Greetings everyone!
For the past three days, the electricity connection in our compound has had a fault. We've hired electricians to check and fix it, but none of them have been able to identify the issue, let alone fix it. Do you know the worst part of it? There has been constant electricity supply in the town, even in our neighbours’ compounds, yet we don’t have light in ours. If you’ve experienced this, you’ll know how painful it is. The light has been on both day and night, far better than how we used to get it at night when our connection was normal which usually deprived me of sleep.
Why the electricity talk?
Having electricity during the day brings me immense joy. It gives me an unexplainable, satisfying pleasure.
I live in a city where electricity is not constant; we get electricity at the mercy of the distribution company. Most of us who do work that requires electricity solely depend on personal sources of power such as generators or solar systems. I make use of the fuel method, and I consume a lot of it because it is required in almost everything I do. So, whenever there is electricity, I take the opportunity to reserve some fuel and take advantage of the power supply to offload a heap of work. By doing this, I get a sweet relief of making a little difference in profit since I would have otherwise spent money on fuel to do the work. Yes, that’s how I calculate it — I never budget to use public electricity for any work because it doesn’t come often.
It may sound like I’m exaggerating, but what I’m saying is exactly how I feel — complete happiness! It boosts my productivity for the day because it feels as though I’m doing the work at no cost. Before now, I used to appreciate how they gave us light at night because I would stay awake all through the night clearing off work, but that usually dealt with me during the day. I would be dizzy all day with a touch of headache. But whenever the light comes during the daytime, the happiness is always unexplainable. That’s because it is not at night — I don’t need to sacrifice my sleeping hours for work; I can do my work during normal daytime hours.
Back to the first paragraph, we have not had light for the past three days, even though there has been electricity during the day. A moment that’s supposed to be filled with joy has turned into sadness. Yes oooh! I have been sad, I won’t lie! 🤣 Imagine a situation where I’ve been using a generator and burning fuel, while there is electricity so close to the compound. It makes no sense — it slaps nonsense.
When there’s electricity, it gives me joy.
It’s funny how I didn’t even include charging my gadgets and all that. I no longer suffer from lack of battery or power on my phone and power banks — I’ve outgrown that. What I now need electricity for is purely for my work.
Thanks for reading.
This is my entry to Hivenaija prompt of the week
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