Chill Weekend/ Stressful Week

Had a really good chill weekend doing absolutely nothing but the bare necessities and chilling with my book. The weather was good and Diane and I enjoyed our chill times outside making the most of the good weather while it lasts. We went for a half hour walk on Saturday morning and on Sunday afternoon went for an hour ride around the area. There were a lot of guinea fowl around and at one time a large group of about eleven rushed out from the grass and ran along in front of us for a short while before breaking into flight. They really are amusing to watch. It was chill time with a glass of wine after the ride before having an evening in front of the TV while Hubby made supper. Went to bed late as usual after having the inevitable Milo.Monday morning was able to chill outside again as the weather was still good. Once breakfast was over and Hubby had left the pace changed. I got stuck into my statements and spent the morning on the computer. My ink was running low on the printer so after lunch we quickly went into Meyerton to get a new cartridge so that I could finish. We also did some shopping for the essentials of bread and milk etc. When we got back I continued and also faxed what I could via the computer before the weather turned bad and there was a lot of thunder and lightning around. Our afternoon ride was out as a fine rain started so we chilled with a glass of wine in front of the TV where we spent the evening. The rain was so fine it didn’t actually measure in the rain gauge but the storm activity kept us off the computer.
The weather was overcast and chilly on Tuesday morning and I just had a quick cuppa while making breakfast. I sorted out what needed faxing from the workshop and we went into Alberton early to fax from the workshop. Wonderful! Alberton had no power. The roads into the workshop were a nightmare as every single one was a four way stop which slowed and backed up the traffic. Diane and I left Hubby at the workshop and went down to Alberton City where luckily most shops had generators. We spent over an hour at Game trying to sort out the new printer which does all but print from emails. The Wonderful technician had no way of testing that so told us we must have connected our cables incorrectly and to go try the printer again. We realized how clued up he was when he tried to check the printer by opening the sms box. What a waste of time and so frustrating! We left there and went to console ourselves with a plate of Aroma Fries and a cappuccino. After a call to Hubby we learnt the power was still off so quickly went to the Sars office to sort out a query which took almost an hour with the queuing time. We really do waste so much time in queues! The power was still off so we picked up Hubby and headed home. The day had remained overcast and cool and the rain started again just after we reached home so no computer again.
Wednesday morning it was still cool and overcast so I quickly put some washing on before trying to fax the remaining statements on the computer. The connection kept disconnecting because of the weather and half the statements couldn’t go through as there was no response from the other end. Alberton’s power was only back on mid-morning. Customers were complaining bitterly as their work was taking longer than normal to get done but with no power what did they expect! Miracles! Hubby has decided it is time he organized a generator for there. The bad weather started again during the afternoon and we had to put the computer off again. I started with cleaning so that all would be clean for the long weekend.
Thursday was another frustrating day of bad weather, bad computer connections and cleaning. I spent part of the morning following up on slow paying customers as well as quickly going into the bank and doing some shopping for the long weekend. Diane managed to get most of the faxing done but there is still a few outstanding which will have to wait for next week. At least the house and cottage was all cleaned for the weekend and most of the month end office work finished. During the afternoon I went outside to the braai area and couldn’t believe how windy it was. The wind was whipping the top of the trees and a sudden gust sent swirling clouds of leaves and dust all around me. I could hardly see through it all. It is amazing how quickly the trees are losing their leaves.
Good Friday started well with Hubby bringing me breakfast in bed after which I chilled with him watching some TV before getting up to feed the dogs and clean the kitchen. `Philadelphia‘ was on TV and ended up watching it. I had never bothered before as it didn’t appeal to me but I really enjoyed watching it. Tom Hanks is an outstanding actor and was really impressive in the role. We spent the rest of the day lazing around as it was very chilly and windy with intermittent rain. Hubby’s foot was throbbing and after taking painkillers he rested it. I made spaghetti bolognaise for supper using wheat-free pasta I found which we had with a glass of wine. Diane enjoyed it but I wasn’t too sure whether I liked it or not. Hubby doesn’t like this sort of pasta and always moans when I use the low Gi variety but I was most surprised when he said how good the meal was. In fact he enjoyed it so much he went to the garage to buy us some chocolate to end off the meal in the right way. I didn’t complain. We spent the rest of the evening watching TV. `Flyboys’ was on again and we were able to watch the entire movie – before we had only managed to see the last part of it. Those guys had guts flying those planes during the First World War.
Well that’s all for now. Enjoy the rest of the Easter Weekend.