Sketchy Electricity Follow-Up

Even though our house was in its own personal blackout during our first week back, coincidentally the whole town was without power during 5 days during that time. It seems a worker got sucked into one of the turbines while performing de-silting maintenance at the hydroelectric dam in Malawi that supplies our electricity leading to a work stoppage at the plant. The main issue for us isn’t having or not having electricity, we can deal with either scenario; the worst is expecting to have electricity and then loosing it without warning. The utility had cut our power due to some unrelated confusions, but after pleading at the chief of electricity’s house he sent someone to reestablish our connection, or so he thought. Actually, some wires had come loose in the disconnecting/reconnecting process and with power cutting out everyday, seemingly right when the electrician would arrive, we couldn’t get it fixed. I think the electric company felt embarrassed that we had no power, especially since everyone knows how regularly we pay our bills, so they made a big effort, and eventually just retightened every wire. We were already in bed when the current started flowing again, illuminating all of our bulbs. We were so excited after 5 days with no power that we didn´t mind the wake-up call and immediately got out of bed, made popcorn, and starting watching a movie.