When I got home, the neighbour's cat was sitting on my veranda again. I chased her and she jumped into the next door yard ... or somewhere high in there, I couldn't see her, but the dogs were going ballistic! That brought out the new neighbour's wife - and we had a good chat, getting to know each other.
As we chatted for quite some time, I had less time for my chores ... so I just warmed up dinner (I'm relieved to say there's still gas in my bottle!), brought in mippies ... and then just sat down to wait for the power to come on. Internet was so-so, I was able to chat with a friend ... not much else, though.
Once the power came on ... well ... I went to sleep. I'd put everything on charge, so ...
This morning I got up a tad late. Brewed a fresh pot of coffee, treated mippies ... made and packed my lunch ...
As I was leaving, I saw the electrician outside in the garden, on the phone. As my gate is giving me trouble again, and I don't want to end up stuck outside for three hours again, I stopped and waited for him to finish his phone call. It was clearly business, took quite a while.
He told me the solar panels are in progress, he's discussing the when and how with my landlord, and I should have lights during load shedding fairly soon. He'll pop in Friday afternoon to check out my gate - tonight after eight doesn't suit me, he offered. So either Friday or over the weekend - I told him no rush, whenever it suits him. He'll get paid - he'll sort it with my landlord, I don't have to go through my landlord.
No response from Sir Fruit, nor from my financial adviser.
I decided to run down the battery on my smartphone - empty it all the way, so it can 'reset' to zero (it's something someone once explained to me. If you keep re-charging and re-charging without the battery ever running completely down, it sort of builds up ... sort of re-sets zero higher and higher, so it eventually doesn't charge full ... yeah, I didn't understand the details, so I can't explain. Basic point: every re-chargeable battery should be emptied every once in a while to keep it lasting longer.). Well, I tried. By eleven, it still had over 40% though, so I gave up and plugged it into the charger. I'll try again tomorrow. I'll do the same with my Magneto torch over the weekend ... the battery used to last me for days, now it grows dim after just a few hours.
Anyway, I'm integrating all statements of one of my bank accounts into one spreadsheet ... going back to 2010, when I opened the account. I'm busy with 2016 now ... well, not the statements, but the transaction history.
In the past I meticulously downloaded my statements - going back to when I opened the account. Now, however, I want the transaction records, as they give me the kind of details I want ... and I can download one, then, when I set the dates to the previous period, I get kicked out 'unauthorized access'. Sigh ... I guess I'll have to make do with the statements.
Well, five to five ... time to publish ... load shedding again since four, and until eight tonight ...
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