The 24-hour period of Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon was pretty typical. 

4:00 pm - Freezing rain and ice storm.
4:45 pm - Power goes out.  This is a problem because our house has electric heat, electric hot water, and electric everything.  With no electricity, absolutely nothing works. 
5:00 pm - I'm not worried because the house is still pretty warm. 
5:03 pm - The house is no longer warm. 
6:45 pm - If the electricity doesn't come back on in the next hour, we need to buy a generator. 
7:45 pm - We go to Home Depot to buy a generator. 
8:00 pm - We realize generators are big, so we go back home to get Wendy's car, hoping the electricity will be back on and we can cancel our plans of buying a generator. 
8:30 pm - We buy a generator. 
9:00 pm - Generators are heavy, so I hurt my back lifting it out of the car (Wendy was fine). 
9:30 pm - Generator is running, powering an electric heater in our room (Yay!). 
10:00 pm - We empty the refrigerator and freezer and put everything outside on the deck. 
11:00 pm - We drain the water pipes throughout the house so they don't crack. 
12:00 am - We go to sleep in a warm room, surrounded by several very cold rooms. 
4:15 am - I wake up sweating (generator works!) and in extreme pain because of my strained back. 
6:15 am - Dilbert the cat wakes us up to tell us the electricity is back on (Yay!). 
10:00 am - I almost die in the shower from back pain. 
10:30 am - I call the doctor to see if I can get an appointment (the answer is no). 
11:00 am - We get in the car to drive to Walmart to buy drugs and heating pads. 
11:01 am - Wendy spills my hot coffee on my lap, soaking my pants and underwear. 
11:02 am - I change into dry clothes and we go to Walmart. 
11:30 am - We get in the car to go home and Wendy spills the rest of my coffee, this time not on me. 
4:00 pm - I eat apple crisp, which pretty much cancels everything else out.