Powerless

So some quite interesting things have happened here lately. Late on friday night, 23:50 to be more precise, the power and water went off in our flat. I was out with my brother visiting a local drinking facility at the time but i received a text from our flatmates telling us what had happened. I thought, as you would, it was some small affair to be fixed within the hour and they shouldn't worry too much. It would probably come back on by the time we were back, which would be after 2 hours give or take a few minutes. To my astonishment my brother and I were met with a pitch black court and malfunctioning magnetic lock systems. Everything was off (apart from the two or three rooms that for some reason were being supplied). The power came back for a few minutes around 3 am but went off again shortly thereafter. And they were to remain off until about an hour and half ago.
Now, being without power and water for a few hours is not much of a hassle. If we would've had atleast water it would be another matter. Being without either for 1day and a half does become slightly problematic. Then there is the problem of light. After sundown you're pretty much forced to stop any work you were doing, can't read, can't use the bathroom (since you can't flush) and other things. So we were pretty much forced to go out and entertain ourselves. My brother and I went for a burger and to have a chat with the people outside now hard at work trying to fix a major problem even for them who are used to fixing powercuts etc.

Finally, after 36h we have power and water back. Though the water might come and go at times they tell us, as it's a temporary meausure. We'll see what happens, i'm just happy the power is back. And we have £50 each coming our way as compensation from Central Networks (the power company), hope we get to see the colour of that money sometime soon, you never know with these things.