Great start to the day. Power is out and I'm snowed in.

[Ocelot II]

No coffee. Just have to wait it out I guess.

[LakeArenal]

1. Wow triple threat. Take care. Keep warm.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Cold coffee?? Might work.

[MLAA]

3. Here's hoping it will be back on in a jiffy! Are you able to bundle up and stay warm?

[Ocelot II]

5. I'm fine, house is still reasonably warm, and I have a cat.

Just got an email telling me the power should be back on in another hour or so. Then I have to deal with the snow.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Oh no!

I hope your power is back on soon! That sucks.

[2naSalit]

6. Yikes...

I hope that is resolved by now! It's always dicey going without power in the winter.

[Ocelot II]

7. Power is back on even sooner than promised, but I'm still snowed in.

But I have coffee now so it's all good.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. I am sorry

[highplainsdem]

9. Sorry you have to deal with that, Ocelot II, but I'm glad to the power is back on.

Re the lack of coffee - I don't know if you need caffeine to wake up fully, as I often do, but since I don't like having coffee before breakfast, I discovered years ago that a fragment of a caffeine tablet, taken with water as soon as I wake up, helps me wake up faster and avoid any headache I might get if I skip caffeine completely. I also found out, since No-Doz is overpriced and the packages I find most often are small, that Walmart sells Jet-Alert caffeine tablets, 90 tablets 200 mg each, for only a few dollars, less than much smaller packages of No-Doz or Vivarin. I take a quarter to a third of a tablet first thing in the morning, or if I have a headache, especially a migraine. I still like coffee, but I don't always have time for it, and it's the caffeine I need (though not 200 mg at a time).

[Ocelot II]

10. I like coffee, not just the caffeine. I need to smell it brewing and then drink it

while reading the newspaper (couldn't find that this morning; if it came at all it's buried in the snow) or doomscrolling on my laptop. It's my necessary ritual; caffeine tablets wouldn't do the job. If I just want a caffeine rush, I'll go for chocolate-covered espresso beans.