GOOD-BYE JANUARY
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (80185)
United States
January 31, 2024 10:48am CST
You won't find me complaining that January is over. In fact, this last day hasn't started off very well and if I didn't know the date I would swear it's Friday the 13th!
I didn't sleep well last night so naturally I rely on my coffee to jump start my brain. This morning the coffee tasted much stronger than normal so maybe I lost count when scooping the coffee into the pot? Maybe the universe was telling me I was going to need extra strong coffee today?
Sat down with my mug of magic beans to check the weather and watch an early morning tv show when Hulu started freezing and acting up. Turned the tv off and then back on and still problems with Hulu. So I missed the show, the weather and the news. But, it came back on so all is well (or so I thought)
Did a few things, started my crockpot with sauce for tonights dinner, made my breakfast and sat down to myLot while I had my second cup of coffee and eat
So, what do you think happened?
The power went out....
Does this sound like Friday the 13th to you?? 
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24 responses
@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
31 Jan
Brain working equals coffee.
That's all we need to know.
Yes it does ..just reverse the 31 to 13.
That's all we need to know.
Yes it does ..just reverse the 31 to 13.4 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
see I knew I could count on you @RebeccasFarm ...it is the 13th only backwards
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@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
31 Jan
@Marilynda1225 Tis indeed..lets celebrate by drinking coffee
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@kaylachan (58995)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jan
Sounds like you're not having a very good day. I hope it improves for you.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
It seems better now. Power is back and fingers crossed that all the malfunctions are over.
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@kaylachan (58995)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jan
@Marilynda1225 I know this is one of the worst times of year to lose power. I assumed you found some power source to type that post. Glad it didn't last long.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
@kaylachan had to use my cell phone which is really a pain to try to myLot on.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
The power finally came back after about a half hour. I was sitting in my open power recliner when it went out so I was stuck for awhile but the good thing is I had gone to the bathroom before the power went out So far nothing else has gone haywire
So far nothing else has gone haywire2 people like this
@Treborika (17394)
• Mombasa, Kenya
1 Feb
@Marilynda1225 The power outage can be very devastating
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
Power came back and the rest of the day was uneventful thank goodness
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
It came back after about a half hour. Weird since we aren't experiencing any storms or strong winds.
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@mildredtabitha (16087)
• Nairobi, Kenya
31 Jan
It doesn't sound like Friday thirteenth. Glad January is ending.
Sorry you didn't sleep well last night. Coffee is known to keep people awake longer. Don't drink it before bed.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
I only drink my coffee in the morning and it's soley for jump starting my brain
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@mildredtabitha (16087)
• Nairobi, Kenya
31 Jan
@Marilynda1225 I hope you have a good night sleep tonight.
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@snowy22315 (171277)
• United States
31 Jan
Geez, what a morning! Everybody has them from time to time.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
Crazy morning but now the power is back on and nothing else has gone haywire
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
The power came back on after about half an hour and so far nothing else has gone haywire
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@LadyDuck (460475)
• Switzerland
1 Feb
@Marilynda1225 In France most people played Lotto on Friday 13th for the good luck.
@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
funny how it's the opposite here and a day of superstitions and things going wrong.
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@akalinus (40797)
• United States
31 Jan
Wow, you really got zapped. It sounds like Friday the 13th. Maybe your bad luck is done for the year, hopefully.
I find January to be one of the longest months. It just seems to last forever with the short dark days, cold weather, little sunshine, clouds, and gloom. February is shorter and then spring is usually in the air, hopefully.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
January has been the dreariest month this year with only a handful of sunny days. I'm ready for spring!!
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
Well if I didn't laugh I would have cried with everything that was going wrong but the afternoon turned out problem free and the rest of the day was fine.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
2 Feb
@JudyEv I never heard that saying before but it's interesting how some sayings become popular and stick around for ages.
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@JudyEv (326776)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Feb
@Marilynda1225 It's amazing sometimes how many things can go wrong in a single day. My sister would say 'we must have killed a Chinaman'. I don't know how that saying came about. lol
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@aninditasen (15804)
• Raurkela, India
1 Feb
When it's too cold there's the possibility of things going wrong.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
It was just a day of crazy things going wrong.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
2 Feb
@aninditasen yes everything is fine now 
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@aninditasen (15804)
• Raurkela, India
2 Feb
@Marilynda1225 Hope things are fine now.
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@LindaOHio (158796)
• United States
1 Feb
I hope the power is back on and Hulu is running. Have a good day.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
Power came back after about a half hour and Hulu decided to behave. The rest of the day was fine but it's just weird that we had an issue with the power since we weren't experiencing any storms or high winds.
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@LindaOHio (158796)
• United States
2 Feb
@Marilynda1225 That sometimes happens here too. The hamsters get tired of running on the wheel.
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@porwest (78757)
• United States
31 Jan
Gosh. Terrible about your Hulu issues. I can't figure it out, but I have been suffering Internet issues all damn day long and it is beginning to make me a bit angry. Enough that I got up from my desk and shouted some foul words quite loudly before going into the living room to reset the wi-fi and it must have been abrupt enough that the cats tore off and hid. lol
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
31 Jan
Funny that we both are having internet issues today. I've been known to throw a fit on occasion especially when it comes to technology and I know nothing about it.
Hope your issues resolved themselves and the cats came out of hiding.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
@porwest glad things got better once you rebooted the wi-fi and the cats felt it was safe to come out of hiding Hope there aren't any more issues
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@porwest (78757)
• United States
1 Feb
@Marilynda1225 They did. The cats, that is. They came out of hiding. lol. Luckily once I rebooted the wi-fi the problem seemed to get better, so I am not sure what was going on there. But it was frustrating to say the least.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
Rain can be a huge pain especially when you get stuck in traffic and wind up late for work.
@RasmaSandra (74146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Feb
Sounds rather spooky to me perhaps a poltergeist is protesting that its the last day of January. I hope with the beginning of February today your electricityity is back to normal.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
2 Feb
It seems that it could have been a poltergeist everything is fine now and no more issues.
everything is fine now and no more issues.1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
It got better and the afternoon was fine.
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@lazydaizee (6737)
• United Kingdom
1 Feb
It is annoying when the power goes out.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
It certainly is and that's when we realize that almost everything we use is power related
@Beestring (13494)
• Hong Kong
1 Feb
Hope the power off didn't cause you a lot of trouble.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
It only lasted a half hour which wasn't too bad. Strange though since we weren't experiencing any storms or high winds.
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@Treborika (17394)
• Mombasa, Kenya
1 Feb
Good bye January indeed time really flies.
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@Marilynda1225 (80185)
• United States
1 Feb
It's hard to believe that January is over and we're heading into a new month.
