This morning (after our power was restored) I made blueberry pancakes with homemade blueberry syrup. Not to overstate the case, but they were the most delicious pancakes I've ever eaten. I took a picture, for posterity:

Florida is not a state (literally or figuratively) through which one should be forced to suffer without air conditioning. I maintain that AC is the only reason (okay, the main reason) that Florida is the tourist destination it is today. Why devote a blog post to AC? We lost power for eleven hours last night. Eleven hours. That's significantly more than when we lost power during the 2004 hurricanes! Why, you ask, did we lose power? I'm no electrical engineer, but I'd wager that it has something to do with the fact that they're building like mad on this side of town and not adding the capacity to support it. So for eleven hours we lay in bed, trying desperately not to move or sweat. Now, blissfully, the AC is humming again and peace has been restored to our household.