An interesting night

So, I posted last night about how happy I was to have a connection back in my room. I admit, I wasn't in the best mood when I did so, but I was in a better mood then I was about to be.

I decided that I had enough of busy work, so I jumped on my messangers and threw in a movie on the TV. Everything was great, I was relaxed. Then I heard the storm rolling in... I love storms... This one was huge. Each strike hitting that I heard only raised my awareness of how large this one was... and I loved it. My smile grew larger as the storm went on... Until that strike.

One large boom... That's all it was. And then.. nothing, no power, no light. Trapped. Alone in my room. Thankfully I remember very well where I put everything, so I went to my bag, and grabbed my flashlight from it. Went to the hallway, and made sure that everyone else was alright. It turned out that I wasn't having the worst of nights, or atleast not as bad as the person trapped in the elevator. So I took the stairs down to the lobby and found the OIC, CPT Davis. The short search for the emergency release key for the elevators began. Back when I worked in the hospital I had taken time to learn the basics that are needed to pry open a locked door. So from floor to floor we went trying to find which elevator someone was actually in. After opening the doors on several floors we found that we missed the service elevator on the first floor. So we went back down, I popped the door, and let the somewhat shaken person out of the elevator.

Now with knowing everyone was safe, I went back to the hallways and talked with several people. Just had a good time enjoying other peoples companies while I couldn't do anything else. Shortly there after, almost midnight now, I decided it was time to retire to my room. So I curled up in bed with my flashlight and a book, started reading, and passed out somewhere in the middle of a sentance...