Darkness Falls

The power outages affect families because after work they want to go home and rest. Instead when they go home they have to wait for the power to turn on to cook dinner and shower. On the other hand it delays them from doing their chores in and out of the house. The children on the other side are affected too, because homework is being delayed due to the power outage. We have the right to complain because we are paying the CUC bill with the money we are earning. It is not easy, it is like my family is working to only pay for the bills. We don't deserve to live in the dark if we are paying for our part.

The power outages is not the only thing affecting my family, The Economy takes part of our sufferings. The economy is raising all living expense while salary remains the same. Families are only working for gas and power money. Besides from gas power and food they are taking away all their pleasures such as picnics and vacations. They cannot afford to be spending money on Items that are not essential to everyday lifestyle.Most families are leaving the island to improve the life style. Economy affects our lifestyle not only on living expense but, also on the coming year's. I hope the years to come will improve a better economy.

There are times when I would come home feeling very tired but, can't rest because the power is off and there is no air. I would get very frustrated and annoyed. Sometimes we are not prepared for it, when it does happen without us being informed, we intend to sit in the dark with no candles and just stare into space. It takes up all of our time! We got things to do but, we can't do it any more, because we are being delayed due to power outages.

The Economy scares me! It makes my amount of allowance low. When my parents paychecks come out, they have to pay other things. Gas prices are running high and it affects us badly. We can't go strolling around anymore when we feel like it, Now we have to safe gas for places that are really important to go to. The gas price is not even worth paying for, if you fill up your car half a gallon, you have to drive around wisely. That's how my family work their way through this recession.

During this time of year a lot of people are suffering. Even those people with big business investments are suffering in this island. It may seem like they got everything covered because they got a lot of money, but it is even hard for them. They got taxes and a lot of other things to pay for. So I guess, we are just about the same.

We may suffer this much but, we can strive all together for the best!