The power's been fluctuating since this morning and has been officially out since early afternoon. I woke up to the beeping and clicking of our massive box-like surge protectors. It's a national holiday (Women's Day? Victory over Ghana in a soccer game? Who knows?) and so the power lines probably won't be fixed until tomorrow. We have a generator fueled by gasoline to run such important things as lights and stoves and computers but if we run air conditioning it'll use too much energy and so...it's hot. And since I'm cooking Leek and Potato Soup in the kitchen it's REALLY hot (imagine a sauna and then triple it). I'm only hoping that the power magically comes back on in time for dinner so that we don't all have to eat naked.
Gin and tonics with lime help. A little bit.
postscript, 1/2 hour later: IT'S BACK! Blogging = magic. Tomas doesn't have a million dollars. Now maybe it will happen.
post-postscript 4 hours later: We have no running water.
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dear noodles,
ReplyDeleteonly a brit would try to make potato leek soup in the middle of a sweltering day in the DRC while the electricity is in flux. Thought you should know that. Also, this blog is great! And I worry about you... every time I think about you, which is often. Be safe, love. And ship me back some of that fruit, and those kittens, please. K thanks byeeeee.