Baby, When the Lights Go Out (that's a song from middle school for all you older folks out there!)

I sit here on Mandy's laptop watching the last part of "Masada"-- hallelujah! (That's hallelujah to it being the last part, not that I'm watching it.) Right now, it is the climatic scene and there is the high-pitched violin music that is making me want to scream. It's worse than nails on a chalkboard. That, my friends, is not why I am writing two entries in one day. I am writing because something cool happened tonight. 

Several people were studying for tests and several of us were outside playing volleyball tonight when the electricity went out. Usually when the workers strike, it's during the day when we can manage with sunlight. Tonight's blackout made things terribly inconvenient. I came in to find people studying by candles and lanterns-- I felt like I had gone back in time. Then, we all eventually met in the living room for ghost stories. Though many of them creeped me out, I think Bethany and Bobby's stories topped my list. Bobby's in particular because it happened while here at the Artemis. He told about doors opening and loud knocks on the door in the middle of the night. Many others agreed with his story and said it had happened to them. It kind of makes me scared and I hope that nothing like that happens to me while here. For some reason, a cardboard cut-out figure of Humphrey Bogart was found when we first arrived. He mysteriously appears different places-- that is the closest to fear I have come. I love Humphrey with all of my heart, but when I walk up the stairs and he is standing there in a trench coat with a cigarette in his mouth, I can't help but be startled. 

After the stories ceased, we began to sing some worship songs. We sang for a while and concluded with "Light the Fire." I am not kidding when I say that when we began on the chorus of "Light the Fire" the electricity came back on. I know that's not earth shattering, but I thought it was cool. Let there be light! :-) 

Well, have a good night! Love ya'll.