LS 4 Friday

You know how all stores are flapping around with this 'Black Friday' thing? Well, we're going to enjoy a real BLACK Friday! Load shedding ramped up to Stage 4 at 5:26 this morning!

Fortunately, our power came on at five - when we changed from Stage 3 to Stage 2, and didn't go off at 5:26, when we suddenly found ourselves in Stage 4. UPS, however, no longer has the staying power - it beeped and went off before power came back on.

Jokes are going around about Eskom's Black Friday Special - I commented that I'd laugh, if it hadn't turned to reality, with this unexpected ramping up of load shedding. Someone replied that one needs a dark sense of humour, or one would cry. How apt, eh? DARK sense of humour?

I should probably take time to see if any of my regular items are on special today - but frankly, I really don't feel like it.

I'm afraid the middle-of-the-night brain wave is getting to me now. I've put something on 'paper', it's a start. Enough to remember my brain wave on Monday.

I just put that there, just in case I do loose the train of thought by Monday - and I really, really don't want to reserve space in my head for work during my weekend.

I wonder whether I'll find myself re-energised when I get home? Right now, I'd love to take a nap ... but just being at home often makes a huge difference in my energy level!

It would be nice if I could find energy to finish mowing the lawn, plus re-mow what I last mowed now two - or was is it three? - weeks ago.

Today, load shedding from 20:00 - 22:30 and tomorrow 04:00 - 06:30 & 12:00 - 14:30 & 20:00 - 22:30; same again on Sunday. Sigh ...

Back at home ... yeah ... I don't see any lawn mowing happening today. My lunch had spoiled, so I'm hungry. I stopped at the butchery and got chicken pieces - so I decided to put them in the oven on top of the potatoes. Once I've eaten, I expect I'll want a nap ... 

It's also very, very hot today ... 

I bumped into my neighbour just outside and told him he must come fetch tomato plants this weekend, because I have got to thin them out! He said he's home all weekend again, so he'll be popping in.

No mention of the prospective tenant for the outside room, so far.

Yeah, that didn't work out as planned. I couldn't keep awake for the chicken to finish, so I turned off the oven, but left the chicken inside. Then I took a nap. Woke up a little refreshed, but still with very little energy.

Okay, so the chicken was a little dry, but yeah ... that can't be helped. I've had two pieces, then put it back into the oven.

I took a walk around the garden, the first Amaryllis are flowering!

And look what else is flowering! You can't really see the Alyssum in flower - look closely in front of that big rock in front of the ponytail. And in front of that the wild Zinnia! There was a single flower in that bed last year - and this is how much it's spread! Lovely, isn't it?

Anyway, load shedding at eight, so ... I've showered, now I'm going to treat myself to an ice cream, then ... bed ...