What a whirlwind of a night. Honestly it couldn't have gotten any crazier.
First off, at around 6:54pm, the power on the entire campus went out. Not only did it go out, but it was out for a good seven hours.
I had just walked outside into my building's courtyard and the whole building went black. It took me a moment to process...but as soon as I heard the screams from people in the rooms with open windows I knew; black out. I then looked out onto the feild and every sidewalk light, window, and field light was black. The whole campus. Late classes got canceled, my extra credit lecture was canceled. And everyone was in a weird state of panic/enjoyment.
I return from my canceled lecture and work my way around my room for any light source I had. Glow sticks, fake candles, my computer, and eventually my flashlight. And me, one of my three roommates, and two other friends were all in one room together. We decided to walk to McDonald's since our cafeteria had closed in a panic, and the microwaves didn't work. Once returned, we sat in the dark doing just about nothing. A shower in the dark later, my roommate came home at around 1am.
She walked into our room, came back into the neighboring one, and asked us where her computer was. By this point, we had both noticed that her and the 3rd roommate [who had both left together] computers were gone. We had figured that they took them with them to their friend's house when they left. After she asked us, and both parties realized that it wasn't a joke, we realized that both Apple, mac book pro, laptops had been stolen. The only things missing in the whole suite were those computers. Mine, and the one roommate who was here's weren't touched. Granted they are gateways and acers...so not as much money in them as anything apple.
So we reported the theft and, had to talk to the police. [If you remember, power is still out, and we only had the back up generator's hallway lights...] So the four of us spoke to two different cops, who lectured us on locking the doors, and took our drivers license information, and told us that there was a slim chance of getting the computers back. After these lovely visits, the power came back on, at 2:30am.
Once the police left, and we were all back in our now well lit rooms, we sat up talking for a good two hours. No one wanted to go to sleep, because we were all a little on edge. I became jumpy, and I am never jumpy. ever. So after locking every door we walked past in our suite, we laid in the dark, in panic. I felt myself drift, and as soon as I did, I felt vulnerable, so my eyes would fly open, and stare at the door. This happened about every 10 minutes, all night. This morning, around 9ish, I woke up from one of my longer drifts, and my roommate was awake, and neither of us could fall back asleep. We eventually left the room for food, and now we are taking turns napping. So right now, I am letting her sleep, while I stay up, just for a comfort I guess.
The fact that there was someone in my room, that I didn't know about, scares me to death. That is my biggest fear...when someone is there, and you don't know about it...the whole they can see you but you can't see them in the shadows thing...horrifying. I can handle zombies, ghosts, vampires, csi, criminal minds, you name it. But as soon as it is someone who is stalking, or lurking, I get the chills and my heart leaps into my throat. Even the area of the room where the laptop was taken from, makes me uncomfortable.
So now, I watch at everyone, I was finally feeling comfortable in my suite, and feeling safe, and this happens.
'Trust no one.'-last night's cop. Fear the living. [Walking dead reference]- sleep is a foreign concept at the moment. I hope I get some tonight, if possible. Probably won't happen though.
I would say Allons-y, but not in the mood...that's too happy to stamp.
-M
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