Dark Friday

A few drops of rain and the power went off. Sometime after midnight ... I woke up to the UPS crying for power! I just turned over ...

Woke up again to the alarm. Eventually got out of bed, hauled the gas bottle out, made myself coffee. Reported the power outage ... no response from anyone. Seems like it's just us - only I know it isn't.

By seven, some more people reporting outages ... sheez!

More sheeeet! Load shedding escalated to Stage 4! Which means power off from 11:00 (when they escalated) - 12:00 ... though, since the power is still off, who will notice? And again 18:00 - 20:00 tonight!

This is just about the worst birthday in years!

Well, at least my coffee grinder and mippies' treats have arrived! That's something!

I started trying to thank everyone for my birthday wishes on Facebook ... but work just got too hectic.

Now, I'm happy to say, it's almost time to escape ...

Back at home, I'm taking it easy. Unpack everything, check which needs washing before use - only the cookie cutter and the Rösti maker. Do my chores before spending a bit of time in the garden.

Just a little bit of weeding. The planned kitchen garden. 

Then chatted a bit with a friend, until it was time to bath - before the lights go out. I even managed to eat dinner in time. 

Only ... the lights stayed on. An hour! I just turned on the PC  ... and the lights went off.  For an hour.

I turned on the PC, set up my audio book and went to sleep.