chatted the whole way.

She dropped me off at Great Clips and got her car detailed. I waited for a cut, then afterward, walked next door to Macey's for some groceries. I also walked into the dollar store and looked around until she came back.

She also took me to Luckey's and Melanies. I wanted to look at garden starts at Cal Ranch, but she said Wal-Mart would be better and she took me there. She needed something there too. We met back up in front of the pharmacy and checked out the food side of the store. Chris called, but I couldn't hear him.

We went back to the base. I dropped off my food and plants. I grabbed the big water jug, and we went to get it filled from the purified water dispenser. When I got back, I put away the food.

There were mice in the bucket trap. I took them to Keli. She threw the dead one up on her shed roof for the owls. She lightly hit the live ones and put them under the tree where the adult owls were sitting. I didn't see them fly down as I drove away.

When I got back, I washed the bins in the fridge to put more food in them. I went outside to pull more dandelion stems and raked them up. But it got windy and dark, so I went in for supper.

I cut up rinds, and banana peels. Chris called and we talked. Then he went to bed. I wrote to my blog. I watched one episode of Call the Midwife. I got ready for bed and chose an audio. It was pretty effective, but I couldn't quite fall asleep.