LS 5 4 5 Friday

So, I got home really early! Half past four! Mippies were very surpised - no car noise, yet suddenly: here's mommy! Ha Ha!

I spent the extra time finishing the bed around the Thyme. I planted some bulbs there, as well, and they are coming along nicely.

I'm so drained and exhausted, I didn't even bother to eat. I showered, and went to bed. This is not good.

This morning, I sat with no clue who will take me to work, or when. So, I figured I might as well go outside to wait. Fed the outside kitties - less food has been eaten, and I didn't see the babies last night ... and the landlord's been driving around in the field. Adding to my stress levels ...

I've decided to work out my weekend plan no later than Friday.

This way, I can stop stressing the entire weekend. like I did last weekend.

Sigh ... as I suspected, I'm going to be without a car for a while.

Two weeks ago, I took some papers to work, planning on processing them in my spare time ... they are still in my drawer! And I need the info for my budget ... so, now I'm taking them home again ... where I don't have electricity half the time ... 

We were supposed to get an update from Eskom ... but they're so busy flapping lips, enjoying fancy boardroom lunches with the president ... the rest of us must just lump it. We're stuck on the Stage 4 / 5 schedule they last announced ... 

Based on that, I'll have no power tonight 18:00 - 20:30, tomorrow 02:00 - 04:30 & 10:00- 14:30 (FFS! 4 hours mid day?) & 18:00 - 20:30. On Sunday 02:00 - 04:30 & 10:00 - 12:30 & 18:00 - 22:30!

Which means that I have to get all baking done between noon and six on Sunday afternoon. While on Saturday, laundry & dishes & steaming must be done by ten in the morning! I'll have to do the budget & shopping list at work on Monday. I can write down what I need, but I need internet to look up who offers the best prices ... Well, I have another week ... 

Anyway. We stopped at the butchery, I got some lovely rump steak and a good load of mince! Lovely!

I got home twenty past three ... sprinklers going full steam ahead! So: no gardening, ha ha!

Aaand a nice surprise! Update from Eishkom, load shedding stages are dropping. So I won't have the 4 hour outage, only 2 hours from 10:00 - 12:30, same on Sunday only 18:00 - 20:30.

Well, I've taken the afternoon to just relax. I've taken a shower ... may still wash the dishes ... or not ... whatever. Twenty past five, power off at six. Again from two to four tomorrow morning, so PC stays off ...

I've made myself a coffee milkshake. With the power going off in half an hour ... do I make myself another, or will what I've made be enough?

Well, I've made another.  Quarter to six ... better publish, shut off the PC ... sprinklers stopped at five, I've already fed the ferals ... I can just sit back and relax the rest of the evening ...