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It's possible to dial up to the Internet at Chez Clo. The manager gave
me a telephone line that I could hook up to my computer from the phone
plug in the wall last night. It's been a long time since I used dial up
and the whirr, beeps and static that blurt out of the speakers made me
reminiscent of another time. The connection worked fine, though, and I
sent out a few e-mails before going to bed and falling asleep while
watching a movie on cable.

In the morning I woke up and flipped the light switch. This room is dark
even in the morning, but the light switch did nothing. The power was
out. Luckily the window in the shower captured a gleam of light that
allowed me to take a shower and clean up before leaving for work. When I
returned in the evening the power was back on. My bed was made and the
shirt, socks and boxer shorts I had left on the bed were gone along with
the laundry form I'd filled out for them. It was only .55 cents for a
t-shirt and the socks and boxers were .22 cents. I thought I'd check my
email, but the phone cord I'd gotten the evening before from the manager
was gone; he must have taken it back. I looked around and the bathroom
had been cleaned. I couldn't tell if I'd gotten a new towel, but it was
folded in half and draped neatly on the towel bar. The bath mat I'd
quickly flung over the shower curtain rod was untouched.