The fun of the beach, the bankrupt desperation and frustration around finishing the house, recovery and taking responsibility for finishing the house, and now, the satisfaction of working with a reputable, jack-of-all-trades to complete the house.
Yella and I both were at the house today. Yella was picking up construction debris and I was running around putting out fires.
At 9:30 the generator quit producing electricity. We tried re-setting the breakers, unplugging things and generally banging on it. No go.
So off to David to the generator repair shop. This is always an adventure because there are no street signs so directions are all "go to this place, left to the church, etc." I found the shop on my second try which is pretty good! I will find out tomorrow how much time the generator will be down. The owner is named Israel and speaks a little English. Man, does that make things easier.
I looked around for a rental shop. After a couple of tries, I located one with an American owner who spoke English. But, they want $25 per day to rent a generator. I think I will wait to see how bad we need it. Hell, I can buy a small generator--enough to run power tools--for $300.
We have a couple of teenagers with machetes cutting down the weeds so we can see what needs to be cut up and hauled off. These are weeds on steroids, 5 to 7 feet tall. This is all growth this rainy season since May. Amazing! If we had cleaned up the property when we had the chance in April, we wouldn't have to cut the weeds again. For your info, they get $15 a day.
It started to rain at 2:30 and it is still raining at 8:30 pm. Looks like it might go all night. I guess we are in the thick of the wet season.
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