I could not get to sleep ... the mosquitoes were buzzing and biting in hyper mode - no matter what I tried, I could just not sleep. I sprayed myself with Eau de BuzzOff, tried to sleep, only to have itchy hands - which I hadn't sprayed. I tried covering myself with the duvet - predictably, that's too hot to sleep ... by eleven I just gave up, got up and waited for power in the lounge.
I woke up again around half past four - load shedding again. I wasn't ready to get up, yet, and made the mistake of turning over - and woke up again just before seven! Yikes!
No power! Must be a power failure - no time to investigate or worry about that, now. Check on the baby - it's hiding under the bed, I don't have time to crawl, catch and medicate, so I just give her a bowl of wet food. I see she's been very active, must have got onto the table, even, as her box was covered with cardboard, which she'd tumbled off everywhere. I didn't catch a glimpse of her eyes, though. But she did use the litter box! Nice!
Rushed to get dressed, sipped a bit of coffee, filled a bowl for the outside ferals - no time to do it properly, and no time for wet food for the other baby (he does eat kibbles, though, so it's not a problem).
Major traffic on Soutpan road.
Get to work just after eight ... check my smartphone and find out that at half past ten last night, Eishkom announced 'Stage 6 will continue indefinitely ...' Shite! That's why the power didn't come on at six, power stays off till eight at Stage 6. That makes it 8 hours scheduled outage in a 12 hour cycle! Eight to twelve last night and four to eight this morning! I'm not even looking at the rest of today ... yet.
I noticed some activity at the door to my spare room. Evidently baby and mippies are curious about each other. It's been suggested that, after two weeks in my home, baby will decide to stay in my home ... we'll see! It makes no real difference, financially, as I'm feeding them all pretty much the same food, anyway ...
Oh, and I mixed the 'new' Iams with the 'old' Iams in my storage bin. As I was filling that bin, Mewthos stuck his head in the bin to nibble some 'old' Iams - when I added 'new' Iams, he put his paw into the bin to push them away, ha ha! Later, however, he ate the 'new' Iams. I'm curious to see the reaction when they're mixed in their dispenser sometime this week ...
At present, the Iams Multi-cat (now discontinued) is their favourite. In the past, the Royal Canin FIT 32 was their favourite. Let's see what happens next ...
Four more cats to trap, take to vet, bring back home. Plus the retirement policy thing on the go ... that's a bit too much for me. Especially, as I don't want to forge ahead on a retirement plan without really exploring all options - just because I'm in financial shite.
And don't forget the baby in the spare room! Though a darling, it IS extra work and stress.
Shame! The mommy WAS pregnant! They aborted ... I'm sorry for the vet to have to go through that. Even though it's the best choice for the mommy - it isn't easy. Wears one down, I'd imagine.
I told the cat lady that I'm not likely to have my car today - she'll collect and drop mommy & will let me know what she decided regarding the trap. Whether she'll take it back, or leave it somewhere for me - I still have the other trap, so whichever she's most comfortable doing.
I've contacted my nephew, as I need his ID / Passport number for the policy ... yeah, I'm a bad aunt! I don't make contact ... same as I don't contact ANYBODY ... I'm that bad at staying in touch.
I write this blog ...
I really need to order Fruit Juice, I'm down to my last two bottles ... but with no car, I really don't want to have to carry that on the mud-slippery driveway in the rain. Yeah, it's been raining cats and dogs here at work, and apparently trees fell over onto power lines and we have no power. I don't know, though, since nobody from the neighbourhood said anything.
Anyway ... load shedding eight to ten tonight ... two to six (4 hours) again tomorrow morning ... don't even let me go any further ... I'll publish now, just in case ...
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