One major problem with this load shedding is that I have to keep every communication device charged at all times. I can't watch any videos, when there's load shedding in the evening - I have got to preserve battery! Because there's never any guarantee that the power WILL come on, after load shedding.
The infrastructure is being damaged as a result of the continuous load shedding, and worst of all: criminals are making use of the power outages, not only to steal cables - resulting in power outages, but also to break into homes, mutilate livestock (a resident posted some very disturbing photos this week, where her cattle were mutilated - it's barbaric!); and furthermore, we are getting more aggressive towards each other, as the frustration builds up - getting worse and worse, the longer load shedding continues!
I just stumbled across a video where they compared four different cooking appliances for electricity usage. Standard oven, toaster oven, pressure cooker, crock pot. As I expected, the pressure cooker (Instant Pot) won - by far! They baked a whole butternut with each method. Confirmation, again, that I made the right choice! Okay, so I didn't buy an Instant Pot It's just a brand - the most popular one, apparently, by far. So you pay at least twice what I paid.
Okay, so it turns out, my pot doesn't have a 'manual' button. I made sure beforehand, though, that I could manually choose settings. I just need to start with a pre-programmed setting and manually adjust.
The pasta Bolognese I made yesterday came out really great! Okay, so I overcooked the pasta - starting with a full meal at my first attempt, something was bound to go wrong. Learning curve. I left it on 'warm', I should have manually released the steam right away. No biggie!
I've taken half the Bolognese, put it in a tub, put that into the freezer. Other half is in the fridge. It's eleven, bread rolls are done, kitchen is clean ... I'm ready for load shedding. Not that I really know what I want to do with the rest of my afternoon ... maybe do my seed thing?
Cat lady is coming between one and quarter past one! Good! Well, twenty past eleven, no use starting to watch any episode, won't be able to finish it. Might as well turn off the PC.
Cat lady arrived at noon with a friend. I confess, I'm a little overwhelmed! She looked at the kitten with the eye infection and was able to arrange to take her (yes, it's a her!) to the vet, who treated her and gave me treatment which I really, really hope will work! Because ... if not ... the kitten will have to be euthanised. As the infection is contagious, the kitten is now in my spare room - isolated from its family and mine. I need to treat the eye at least once a day, and I have meds for five days.
Please, please let the baby recover! The eyes looked worse today than ever before ...
With my spare room in such a mess, I'm going to have some trouble catching the kitten for its daily treatment! I'm relying on food to lure it out. But maybe I should tidy up a bit, so I can get hold of it, regardless.
It's now half past four - good thing I baked and cleaned this morning.
Oh, and yeah - load shedding Stage 6 again tonight! Four hours off from eight to midnight, and again from four to six. Sigh ...
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| The baby - below is not HER mother, though. Look at those eyes! Apparently it's something called snuffles - highly contagious, and potentially deadly! |
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| The mommy. She was very upset at being trapped! And she is probably pregnant again ... so, we trapped her just in time! |
Mommy will come back tomorrow - cat lady offered to fetch her tomorrow, if my car isn't ready.
I've cleared the spare room enough so I can get to the baby. I took out the carrier and put in a box - and put the blankie in the box for the baby.
Smeagol is a bit subdued, missing his love! She'll be back tomorrow! Other mommy is also looking for her other baby ... she'll have to stay in the room for the next two weeks. Hopefully, really, really hopefully, she'll be fine then!
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