One neighbour observed that the power always went off, whenever a flock of birds gathered on the lines. He relayed that to the electrician, who arranged for a team to come and tighten the lines. Around nine the power came on!
Now we should enjoy the full benefits of Load Shedding again, ha ha!
Good thing I took my smartphone to work again. I've been messaging already, and hope to get the situation resolved - for good! And soon!
I finished lining the box with plastic. I took the last green refuse bag, cut it open, cut off a strip and ended up wrapping it around the entire box - so now it's all covered in plastic. Next step: the bottles!
I had a lot of cuddling to do, as well! Janey kept jumping on my lap, Ziva kept pawing and mipping at me, Mewthos mewled ... I spent time with each one! Mini was in the bedroom, patiently waiting for me to come to her. We had a cuddle session when I tried to go to sleep!
Mippies also kept trying to make their fountain go! Poor darlings! They kept putting their paws in the water, trying to fiddle with the black thing (the activated charcoal) hoping that that will make it flow!
Ah! And here's the load shedding announcement! Stage 3 from 17:00 - 22:00 tonight, which means our lights go off at 20:00 - 22:00. I should be able to have a nice, hot bath tonight, though! No cold-water aerobics of the basin, tonight! Brrrr!
I've had a look at my bank balance - and it's looking much better than my budget. Not only can I afford to order fruit juice AND get groceries next week - I could, theoretically, even afford a trip to Ninapark! I won't go, but it's a relief to know that I can. I'll still wait till I'm sure my salary is paid, thank you very much.
Speaking of which, I'm getting more and more hints that I should find an alternate source of income. I'm talking about life hints. For example, today I spoke to someone who started his own business after his employer retired him and he said 'best thing he ever did, I should have done that 30 years ago!' Or, out of the blue, getting e-mails from some employment agency advertising staff we might wish to employ - with jobs I'm qualified for (and am actually doing here), at double my salary! Or stumbling across articles, describing people who either started their own business, or changed jobs - late in life - and never looked back. Those kind of hints.
Only ... each of these hints have one thing in common: direction. What I mean is, those who started a business, always had a life-long passion or obsession or interest in the core of that business. And the qualified jobs are all specific directions.
I have no monomania. I get bored after a while ... sometimes a long while, true, but I can't think of a single thing - apart from cats - that I've loved, or pursued, or researched, or continued throughout my life. I've dabbled in plenty. I can play quite a variety of musical instruments - though none well. I can draw plant life quite well with pencil - not with colour or any other medium, though. I enjoy dancing and singing - though even I wouldn't pay to watch or hear myself. I've loved trees all my life - but not enough to tell one from another. I've collected stamps, and a few other weird things ... but nothing worth mentioning. All my 'collections' sit somewhere ... waiting for me to re-discover interest. I've travelled - well, mostly moved - a lot. I enjoyed photography for a while ... but lately, I'm not taking photos, not even of my garden. I can cook quite well, even bake - but I don't even cook for myself, lately.
So just WTF is the universe hinting at? The closest thing to any monomania in my life would be either cats or Excel formulae. I've been creating spreadsheets for everything from games to work. But, having seen the spreadsheets created by fellow gamers - mine are just far too complex for anyone else to use ... I don't do simple. So, really ... I don't know ... I suppose I'll just keep my eyes, ears and mind wide open and hope all these hints somehow get cuddly enough to produce one answer.
On the way home, an idea started to form ... one where my diversity of interests would actually be ideal ... but it's still just the first spark of an idea ...
Back at home, mippies come in early again. I gave them their treats, packed my lunch, we shared dinner ... and then I enjoyed a lovely, lovely hot bath! It's unbelievable just how much better I feel!
I've spot-on treated mippies - except for Ziva. She still has that open wound, and I don't want to take any chances. Without power, I haven't been able to get a good look at it these past few days - I first want to get a really good look, and be sure that it's healed before I apply anything.
Mewly, Janey and Mini are not impressed with my application of stinky wets to their necks, ha ha ha!
Well, it's almost eight ... I have some thinking to do ...
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