May 3, 2006 — After eight days, town water is trickling back into our aljibe, or water storage tank. It feels good, and also we are happy to see how well we did while no water was coming in. It’s been over 12 hours now that the tank has been refilling.

I bet a lot of the local people are really relieved. We are always quite careful with dishwashing, showers, etc., having lived in dry places a lot, so with our storage capacity being without water didn’t really impact our lifestyle in the house. Not so for people with less storage.

Did it drive us bonkers? We had some bad moments but I find the electrical outages far more frustrating, since online is practically my lifeblood. Even there, being without power yesterday didn’t bother me nearly as much as it had two weeks ago. Guess we’re getting used to being here. Last night we had a little rain and it didn’t knock out the power, a good sign.

Even our cat Misty is settling in well. She had one day a couple of weeks ago when she hissed at our dog about 20 times. The poor guy couldn’t even get near me without her jealousy flaring up. I had a little talk with her about living in a family,  and it seemed to help. Also, she loves her very own cat door, made by cutting a square in a window screen, and she mostly stays right near the house when she’s outside. I close her in by the late afternoon.