6:45 Wake up, check load shedding schedules at home.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Check load shedding schedules at work.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
6:55 Turn on kettle for coffee – no response.
Check load shedding schedules at home.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
No power.
9:00 Arrive at work.
9:05 Lights off.
Check load shedding schedules at work.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Check load shedding schedules at home.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
I have no idea why I check to see if there is power at home when I’m at work but apparently it is the done thing.
Check traffic lights – off.
Check sub station – smoke.
12:00 Power restored.
12:05 Notification from grid watch
LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 1 SCHEDULED TO START AT 16:00
Check load shedding schedules at work.
LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FROM 16:00
Check load shedding schedules at home.
NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
12:30 Check prices of generators and inverters – no change same as yesterday.
16:00 Power off.
17:00 Buy pre paid electricity, in SA we do this even though we know this is like paying a prostitute in advance despite her telling us it is that time of the month.
17:30 Go home
18:00 Power off. WTF Grid watch where was my notification.
Check load shedding schedules at home.
LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 2 SCHEDULED FOR 18:00
LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FROM 18:00
18:05 Head to the nearest pub with a generator.
18:30 Notification from Grid watch.
LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 2 SCHEDULED FOR 18:00
22:00 Head home tune into ENCA and the ANC reports load shedding is here to stay for another 2 years and that the $10 million they gave to Jack Warner was not a bribe, even though Eskom could have done with the money. (Without load shedding my house would be a lot more Jack Warmer.) We will keep you in the dark, that is not a reference to Ekom or SAFA but a report on Nkandla.
22:30 TURN LIGHTS OFF and go to bed.
Meanwhile – in other news – SA’s football’s Mr Billy Balls, Danny Jordaan, has not paid for electricity in 7 years. Read this story here.
