.black out.

Yesterday was like any other day. Alarm went off at 5am; shower on and on the road with a packed lunch by 5:20. The highway was a bit out of the ordinary though…there were some tree branches littering the path and the car seemed light on air in the tires because it was harder the handle. Turns out the wind was on overtime and not only was it pushing the car around, it was sending debris onto the road.

As I parked the car the wind howled and pushed against the car. It was apparent that it was heavy when I opened the door and it closed behind me with a gust. Wow I thought, it is windy…about the same time I noticed the warm breeze on my face. Odd for January but no biggie...then it happened…it was like someone had control of the surrounding light in the neighborhood. Everything flicked on and off several times before the lights went out. All the lights of the block went out and the street seemed quiet…

The walk to work took 2minutes and I was met by a couple teammates in our dark facility. The emergency lights were on and we quickly realized that the morning was now not what we expected…

The point of this story is not to shed light on the fact that we had a blackout but to illustrate that no matter what one expects, expect the unexpected.

Right away the west van team took charge and started the day right. We rolled towels in the faint light of the exit sign and reviewed the week prep off of a black berry. With only one customer training at 6am (outside bootcamp) the remaining team rallied together and cleaned what we could see and prepped for the day because we know that it was only a matter of time before the lights would be coming on again…

The moral of the story completely is that with every action there needs to be a tight reaction. Even though the lights were off and the WiFi was off, part of the team bonded with a workout and the rest stretched and or clicked away on black berry’s until there was enough light to continue to prep for that moment in the morning where everything came back to order in the form of electricity.

LIFe must move on in the case of adversity in any form so get ready cause it’s not if, it’s when…