good heavens and great scott

i got to work this morning and heard the generator running. not good. as i walked through the building to the time clock, it seemed like everything was on that should be on. upon coming back upstairs and getting to the kitchen, however, i learned that random things were working. dining room lights and coffe machine? check. kitchen lights? not so check. ovens and refrigerators? check. steamer and outlet for the blenders? nope, not check. microwave and ice machine? yep. dishwasher? yeah, no.
everywhere else was running into the same issues. bedrooms on the south side? yep. big bathroom on the south side? no. therapy room? yes. nurses station? no. laundry, phones, elevator, certain outlets (but not all - even in the same room, on the same wall)? no. offices? hit or miss.
it was crazy. better than having everything out like last time, but completely random.
then, before we even started serving breakfast, one of my co-workers went home sick. that was fine at the time because there was only so much we could do with no dishmachine, but when the electricity came back on at about 9:50 and we had to get caught up by 11:30 for lunch, it got a little harried.
and so it was that in the last 4 days i've had a half a day with not much electricity, one day working short-staffed, one day of grocery deliveries, 2 busy holidays, 2 days having to work overtime, 3 days with no lunch breaks, and 39 guests to top it off.