I think we all need a therapist on speed dial, especially with the ongoing electricity and water woes making our daily living at times depressing
Who on earth gets up at 3.30am to do the washing? Well, that was me last Saturday.
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I do my washing at my mum’s home. However, when I got there last Thursday afternoon, it was the usual story – load shedding. The electricity came back on but there was no water.
There’s a tank but who knew how long the water will be out, so the tank water had to be conserved.
What could I do? Absolutely nothing, unless I wanted to hand wash with the slight trickle coming through the taps. With that idea quickly out of the way, I decided to wait for the next day.
Same story – there was water but no electricity in-between the stage 4 load shedding. Calling the power utility every name under the sun did not result in the electricity being miraculously turned on.
As this area is notorious for water and electricity outages, it was now a mental game of – ‘when will it come back on’.
At the same time, the alarm company called as they had received a panic signal – but not bothered to do a drive-by. What if it had been a real emergency?
The clock was ticking but still no electricity.
In the early hours of Saturday, my mum called on my cellphone to get me up to do my washing. It was a difficult choice, either catch-up on some much-needed sleep or be practical. As usual, practicality won.
I was annoyed as no-one in their right minds gets up at that hour to do of all things, washing.
But there I was doing it. At least I was able to catch up on some series I am watching on TV.
But how much longer do we have to endure this misery?
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