power cuts

While Europe asks questions about last week's black-outs, mum and I deal with power failures every single evening here in Fairlands. Sadly it's not a municipal thing, but a tradesman thing.


Every evening between 6 and 7 pm, the lights trip again and again and again. The electrician's explained it as a sensitivity thing - that if there is a power surge in the neighbourhood, our board trips, but it's reached ridiculous proportions.

It's also the most difficult time to have now power : I'm in the middle of feeding and bathing Zack. And trying to wrestle with a small child, in the dark, to get him into his pyjamas is not for the faint-hearted.

I guess it's the same the world over : you just can't get good help these days !