5:39 A.M. - Silence in the Lawn Mower castle. Save for a lone fan whirring on low.

5:40 A.M. - The lone fan's whirring changes. LMQ awakes with the feeling something isn't quite right.

5:41 A.M. - Loud, consistent snores erupt from LMK in his 'Den of Seclusion' (a.k.a. The Loud Room...far away from The Quiet Room where LMQ is sleeping). LMQ rolls over and tries to go back to sleep.

5:45 A.M. - The soft whirring ceases as all power goes out in the castle.

5:46 A.M. - "Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap," says LMQ. "Did we pay our electric bill?" she thinks. She decides to stay in bed until the downstairs clock chimes six. Then she will get up, wake up LMK, and inform him of the situation. It's his birthday afterall. Let him sleep in.

5:51 A.M. - LMQ tiptoes out of bed and checks the neighboring castles for light. She notices that the village seems unusually dark as well. She tiptoes toward the 'Den

5:52 A.M. - En route to the 'Den of Seclusion' LMQ steps on His Royal Highness Ollie's tail and stumbles.

5:53 A.M. - LMQ continues down the hall cursing HRH Ollie as she goes.

5:54 A.M. - LMQ wakes the snoring LMK. He sits straight up in bed exclaiming, "What? What's wrong?"

5:57 A.M. - After briefing LMK on the situation, LMQ is sent back to bed where it is warm and she won't trip over something.

5:58 A.M. - On her way back to bed, LMQ trips over HRH Ollie yet again. She shakes her fist in his general direction before crawling back into bed. LMK is checking the windows to see if other castles are without power.

5:59 A.M. - LMK proceeds carefully down the slippery steps he slipped down over the weekend, while LMQ holds her breath and waits for the sound of him bouncing down the steps.

6:00 A.M. - LMK locates a working flashlight and brings a lighter back upstairs to LMQ. He lights a candle so she has some light in the bedroom. Then, LMK peers out the window uptoward The School to see if they have power. They may not have snow days, but what will they do with no electricity.

6:03 A.M. - LMK confirms that there are no lights at The School and that he starting to see some flashlights bobbing around.

6:10 A.M. - After several minutes of discussion, LMK decides to attempt to shower and get ready for work. After he is dressed in work attire he will walk up to work and see what is going on. He shall report status back to LMQ.

6:34 A.M. - LMK leaves for work. On his way, he takes out the trash. Good LMK.

6:55 A.M. - LMK returns and reports that it must be a county-wide blackout as colleagues from the country are reporting no electricity too. He decides to get something to read and return to the school to see what is going to happen for the day.

6:57 A.M. - LMQ can't help lying in bed thinking, "If I'm going to be in a house with no heat, I should really just stay in bed where it's warm. However, if it's going to get cold, I should really put the flannel sheets on the bed."

6:58 A.M. - LMQ ponders getting out of bed to change the sheets.

6:59 A.M. - LMQ snorts at the thought of getting out of her warm bed.

7:00 A.M. - LMK gets ready to head back to the school. Before he leaves, LMQ calls him into the bedroom for one last message. "Happy Birthday, honey."

Happy birthday.