Not feeling overly motivated today, so I'm just keeping busy.
And then, latest news: Alcohol and cigarette ban will remain in place the entire lockdown! WTF? Well, not so much worried about either ban - but just how much longer are we supposed to stay in lockdown? How is this happening? Why is there not even a word of moving on? It's as if it has become 'normal' to be stuck in Level 3 lockdown ... indefinitely? It is Day 118! There are people who STILL can't work! Okay, so they've extended the financial relief - TERS Funding ... but just how much can that still help? I am so sick and tired of this government!
Big news today that they've caught millions of Rands worth of stolen cigarettes and how the 'Priority Crime Unit' will investigate ... yet farm attacks are NOT a priority crime! Nor is violence against women and children ...
Those who are making these idiotic decisions do just not seem to grasp that the real crisis is still coming! When the economic fall-out really starts affecting everything and everyone! Oh, except for those making decisions right now - they won't feel any effect! They still eat the same as always, travel wherever they like, spend as much as they want, buy anything that takes their fancy ... they have no clue what hunger is! I'm just so sick and tired of watching things getting worse and worse ... helpless ... unable to prevent what I see moving towards me, about to bury me ...
I'm trying not to think about it. I bury my head in the sand and just enjoy my little corner, my little life. But what will I do when prices sky-rocket? When business' increase prices just to make ends meet? When a basic food prices rise beyond my affordability? I just don't want to think anymore ...
Back to my own little corner. I've treated myself to the luxury of looking through the DVDs available on Takealot. I've put lots of them onto my wish list. I've thought about actually treating myself to one or two whole series - the one's on special at the moment. And maybe even buy mippies a scratching, climbing toy. But then I thought to myself: imagine five months down the line, and we're still in lock-down, and I haven't earned a full month's salary in a while ... money is running out ... and now there IS no further option available ... what WON'T I regret buying now?
Well, there is a very cheap DVD with some episodes of Bonanza - THAT, I won't regret! Purely for the nostalgia! And I've never seen that available before. I've too often not bought little things like that, expecting them to be available when I can easily afford them - only to find they were off the market by then. So that's the only item I'll treat myself to.
As for mippies, they'll get more Whiskas! IF they don't reject them tonight - first time I open anything thing new, they always gobble like monsters; when they still gobble it the second night, that's when I know I can buy it again! Little monsters!
I'm having a lock-down blues day today. This whole madness is getting to me again, badly today. As a country, we've come to a stand-still ... there's no movement ... no talk of progress. Only more restrictions and going backwards. We have got to lift the lockdown! It's already too late ... argh! If I don't stop thinking about this, I will go insane ...
I'm also unhappy about product availability online. It's bad enough in the stores - but one really just can't plan at all! It's like 'shop when it's in stock regardless of finances or need'.
On Monday I found a simple, cheap filter to make myself filtered coffee - remember when I searched every site & every place I could think of and found absolutely nothing? Then ended up with the product which claimed to make 3 cups but turned out a cup = a sip? And I had looked through shops before with no luck. Then, today, when I wanted to add it to my cart? Gone! They had a second product, equally simple but a designer brand - horrendous price! Then I took a chance and looked on another site - and got lucky! Double the price, but less than half the horrendous price! Long story short: I've placed an order for a simple filter!
But the flip side is: shopping - even online - is becoming a nightmare! Items fly off the shelves, there's no guarantee items will be in stock when you need them ... take chamomile tea! A short while ago, I found it on one of my regular sites. Now? Nothing! Nowhere!
So, I've doubled all my orders. Instead of 1 x 1 kg chocolate pieces for baking, I've ordered 2. Yes, it's a lot of money now - but at least I won't run out! I've ordered more Whiskas as well.
Mippies cleaned their bowls so thoroughly tonight, again and again, that I couldn't withhold another sachet. And another. And another! They're gonna get fat if I keep that up!
I've ordered one cat toy, and I also took one complete series - it was almost half price! And I've seen it once, and quite enjoyed it, so I'll enjoy watching it over and over again.
Oh, and government made yet another U-turn, claiming that news regarding the cigarette and alcohol ban staying in place till the end of lock down? Not true! Yeah, right! I'm pretty sure they just didn't mean for it to go public!
Anyway, I've done my online shopping for the week - looking forward to the delivery! If I have the energy, I may go to Spar on Friday ...
Now, Mewthos is driving me up the wall again! I'm not hungry, so I didn't fry anything tonight ... everything is ready and packed for tomorrow ... time to sit back and cuddle whichever mippie comes too close!
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