Well not quite, yet. Still at work.
Tonight we'll be missing out on load shedding, as we're not scheduled a turn. Nice! A neighbour wrote how 'we don't qualify, as we haven't had power on long enough' ha ha ha!
I've collected quite a lot of ideas I'd like to try at home ... sometime ... or maybe one day. Some are simple, some are complex. But when I'm at loose ends, and looking for ideas - I now have a collection! Ha Ha!
I haven't decided, yet, what I should do this afternoon. Rain is forecast late afternoon today, so, whatever I decide to do, I should be prepared to drop tools and run ... not start something, that needs any kind of finishing off.
Plus, of course, with the rain comes the potential power outage! Sigh ...
Looks like it could rain throughout the weekend ... uh oh! Not a problem, if it wasn't for the power outages!
Crap! Came home to an unpleasant surprise: power is off again! I've just spent an hour trying to report it. Online, I got Tuesday's number, when I called, they gave me a wrong number. I called again and was told that Tuesday's call is still open, as they haven't resolved the line touching issue, yet.
Oh, and I met more neighbours! They live across to the North. For some reason, they're not on our group. They were told there is no group. Well, I've asked that they be added. Let's see what happens.
I went and picked gooseberries until the rain drove me inside. Not many were edible, worms had gotten into a lot. Still, I enjoyed the ones I could eat!
I really think I should give them some attention! Poor things are doing their utmost to produce, but they are hidden amongst hordes of weeds!
Oh fun! Load shedding all weekend - well, from 08:00 - 22:00 Saturday and Sunday. That's us out from 10:00 - 12:00 both days, plus 18:00 - 20:00 Sunday night.
Now I'm having a really informative chat with the owner of Musaiek. Where I went for that meeting before the by-election. She's really well informed and active. I'm learning a lot tonight.
I eventually messaged our councilor and asked what's the plan with our power problem? The call from Tuesday is still open, because they have something planned to resolve the issue permanently. What is planned & when? And when will we have power tonight?
Right. They plan on planting another pole, tomorrow. Regarding tonight's power, teams are now waiting for the rain to abate ... it started raining hard a few minutes ago. Not going to have get my hopes up ... and my batteries are ALL low! Even the everlasting torch is already flickering - I have my router plugged into that. The one on the window sill - apparently it's not charged, it's not giving power to the router. My USB power bank is low ... my phone is running low ...
Been chatting all evening, mippies are all curled up on the bed with me ...
It's rare that they ALL come to bed with me ... except in the mornings, when they all agree that I should get up and pool their efforts!
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