I spent some ten, fifteen minutes fearing the power might not come on, again, last night! Luckily, it did! I brought mippies in early, again - Sybil was moving towards the front door. She's getting a little depressed by the continued non-acceptance of my mippies. She so often inches gently towards a mip, hoping for cuddles ... then dashes away when they growl, hiss or slap her! It's so disheartening!
And with Sybil, there's the added worry that stress could lead her snuffles to flare up again. I inspect her eyes every day ...
I showered after dinner, then went to bed relatively early. Internet didn't want to play along, so I played games a bit - one hand playing a game on my phone, the other hand dangling fishy for Sybil, who is quite enthusiastic about her fishy!
I woke up relatively early, brewed a fresh pot of coffee, gave mippies two breakfasts - Mewthos insisted. Held Mewthos for quite a while - boy, he is heavy! Then off to work ...
Half past nine and I've been quite busy with work, for a change. Nice!
It was a bit late in the morning, but I finally managed to get away to get a few groceries. I decided to take a leisurely stroll through the shelves ... margarine was on special, as was fresh milk ... they didn't have cartons, but they did have loose cigarettes. I did not go to the butchery.
I've been giving a lot of thought to the situation with my tenant. And quite frankly, the only reason I'm not throwing him out right now is ... if he leaves, I'm going to have to mow the lawn again!
To put it bluntly, his whole behaviour since he summarily decided to bring his ex wife here, is that of a drug addict: he lies (to me, for no valid reason), cheats (he cheated on his wife with his ex - much like he cheated on his ex with his wife, which led to the divorce), bullshits (trying to spin me that yarn about his culture's tradition of polygamy, as an explanation for living with his ex wife), and uses and abuses my good nature (borrowing money from me to bring his wife here, then paying for his ex wife and baby to come here instead of paying me back, paying his ex landlord rent for a room he isn't using, but not paying me for electricity he is using).
And looking at it like this, I'm a fool if I let him stay - because the next thing, he'll be stealing from me! It's a very fine line between lying and stealing (which is basically lying to yourself, convincing yourself that you deserve what you're taking).
I've just had a WhatsApp chat with my neighbour - the one who recommended the tenant; he's currently not working with him, as they're on different sites. But he offered to chase him away, if he's ... messing up? I can't think of the English equivalent of 'droog maak'. Anyway, I asked whether he knows of a reliable garden service, if I do chase him away. Happily he does know a few people! Good!
I'll let you know how it goes.
Okay, it's just past four. I'll be leaving for a delivery in a few minutes, and after that, time to go home. Load shedding tonight four to six, and again midnight till two. None scheduled during the day tomorrow, until the four to six time again.
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