22 | Tuesday | July

11 days ago

The day for me started very early. There was an early sunrise, and I was a bit surprised because it rained endlessly yesterday. I thought it was going to continue with the same tempo today. So upon seeing the sun, I quickly went out to start work. I believed that the sun wasn't going to last for a long time because it was more like a surprise to see the sunrise early in the morning during this period of rainfall.

I brought out the generator and washing machine, and ooooops, there was no water in the tank(tank the compound). So I tried to pump water, but the pumping machine refused to work. I don't know what happened—it gave my generator a very loud, thick, and weird sound. So I had to stop it and turned into an electrician to check what was wrong. I traced all the wires, opened the parts that were joined, to see if I could detect the fault because I felt that maybe the wires were bridging. That could be the reason for the weird sound and the difficulty in pumping water. I took my time to do that, but I didn't find anything.

I turned on the general generator, and it worked. Yes, the pumping machine worked, and I became surprised because I didn’t do anything. I only ended up shaking the wires to detect a fault, and there was none. Anyways, it worked and that was what mattered.

I pumped water for about 30 minutes and turned on the washing machine to wash. The whole laundry thing lasted for about an hour. After I hung the clothes on the rope in the compound, the weather changed immediately, and it began to rain. I rushed to pack them, and with the sudden way the rain started, I got wet while I was packing the clothes. A neighbour saw how I was struggling to rush and pack everything at once, and she came and helped me.

The rain lasted for a few minutes—not up to an hour. The sun appeared again, and I went to hang the clothes.