Load shedding continues ... no end in sight. But at least we're down to Stages 1 and 2, now. Stage 1 from 05:00 - 16:00, then Stage 2 till the next morning at five. Yesterday, apart from the morning session, we were off 12:00 - 14:30. Today and tomorrow only 18:00 - 20:30.
Well, my back is now peeling. It blistered yesterday, turning quite wet when I tried to scratch - now it's peeling.
Half past ten, and all chores done - and then some. Laundry is on the line, kitchen is clean, floors are swept and all but the lounge floor are washed.
Eleven and all is done! So ...
First things first: I'm hungry. Made myself some scrambled eggs and shared some left over biltong with Mewthos. Who has claimed my freshly covered duvet!
Ziva has decided to join him.
Then I thought I should probably make the pie dough ... only ... the margarine is in the freezer! Ha Ha! Silly me, forgot that I had moved it!
Bit of a problem though, since I couldn't mow the lawn yesterday, I have got to do so over the weekend! No way around it - the grass is growing very fast, with all this rain! There's no way I can leave it for a whole week ... only, now it's noon, and that's a definite no-no time to go where the sun shines!
Okay, I've cut the chuck into strips. As I'm no expert, there was a lot of meat left on the bones - seemed a shame to throw that away! So I didn't. I vacuum packed it and put it in the freezer to add to stews.
Now I'm stuck. I've been stuck for hours, I'm afraid.
Out of cheese +++ error +++
Well, out of energy, rather than cheese. It's the curse of the 'must' again - must mow the lawn, but I just really don't feel up to it! I thought of mowing just one section ... see how I feel tomorrow ... would you believe, I don't even feel up to that? Bit of a viscous circle: not enough energy to do the full job - guilt - even less energy - more guilt - etc
Though why 'guilt'? I can't answer you there. It makes no sense, but yeah ... here we are.
In my defense, though, I've had a bit of a health set back today. Something I ate ...
I had a shot of juice - and found a burst of energy! I mowed the back lawn - which took much longer than normal, being the first time of the year it was covered in sticks, which stopped me every time! Then I mowed the section around the dog hut, then the section in front of my bedroom and part of the the front lawn. Mid-way through, the lights went off - load shedding.
All in all, I finished about half, which took almost two hours - and I didn't take many breaks.
A good thing, too, that I did mow the worst areas - as it started raining after seven! I hope I can finish the job tomorrow - the grass has really grown a LOT this week!
Worst part of mowing into load shedding: I had to wait an hour before I could shower! When the lights came on, the storm was still close - lightning, et al ... I decided to take a chance though. Lots of power outages ... fortunately, our power stayed on!
Now I'm going to have to shuffle the cats, as they've claimed my bed! All four of them, which is rare! Good thing I have a double bed, eh?
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