Lock-down Day 83

Got up and took my coffee along on the drive to work. Collected my cat food and gave At his bread - he was very happy, as he had made his last slice today! He has also run out of cigarettes and tells me they are now selling at even more outrageous prices! I really hope that I can manage to make my own cigarettes from the leaves I've ordered. I can't afford to buy crap at such over inflated prices!

I asked if there's anything they need me to do today, but there was nothing, so I left. As I was filling my car, I got a call to ask me to come in tomorrow to do the production plan. Great, eh?

At home, the first thing I did was ... uh ... play my game ... then, the first thing I did was place my order. As I suspected, it might take quite a while, as they have quite a backlog - and they are in the process of changing over to a website, where one can order directly. With the crap I currently have, I tend to take just one or two puffs each time, so one cigarette lasts a couple of hours. I'm hoping they'll stretch until next week and I really hope my delivery arrives before I run out!

The power had gone off during the night again, no clue why. My PC doesn't like that much, it's been acting up all day. Ah, well ... nothing I can do but endure.

I've baked myself another batch of cookies and a batch of muffins, fried myself a steak - I've packed the leftover roast away for pies. I'll try to come up with some pie idea tomorrow.

I seriously dislike winter! It is so cold, everything starts acting up! The only time I'm warm is under my duvets. No matter where I do what, it's just too cold everywhere. At times like this, I sometimes wish I was back in Germany, where one could warm up the indoors and not freeze in one's home! A fair sized oil heater wouldn't really help here - I've tried that in the past. The problem is that the outside cold gets in absolutely everywhere - and, of course, the tiles are just as cold.

OMG! I'm gutted! I just received mail from work: They are retrenching ... no names, yet, but this round, I am scared. I'm too old to find work - and in this environment, when EVERYBODY is retrenching ... I have practically no chance! Retrenchment now is pretty much a death sentence ...

Before I go off on another tangent, driving myself insane ... tonight, I'll give this no further thought. Tomorrow, I'll go to work - who knows, maybe I'm told something. If not, then I have a few ideas which might just be worth investigating.

In the meantime, I also received my UIF for May. Less than last month, but it'll cover the rent.

Another address by our president - easing of Level 3 restrictions. We're now in Level 3 light. And then the current string of Gender Based Violence in the news ... and how wonderful our police is. Yeah ... no further comment.

I've had my chamomile tea, now I'll have a last smoke and then I'll curl up in bed where mippies are already warming the foot of my bed!