Lock-down Day 580

Quite a good night, though I went to sleep rather late ... and with the very early morning yesterday ... I overslept!

I've been thinking of this idea of a 4-day work week, and the more I think about it, the more I like it! There are so many things I could do, which just don't fit into my 2-day weekend, at my current location! I could go to the German Butchery - I haven't been there since before the hard lock down, last year! I could go to Makro, and get some of my groceries (especially mippies' Whiskas) much cheaper than I get it now! I could go to a nursery, expanding the variety of plants, etc. available to me! I could get some decent underwear! I might even be able to get milk from the same farmer again, once in a while! Because I can avoid all the rush-hour, peak traffic - cars in the road and people in the shops, ha ha ha!

And I could fetch At to visit! I said yesterday, that I'd had a chat with him. I do a lot for him, and he's feeling bad because he has no way to repay me - well, he can show me how to fix all the odds and ends that need fixing inside my house! To him, that's 'nothing', he enjoys fixing things - and I'm just totally hopeless! I don't want to start fiddling with the taps, when I don't know what I'm doing - and could end up without water until I can get a plumber to fix my mess! If he could help me with those things, that would be worth a lot to me!

Okay, call me stupid, if you like, but I've decided not to abuse my landlord's generosity. He offered to deduct the full number of units used since June 2020 at the current rate! As much as I like the thought of extra money - I do not feel comfortable with it. So, I've done the calculations - with no regular readings, I can't be accurate, but at I reckon, it'll balance out fairly. And I'm accepting the 70% of his offer, which I feel is fair to both. I've just sent him mail, with my calculations ... and I feel much easier about that solution. I hope he'll agree (ha ha - funny, isn't it? Hoping he'll agree to accepting money).

Oh gosh! Just when you think, bad is bad enough! Eishkom has just ramped up to Stage 4 load shedding! So, instead of 2 / 4 hours a day without electricity, we'll now be 6 / 8 hours without electricity! Every single day! Depending on the schedule, some days we're hit 3 times, occasionally 4 times - each time at least 2 hours, but it could also be 2,5 hours each time (they schedule 2.5 hours, but normally turn us on half an hour early).

So, tonight we'll go off at 16:00 - 18:30, again at 00:00 - 02:30. I'll 'miss' the 08:00 - 10:30 outage, but will come home to the 16:00 - 18:30 and wake up on Friday morning to 06:00 - 08:30 outage. I'll come home of Friday to 14:00 - 16:30 outage. If they stick to Stage 4, I'll get to enjoy another one from 22:00 - 00:30 during the night. 

Load shedding was supposed to end Saturday morning 05:00 ... but I wouldn't count on it. So, whether Stage 2 or 4, I'll have a dark Saturday morning from 06:00 - 08:30 as well as a lovely afternoon, when the power goes off again from 14:00 - 16:00. And if we're in Stage 4 on Saturday, the power will go off again 22:00 - 00:30 ... same again on Sunday.

And on top of that, they are fighting in court for the right to increase their price again!

Anyway ... 

Back at home, on with the weeding. I almost finished the succulent bed, close, but no cigar, ha ha! I took some photos, but the internet isn't playing along - not getting them uploaded. Hopefully this weekend.

Well, I chose 'Belle of the Nineties' as tonight's movie. With Mae West - such an amazing woman! Hopefully, I'll be able to publish before I have to switch off - update keeps failing now, as I'm typing ... sigh ...