Before I opened the book, my eyes fell on The Gardener magazine, I hadn't read the My issue, yet. I hadn't even finished reading it, when the power came back on. Around eight. Nice!
I woke up around six, put my arm out of the duvet ... into a puddle! Urgh! It's really getting out of hand - but at the same time, I can't really blame Mewthos. Smeagol IS hanging around a lot more, and he's been attacking my girls. It's only natural that Mewthos 'protects' us. I've been finding piddle puddles all over the house ... so, today, I'd better give the floors a real wash.
First thing I did is put the duvet into the machine. I also decided that I'd make pizza today - that should keep me fed for a couple of days.
Half past seven ... power went off! Again! And, worst of all: No internet! Which cuts me off completely! I tried reporting via SMS, but just got yesterday's reference number. Followed by another message informing me that the call is completed.
I called and they said they'll reopen the call and escalate. I messaged our Councillor, who replied that nobody else reported any issues.
Four hours later, still no power. By now I've also talked to neighbours - everyone is off. Messaged our Councilor again - no response. THIS is when I NEED his help! When we have multiple outages and I'm offline! I called the call center - as usual, no meaningful feedback. Confusion about the closed / escalated ... nothing meaningful. An hour later I called again. This time I get a new reference with yet another promise that it's marked 'urgent'.
ALL LIES! By opening a new call, the whole morning's history is erased = didn't happen. Power didn't go off at 7:30, I didn't call at 8:00, no ... call shows that it was logged 12:45! Total mess!
To pass the time, I've pampered the tomato plants, washed the piddle puddles, packed away the laundry and cuddled mippies. Right now, they've brought in a mouse. Ziva caught it, lost it in the lounge, Mini caught it and took it to the bathroom. Now it's amongst my boxes in mippies room.
Needless to say that pizza is cancelled. It's past one, and the dough alone takes an hour and a half! As I said, not having internet is really making this outage worse. I can't tell if anyone else is affected, and it seems private messages are now being ignored. Yes, I understand that it's Sunday. It's Sunday for me, too! But I bet if I was asking for feedback in the group, I would get a response!
I thought I saw an electrician drive past just now ... I went to the gate, but I can't see anything.
Now, I cannot even get through to the call center anymore! I keep being cut off. This is so frustrating! I was being told how no technician had been assigned, yet, as the call was only logged an hour ago ... as I was trying to explain the mess they made, I got cut off. Called again, cut off again. And again. And again.
Now I'm hungry.
Fried the beef strips that should have gone on the pizza, tossed in two eggs and topped the lot with ketchup. It tasted exactly like it sounds: edible, but not very nice.
Half past two a neighbour messaged that the new ref is now allocated to an artisan. Nice of her to keep checking and letting me know, but if she would REPORT as well, that would really help - and help all of us! For starters, that whole mix up with the closed call would have been avoided and we would have power by now!
I've gone into 'who cares' mode. Nothing more I can do, so no use working myself up.
Mippies have been causing havoc in their room, chasing that poor mouse! They have now trapped it behind the bathroom door - where they can't reach!
I put on a leather glove and grabbed the poor thing - who promptly bit down hard on the glove! Good thing I wore it! I took it out and set it free where mippies won't find it.
Mippies are still searching the bathroom, ha ha ha!
I decided to spend some time in the garden. I cleared the other side of the driveway, then carried on weeding the tomato bed. Until large rain drops drove me inside. They seemed to promise a downpour - but it turned out to have just been a tease!
Around four, I got a call from the electrician. I told him the power has been off since half past seven this morning. He hung up.
Half an hour later, I see him driving to the transformer. A little later, I see him driving off again. I still don't have power! So I called him. He's puzzled. I have some power - my outside lights are flashing on and off, the light at the water tower is off, and inside the lights are dim ... I don't have full power. Long, long story ... almost five and I finally have power! Phew!
Smartphone still won't connect to the internet, though. PC is fine, I'm online ... phone ... 'no network connection'. I've tried re-starting the phone, re-starting the modem ... I give up!
The washing machine appears to have kept the time, so I let it continue ... only ... when it is finished, the fabric softener is still in the drawer. Not used. So I run a quick cycle. Then hang it on the stand in the laundry room. Bread is on the go ... and that's all there is for today.
What a completely messed up, frustrating day! Hopefully the smartphone will find the network again ...
This whole frustration has given me a headache ... I'm going to try to relax now ...
Great! And load shedding from five to ten likely to continue throughout the week ... active today. Fortunately, once again, we'll miss tonight's episode! I can't inform the group - but seeing how little they worry about power outages (well, they whine a lot, but do nothing) ...
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