"I lost the power!"

Due to slight winds that have traveled thosands of miles to arrive here in Ohio, I have now lost about a third of my favorite tree in the whole world.
On the bright side: It missed hitting my car by about six inches when it came down.
One the dark side: The power went out Sunday evening and has yet to come back on.
On the bright side: I have had an interesting strand of thoughts following the event of losing power.
On the dark side: These thoughts have helped me get to know a little bit more of what kinds of people I know.
On the bright side: I know some pretty cool people.
On the dark side: My little sister complains. A lot.

Here's the thought I came up with... What kind of person are you when the power goes out? Are you the same person without your electronic devices? Or do you become angry, easily upset, frustrated, annoyed, depressed, etc. if you are not constantly plugged into your laptop/TV/ipod/phone and so on? Are you still the person you are without these extra accessories, or does the lack of those things change you? Are you the kind of person that whines and complains and doesn't know what to do with yourself until the power comes back on, or are you the kind of person that says "YEAH! Let's go all Little House On The Prairie on this situation!"

Who, me? I embraced the lack of glowing screens and plunged backwards a few decades. I have been doing nothing but visiting friends, biking, knitting and reading for the past three days... And I still had power one of those days. Ha.

My family doesn't agree with my attitude so much. I am now located in a wonderful house with power and everything anyone would ever need. Thus the computer. Thus this post. At least now I don't have to listen to my sister groan and pout.