No change in the load shedding schedule - yet. We're still at Stage 4. Sigh ...
I tried to sit with the bigger kittens for their wet food, but the babies poked their heads out the door looking for their turn, and they are just too cute to resist! I managed to pick up and hold each one in turn. I think one is male the other female. They are getting less wary of me ... part of me wants to find them homes, but they are so cute ... can't I keep them? They're not really ready to be relocated, though ... and I don't know how to ensure they go to GOOD homes, either ...
Then I spent time cleaning my gem squash plant - plenty of the leaves have mildew on them, I cut as many as I could. One more gem squash growing there - lots of little ones, but a lot of them are falling off before they grow. The cucumber plant is finished, I'm afraid. Not one edible cucumber off it ... sigh ...
Then I spent time with the tomato plants again. It's a never ending task ... harvesting, trimming yellow leaves off, untying and re-tying them, weeding the bed ...
I sat on the veranda for a bit with my mippies ... Mini is in a naughty phase again. Monday night she didn't come in till later, day before I had to fetch her ... last night I had to go look for her. Again. Found her outside the gate having a set-to with my neighbours female cat - which only has one eye, but has the fighting spirit of Greebo! She will fight anything, dogs, rats, anything ... and most likely win! When I tried to get Mini to back off, neighbours cat stood up on her hind paws, threatening Mini! I had to go inside, get the water pistol and the key, then open the gate and spray her with water before she backed off!
And Mini? Reckons she's earned a 'carry me home'! I just 'kicked' her butt all the way home. Well, of course I don't kick an animal! Just used my foot to nudge her off the ground and get moving!
Once inside, first I took a shower. It's cooler today, but still hot. Then I started cooking my Maultaschen ... having piled them on top of each other on a plate ... not smart! They stuck to each other (duh! Of course wet dough sticks - stupid of me!) and tore open when I tried to separate them. Lesson learned. Lots of lessons learned this time!
This morning I woke up a bit late - quarter to six. Suddenly realised that I need to brew a pot of coffee ... dashed out of bed, have to feed mippies first, fill the machine, add the coffee, turn it on ... back to the bedroom to dress.
Fortunately, I've now made it a habit to take the ferals food out before I actually leave. I come back inside afterwards - I can't carry everything. When I came out to sit on the veranda to wait for my transport, the ferals were giving me looks seemingly saying 'more! more!' Sorry, dears ... there ISN'T more! And you are NOT starving, no matter what look you give me!
I've watched some videos describing the growing culture of 'quiet quitting' in Germany ...
I find it very disconcerting ... and I feel more and more that there is no place for the likes of me in this 'new' world ... I find myself more and more bewildered, every time I make progress, achieve something positive ... I'm penalised for it ... so ... yeah ... I'm pretty much a square peg living in a round hole world ...
Aaaand load shedding pushed up to Stages 5 & 6! Announced at five to twelve, implemented at twelve! Five minutes warning! Well, for those who are scheduled for 12:00 in Stage 5, anyway ...
Our lovely schedule is as follows: 14:00 - 16:30, 22:00 - 02:30 4 hours! And at a very, very high risk time! Crime is once again on the increase, courtesy of load shedding, as alarms & all security measures are off ... add to that the cable theft going on at increasing rate ...
Off again two hours later 04:00 - 06:30, again 12:00 - 14:30 and again 20:00 - 00:30 - 4 hours again! That's 10 hours in a 24-hour cycle!
Sigh ... about the fruit juice ... I have to create a new account on their new website. Aaand, they no longer off the combo-pack I've been buying. Which means that the 'health shots' ... I have to buy by the dozen or not at all. They have two prices - one lot, the one's I'm used to, at a lower price and the other ones at a higher price. So ... I'm going to have to adapt my ordering strategy ...
Okay, so the 'expensive' ones all have some currently fashionable hype name, like 'Immunity', 'Energy', 'CBD' and such ... only 'Detox' is at the lower price. I guess it's lost some of its 'hype' value, ha ha!
That's another one of those 'I don't fit in' things. Like, when volunteering for an enema, and calling it a 'colon cleanse' ... I just shake my head and wonder ...
Okay, so ginger, turmeric or 'detox'? Ginger is great in winter, heats you up a treat. And I like ginger. Weird, I know. Yeah, I think I'll go for ginger this month.
Order placed. With one dozen shots plus one 1 1/2L bottle of each flavour, it came to a smidge under the 'free delivery' price, so I added one smoothie.
Okay, so I thought I'd buy flour at the Bread Republic, and also get another Teflon baking sheet ... those are AWESOME! Only ... seems they are no longer in business? Website is under construction, Facebook page last posted December 2022 ...
Aaand our power has apparently been off since noon! First message from neighbours half past three! Ah well ... I'll have to have a look tomorrow.
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