That's a tough one - candles last longer, but a flashlight is safer. Actually during an extended outage I just go out to the MH and turn on the generator.
Tuesday - what I like to call "the nothing day". Mondays are just bad, everyone hates them. Wednesday is hump day, made it halfway. Thursday is just one day from Friday, how can that be bad? Friday is Friday, everyone loves it. Saturday and Sunday most people are off of work, so they're always good. Tuesday is nothing.