into the house

When we opened the doors of the house and looked around, the first thing we discovered was that there was no electricity. It was probably around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. It would be dark before long and we did have candles but " the food will go bad' I pointed out.

we began to unload the truck and once most of it was out, we sat down to ponder the situation. " We brought a generator!" we were still a bit road weary evidently and not firing on all cylinders. it took a bit of ingenuity- various plugs had to be cut and taped...sorry boom box.....but he got it running and a plug ran from it to a plug inside the house and voila! electricity!! As the cacophny overshadowed any possible bird songs or moments of tranquility, Nacho arrived. Nacho, short for Ignacio, is our caretaker ( and I use the term very loosely) who was supposed to have the water tank full and the electricty on when we arrived. After mutual greetings and a bit of chit chat, Nacho told us the electicity was off due to the wiring at the street being bad. He climbed up to check it out and see what he could do but alas, couldn't get it working. He informed us that an electrician was just up the street, left with his two sons in tow and within 10 minutes was back with a man in a truck. At home, he would have resembled a county employee. by now it was dark but within moments we were applauding his handiwork. No more loud generator but its reassuring to know that we have it and that it works. We put our food in the fridge ( after a good scrubbing of course)I dug out the inflatable bed and sheets, plugged in the i-pod dock and lap top and called it a day. we sat down and watched a Seinfeld DVD and went to bed.......