No Power, No Heat

The electricity went off in my school yesterday around noon, and with it the heat and hot water! Something broke just on the school's power grid so that all the buildings next to us were perfectly fine. After my last class, I spoke to the teacher (I had taken a group of four to a separate room to discuss job interviews), and she told me that the power wouldn't be on until the evening. Later, as the sun was going down, that prospect seemed doubtful. Luckily, Lizzie had come over as is now a Monday ritual to watch the new episode of The Walking Dead. She suggested I could stay with her if the power did not come on, and happily the family she works for didn't mind having me! I packed up a few things in the last minutes of daylight, with the aid of Lizzie's headlamp (how many girls keep one of those in their purse?), and went into Rennes for refuge from the cold and dark night descending upon us (and in search of crepes). On the way out we ran into the nurse, who was coming to check on me, and I learned that the power was not to be on until the next morning, and that classes were canceled until the afternoon because of it!

I was able to spend the night in a warm house after all, and meet the kids that Lizzie works with. The little boy Léon is so cute, as of course is the baby. I do not know as of yet whether the power is back on at school... I will venture in that direction shortly. It has been quite cold for Rennes this morning, -5 Celcius (23 Fahreinheit), but it seems to be unusually cold all over at the moment! I had better go, à bientôt!