You know what’s frustrating?
Fixing one problem only to have three more pop up.
You know you’ve poured your heart and soul into solving problems, but do you know what the real annoyances are that drive anyone crazy?
As always, first a warm greeting to all members of this great community—everyone involved in the blockchain in general. Today I’m going to share these photos showing a bit of the power outages that happened yesterday.
Here in Venezuela, we’re already used to power rationing—that is, prolonged power outages lasting between 6 and 12 hours—but yesterday morning when I woke up, I noticed there was no electricity. However, since we’re already used to it, I didn’t pay much attention. But just as I was leaving the house, I realized that the house next door, the house across the street, and the streetlights were all on—which means there actually was power.
That’s when I realized the power outage was limited to my home—only my home.
I quickly tried calling some friends and acquaintances to see how we could fix the problem, but honestly, absolutely no one was able to help, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. I went to check the cables and connectors—the real problem was that I didn’t have many options left.
The outage was caused by a branch that was hitting the high-voltage power lines, causing one of the main cables to come loose.
Fortunately, after several hours, I was able to fix the problem with the help of a specialized service truck. It was a bit complicated when it came time to pay the fee for the repair, but we managed to come up with the money and pay the bill in full.
After that, I had to cut down the bush that had damaged the cable in the first place, so I grabbed my machete and started cutting it down. However, this bush is a rather unique type of palm tree, as it has many thorns and bears fruits that I know are sold in other places; here, though, we don’t know how to process them to extract the oil.
Well, folks, that’s all the damn frustration from yesterday. I hope you didn’t enjoy reading it, but I hope you made it to the end. See you next time.
Text translated by DeepL.
Images takr with my phone (infinitix).
