CHAPTER
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Anxious to get a jump on the day, I pulled into the office parking lot as the first golden rays of sunlight spilled over the rugged peaks. Instilled with restless energy, I walked inside only to discover there was no electricity. “Are you kidding me?” I shouted, slamming my purse on the desk. “I don’t have time for this!” After the usual, exasperating journey through the automated voice prompts, my call to the power company netted me ten minutes on hold listening to the worst music I’d ever heard in my life. When a live person finally came on the line, I was informed that the power would probably be out for several more hours. I hung up and yelled to no one. “Well, that’s just great!” The office phones didn’t work, we had no heat and I couldn’t even brew a pot of coffe
