Survival Tactics with Yours Truly

Fun fact: Did you know that almost 12 inches of snow puts Poughkeepsie into a very frantic, caveman-like state? Upon arriving to this great city yesterday, I checked into my hotel and marched myself up to my room to enjoy Hocus Pocus and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! If I had to be stuck in a hotel on Halloween, I was going to celebrate the right way. However, this devestating snow storm (whose snow has pretty much all melted away) caused power outages across the city. Now luckily, I did have power....which was awesome, because this is the only hotel I've been to that has the ABC Family channel. However, the cable was out...and for some reason I couldn't connect to the Internet on my laptop...and it was only 4 PM. I sat in my room racking my brain for things to do to kill time. I got creative.

1. I debated reading the bible in the night stand drawer...I opted out.
2. I read the Welcome to Our Hotel binder, educating myself about the hotel's many ammenities and accomodations, in addition to the area's dining options and attractions.
3. Since that binder was so helpful, I ordered Chili's take-out.
4. I went to pick-up my take-out, and I bought some mouthwash from Walgreens on the way there.
5. I ate my Quesadilla Explosion salad.
6. I couldn't connect to the Internet on my laptop, but it was working on my iPhone. I watched Toy Story 3 on Netflix...on my iPhone.
7. I called several people....who didn't answer their phones.
8. I face-timed with my little cousin, Owie, loving his Woody costume. "Do ya feel lucky?"
9. I face-timed with Hannah and filled her in on my hotel adventures thus far.
10. Eventually I could connect to the Internet on my laptop, so I spent an hour looking for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! I found one that kept freezing.
11. I started reading Bridget Jones' Diary, which isn't quite as "screamingly funny" as USA Today claims it is.
12. I explored the closet equipped with an iron and ironing board. (Side note- the iron is the same type of iron that I had trouble with in last week's hotel. It's some fancy, modern iron that has water inside it that is supposed to turn into steam once heated. My 1989 iron at home does not work like this. The metal bottom gets hot and you simply press your clothes when it's heated. This special iron had many buttons and settings and kept leaking on to my dress that I was trying to press! All I wanted was a wrinkle-free dress! Do you know how much work I went through to get it half-way decent looking? I'll tell you. That stupid iron kept leaking water that wasn't turning into steam on to my dress! I was determined though, so I kept trying to press it. I eventually tried to turn up the heat, hoping the stupid water would turn to steam...that sort of worked..lots of steam came out of the iron...which was right below the smoke detector...and I got nervous so I just turned the fancy iron off. I was frustrated and left with a horribly soaked dress....and a hair dryer. I plugged that sucker in and went to town drying my dress. My mom is so worried that when I move out I'll starve because I don't know how to cook. How about teaching me how to use a modern day iron, Mom?)

Clearly, in the event of power outtages, I will survive.