Car trouble on the way home. First only the power steering came and went. Came and went. Turning into a corner with power steering, then suddenly finding yourself without power steering in the middle of the corner ... fun!
I thought it would be only power steering, but when I turned on the lights, all my dials dropped to zero, and a new light came on on my dash. Dials shakily recovered, then dropped, then shook again, recovering ... yeah ... fun!
At home, my mippies are not happy with their wet food. They won't even eat the Royal Canin, they want Whiskas! A**holes! Ha Ha! I took the baby inside again, and thoroughly cleaned it's eyes. It looked like a milky filter on its pupils ... I hope the poor thing won't go blind! I'll keep cleaning and re-cleaning, until I can take it to the vet.
Ziva came to the bathroom, while I was busy with the baby - which was curled up on my lap, enduring all cleaning without any wriggle or complaint! I held the baby for Ziva to sniff ... she gently sniffed, then turned tail and ran away. No hissing involved, though.
My mippies are acting up now. I found a puddle in my bedroom ... sigh ... more puddle in the kitchen ... and they are quite restless, fighting each other ... not at ease.
For a change, though, I managed to sleep right through the night, and only woke up around six! Load shedding ... I thought. Wrong! Apparently the power never came on after the ten to midnight load shedding.
As I didn't know that, I sat drinking coffee, waiting for the power to come on, to let me know it's half seven ... yeah ... about quarter to seven, I left for work.
At seven, the car died ... I managed to roll off the road onto the shoulder. No, I didn't roll the car, just using the forward momentum to get off the road. Called the boss. Got towed. Again, he brought a colleague, so I didn't have to sit in the towed car! Very, very glad about that!
So, without a car, i can't get groceries. I was sooo looking forward to using my new pot to make goulash!
Phew! Sudden rush - both my life insurance advisor and the client arrived, almost simultaneously! Matched the client with the boss ... sat and discussed my policy options.
I am finally 'free' of the railroad that jerk stuck me on, over thirty years ago! After discussion of options - which are better than I had anticipated - I may finally be on a road that will lead to at least the possibility of retirement ... in another decade or so!
At home, still no power. I think I'll take a chance and try to publish via smartphone tonight ... if power doesn't come back! 16 hours, so far!
Well, apparently power came on again around half past two. That makes 16 and a half hours! Four of which were load shedding. It's getting out of control! And people are getting very, very aggressive - and take it out on whoever is within reach. It's not nice ...
Well, car is not ready. Boss' mum took me home, again.
Smeagol was already demanding his food, so I also fed the babies - poor mite, it's eyes are almost completely closed, with puss oozing ... I cleaned, again. Then washed. I really need to take it to a vet! The sooner, the better ... but to do that, I need a car. Sigh ...
Today, however, I'm just tired. Totally exhausted ... I haven't done anything this afternoon, mostly just sat around, played games on my phone, giving mippies time outside ... until I could go to sleep. I held out till seven ... now I'm just settling down for the night ... load shedding at eight ...
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