Good News & Bad News

Tonight’s blog comes to you from the Moorea InterContinental Resort.
The good news of the day is that Moreto showed up with his bulldozer and knocked down the coconut tree that was threatening to fall on top of the bungalow. He did a great job. The bad news is that he cut the phone line in the process. Hmmm, maybe he didn’t do such a good job after all. Anyway, it is kind of a problem when you earn a living via the internet! James told me the phone company would be here today. They weren’t. James also told me, Thierry (the wood guy) drove by and gave James the hand signal that he would be returning later today. Good thing I didn’t hold my breath. On a much more drastic note, I just found out what happened to the contractor building our rock wall. Apparently he tried to commit suicide. Yes, that kind of news definitely puts things into perspective. I guess we are lucky it is our bank who paid him as we will definitely get our money back. Not sure when, but I do know it will happen. Meanwhile, we have been told all sorts of horror stories of people who have paid him cash for different jobs and it’s all gone. Again, something else to put things into perspective. For those of you wondering when the Sofitel Ia Ora will reopen, the answer is, I’m not sure. You see, they were using the same contractor as us. Granted they presumably have a lot more money than us but they are stuck using the same hussier (the only one in Moorea) who is in the hospital until tomorrow in order to get their paper work in order for their lawyers. Well that’s it for today’s installment of As Moorea Turns. How about everyone cross their fingers that the phone company actually shows up tomorrow!!!