Gloria cried for a few more minutes before regaining her composure. Her breathes were shallow from having worn herself out, but no she was beginning to think clearly again. Realizing all she has to do is go back to the computer and set her age higher, Gloria blushes at her over the top response.
She takes a few unsteady steps back towards the chair and hoists herself up. Once she manages to get up there she struggles to reach and manipulate the mouse and keyboard. Eventually, she gets the proper menu selected to adjust her age and right as she goes to type the computer and everything else in her house goes dead.
The toddler slumps against the chair. What are the odds of a blackout happening right now! Gloria carefully climbs down and looks for where she left her phone.
In the time that takes, the lack of air conditioning starts to take its toll on Gloria. Knowing how sensitive kids as young as she is right now are to hot temperatures, Gloria grimly realizes if the power outage lasts too long she's going to have to leave the house and go somewhere cooler.
After locating her phone, Gloria pulls up the power company website and finds the estimate for power being returned is...