I didn't find a pothole, but I had enough warm water in the geyser to take a bath - not hot, and not with a lot of water, but I could wash!
The baby is crying a lot, poor thing. Her eyes are practically back to normal, but she's now - understandably - very eager to go out! She now jumps onto the window sill in the spare room and sits there, looking out ... pining. While I was cleaning her eyes - just a few bits of crust still on the outside - Smeagol came into the lounge and called. She went ballistic! She wants to go to him, go to her family! The cat lady said I could release her Thursday, if her eyes are still fine - but I'm worried that I might not be able to 'catch' her again, at least for a while, once I release her. And she still needs 2 days meds.
At work early, first thing I do: smartphone on charge! I use it during the night to listen to The Fellowship of the Ring.
I have a couple of things I should get done, asap. Get the info I need from my nephew, get groceries, call the vet to plan trapping,
Well, my nephew promised to send what I need this weekend, I've been to get groceries. Bought quite a bit of meat this time. I wanted to try a beef pot roast this weekend, but all they had was brisket. I've never made brisket before, so I'm going to give that a try. I've been wanting to try it for the longest time, just never dared! Also, it takes a really long time in the oven ... and electricity ... yeah ... bit of an issue, isn't it? But now I have a pressure cooker, and I can just brown it, plop everything into the pot, and it'll be done in just over an hour. Hour and a half, I read was best. Okay, so add the cooker before and after time, to build up, then release pressure ... still cheaper than 6 hours in the oven!
On a per kg base, the cheese was the most expensive item I bought! Ridiculous, isn't it? But I was in the 'cheap' section of the meat. Brisket, shin, chicken, pork ... hmm ... I know I also took a packet of goulash ... it's not on the receipt? I'll see when I unpack tonight ...
Well, I heard that 'technically' we're at Stage 7 - though frankly, I don't know what that's supposed to mean. As I understand it, the amount of capacity unavailable is 7000 MW, and if we're still only Stage 6, that means Eskom is compensating 1000MW somehow ... possibly power outages? Or maybe demand is lower? Yeah ...
Speaking of which, Andre de Ruyter, in an interview yesterday, finally called a spade a spade: Eskom is a feeding trough for certain ANC Ministers, taking millions of Rand on a weekly basis! In response he was told he no longer needs to work his notice period and was let go with immediate effect. Today's news is full of reactions ...
I'm stuck with 4 hours load shedding again tonight ... six to ten ... last night, I couldn't sleep because the mosquitoes were in a feeding frenzy ... eau de buzz-off didn't deter them ... I hope to get some sleep tonight, though!
I'll have to bath in whatever water I have left - fortunately it's still warm enough, so lukewarm water is not unpleasant ...
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