Thursday

A neighbour's cat had been missing since the weekend ... sadly, they found it last night. Deceased. No indication why. They assume kidney stones, as he was a neutered ginger - but I'm skeptical. And worried ... 

I had a long chat with her last night. About pets. They keep spiders and snakes. Not my idea of a pet, but each to their own.

This morning I woke just before the alarm went off. Turned over a couple of times, then got up, gave mippies their breakfast, turned on the percolator and sat down for my morning cigarette. With Ziva throwing herself at my hand for cuddles.

Got dressed, poured the coffee into the flask and left for work - with a vague feeling that something was missing ... mippies were also looking at me funny ...

At work, I figured it out: I forgot to add milk to my coffee! And I usually share my milk with mippies! So ... now I'm drinking black coffee.

I should go an get groceries - but I'm also waiting for my battery exchange. I've been getting two messages, one that they'll pick up the return today and another one that they'll deliver the replacement today. No request for photo-proof, yet, ha ha!

Oh, and mippies' treats are also on their way. First batch - they didn't have the jelly one, so they asked what to replace it with; I said gravy ... apparently that box will come later. Shrug.

Crap! They just exchanged the battery - and this one also doesn't work! That means it's not the battery ... crap, crap, crap!

More crap! Ten to one, power goes off! Whole area ... just fifteen minutes, but since my work PC has no UPS ... I lost lots! With the PC taking so long to save, I don't have the time to save all the time (as I normally would), so ... when the power goes off, I loose a LOT of work!

Load shedding again from five to ten - and we'll be missing out on the fun, again. Goody!

Oookay! I solved the mystery of the battery! Turns out there's a teeny tiny cover over the contacts - in the same colour as the contacts! You have to KNOW it's there, to see it! Do I feel stupid now! Ha ha! I asked my boss if he could help, and he saw it immediately! I'm really, really relieved, as I feared I may end up having to buy a whole new router again! That would cost at least 4x the price of the battery!

Back at home ... only five minutes weeding, before a swarm of mosquitoes descends ... and I flee! Sit on the veranda for a while with my mippies. Now just the usual evening routine ...