Which would you rather have? Or not have, that is? The electricity going off is a fairly common problem in Africa. At work, we have a generator that kicks in quite quickly when the power goes off. And I have a little grey box that is hooked to my computer so it never shuts off and I don’t loose any work. At home, we don’t have a generator so when it’s off, it’s off. During daylight hours it’s not a problem, but as the sun goes down around 7:00, it can get pretty dark at home. We have candles scattered around the house for just such instances. Our stove has 3 gas burners and 1 electric. So we can cook with no power but can’t bake anything as the oven is electric.
Yesterday, the water company came and shut off our water. We do have water in the tank so we can survive for a while, but we don’t know how much is there. The story seems to be that someone who lived in our house several years ago owes the water company over $1,000. Doesn’t seem fair that they shut it off when our account currently has a credit balance! So my office is trying to sort it out. Supposedly it was to be fixed today, but it didn’t happen. If it doesn’t happen tomorrow, we may soon be dry here!
Didn’t post this when I thought I would…so Tuesday was the day that the water was shut off and today, Saturday, Stephen and I went to the water company ourselves. Supposedly, the information on our account was too vague and the person who would turn the water back on spent all day Friday looking for our house. For some reason, the same person is not responsible for turning on and off the water – it’s two different people. Go figure.
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