Wake up in the middle of the night, well technically very early in the morning, and go through to the loo. Note that the outside street light is not on, as it has not been for a few days. We’ve joked about it because a small part of our electricity bill goes to pay for the street lighting. Well municipalities everywhere find some method of paying for street lights and this is it here. The joking was about whether we should ask for a rebate as there hasn’t been a light outside our house lately. And actually it was handy. It functioned as a night light and we didn’t need to turn on lights to find our way to the loo at night.
However tonight the bathroom switch has nil effect and then neither does the one in the kitchen. Check the microwave and it is not displaying the (inaccurate) time. Neighbours do have a light upstairs but I see someone taking it to another room, so probably not electric. Presume that the water is moved by an electric pump but the warm water in the roof tank must be gravity fed. Does this mean that we should be using water from the hot tap - not that it will be hot at this time of night - to flush the toilet? Not a particularly good time to ask anyone.
First power outage since we’ve been here. Obviously not a planned one at this hour. Wonder how long it will be. Back to sleep and wake to morning light and electricity.
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