Mike’s plan for lightbulb domination is continuing. Thank you, Al Gore. No, really. Thanks. You’re the best. Yesterday he changed the lightbulbs in our kitchen, and now, when I turn on the lights in the kitchen, I have to wait a second for them to actually come on, and then I have to wait for the lights to actually, you know, give off light. They still start off very dim. And then slowly become brighter than the sun. Seriously. Sunglasses are needed. The glare, it is strong.
The way that I discovered this was that Mike turned on the lights in the kitchen last night as I was cooking dinner and I DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE. Then he went to the pantry and came back all giggly and I looked at him in confusion. And then, literally, the light dawned. (That is my favorite part of the story, that, literally, the dim light brightened.) The kitchen slowly grew brighter. Slowly. Very slowly. As my heart grew darker. Quickly. Very quickly.
I thought I was irritated by this last night, but then, this morning, I went downstairs to make coffee and turned on the light and nothing happened. And then the dim lights came on. And I was enraged. ENRAGED, I say! I couldn’t see anything! I was further enraged by how bright they then got. I had not yet had any coffee. I did not want to have to shield my eyes quite that much.
I am sure there’s some kind of lesson here about patience being a virtue. But, seriously, I am still not used to the energy-saving bulbs in our bedroom lamps, two years after Mike put them in. I may need some encouragement to make it through this difficult time.
(Like everyone, I think conservation is important unless I have to do it myself.)
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Mike would love my house — because it’s old and the amps go up and down like crazy, regular bulbs burn out REALLY quickly — like, within a month or two. It’s ridiculous. So now almost all the bulbs in my house are the spiral energy savers
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You’d be better off with candles. They light right up.
“If patience is a virtue why does all the waiting leave me so depressed?” -Popular Genius
“When you get impatient you only start to worry. RememBAH! RememBAH! That God is patient too! Just think of all the times that others have to wait for you.”
Okay, if you are quoting something entirely different then I will feel dumb, but if not, YAY for Music Machine! My mom and I sing that song ALL the time.
My dad always sang that song to us – drove us nuts! He’d try to do the tortoise voice too.
I like that song! hehe.
the kitchen lights i have fade up, but it takes less than a second for them all to come on. it’s kind of like being on a tv show i guess. i sometimes imagine someone yelling “ACTION!”
Go Mike!!!
I thought I remembered Mr. Rogers singing the patience song?
I don’t know. The one I am quoting is definitely from The Music Machine, but he could have had one with similar lyrics.
Maybe Mike needs to get the not-as-bright compact fluorescents. [I wish that I could fit them into more fixtures in my house, but ... they won't fit.]