Who Turned Off the Lights?

Last Thursday evening at approximately 3:40 pm, I was in the library discussing irrelevant topics with a teacher and a few of my friends when suddenly everything shut off and it got dark. We didn't mind the dimness it was actually quite peaceful. We just went back to our conversation ignoring the fact that there was no electricity, probably because it was still day light and we were preoccupied. I rode my bike home thinking it was only the school that did not have electricity when I noticed that a few of the stop lights were not on. Considering the fact that I get hesitant when crossing big intersections because of the many times big tucks and vans have almost ran me over, I ended up looking like a weirdo riding my bike in circles back and forth on the sidewalk until the coast was clear. When I got home is was getting dark, from sunset until 7 my family and random neighbors were playing volleyball, football and racing around the neighborhood in our bikes, scooters, and motor scooters. It was all fun and games, we tried to make the most out of it since our excuse for our homework was that there was no light to finish it up. It wasn't until we got hungry when reality set in. It was time for us to be like cavemen. For some reason we have emergency kits in each room, we set up our candles and flash lights around the house then had some hot dogs for dinner outside like we were out camping. This whole experience made me thankful for what we take for granted. We rely on resources that may soon run out, what would we do then? I'm pretty happy if caught us off guard, we really needed it. It was like a reality check for all of us. We really ought to realize how lucky we are to be so spoiled. Which left me thinking, are we really worthy of such privileges?