I would love for our societies to give us opportunities to re-live deeply different situations such as this. Once our neighborhood electricity node went down, usually it's just one building cut for 10-20 min, this time we knew it would be longer. Lucky for us we had candles, but even then, my toilets had no place to put a candle on, so I could barely pee while holding that burning thing in one hand. Far less scary than being left in the wild in the dark but still.
ps: I ended up picking a book and reading it by candlelight on my desk. I felt sucked into a 17th century reality. Also, the warmth, short decay and liveliness of a flame creates a very special ambiance.
Out of curiosity (unless it wasn't a western-style toilet), why didn't you just sit on the toilet to pee? When I get out of bed because of a need to pee, and I don't want to turn on the lights because of how it could affect my drowsiness, and thereby my ability to immediately fall back asleep, this is what I do.
ps: I ended up picking a book and reading it by candlelight on my desk. I felt sucked into a 17th century reality. Also, the warmth, short decay and liveliness of a flame creates a very special ambiance.