I'm back

[vilakins]

Thanks for your support and best wishes, all who commented - the operation went well and I'm back home after two nights in hospital in Dunedin. I slept and read most of yesterday (yay for my Kindle) but I'm feeling much more lively today and haven't even had a lie down which is a huge improvement.

And while I was away, the solar installation was completed and is up and running. :-)

Comments

[pebblerocker]

Good to hear!

[kerravonsen]

\o/

[gwendraith]

Glad it went well and you are back home :)

[kalypso]

Glad to hear it's over and you're feeling better!

[vilakins]

Thanks. I had Sebastian pressed up against me all night which was sweet but made it hard to turn over. :-)

[kalypso]

Abby likes to sleep in the curve of my legs, which means I've become an expert at pulling my legs up to the top of the bed and sliding them down again so as to curve them round her from the other side without disturbing her.

[vilakins]

Awww, that's sweet and relatively easy to work around.

Sebastian likes that too, but all sorts of other positions as well: against my back, front, between the pillows (where he has access to my hair which he likes to lick though I tell him not to and pull away), all those positions but weighing down the covers so I can't get enough of them - and moving round all night. But I like him being there. Other times like last night he just comes in the morning for a cuddle.

Jasmin usually chooses between the pillows or in the curve of an arm, but she's better at staying still and sleeping peacefully. Ashley isn't much pf a bed cat but she'll come for a few hours occasionally and curl up at the foot of the bed.

[kalypso]

Abby has phases of not coming to bed with me, though even then she usually turns up in the morning (and generally wants to snuggle rather than get me up for breakfast). It's cold at the moment so she knows I'm the warmest place overnight!

[watervole]

Solar PV or solar hot water?

[vilakins]

Both; it's doing most of the hot water (I just had a shower and there's a load of wasjing going through) and other current needs right now (computers, servers etc). Eventually we'll get a battery as they pay a pittance here for putting power back in the grid, and we'll be able to use it at night too.

[watervole]

That's pretty darn good. We have panels, but I don't think they do as much as yours. WE don't have any hot water ones, but that wasn't in the offer when we got them.

[vilakins]

I believe you have a different hot water setup from us. Ours is on the main power, but can be turned off if needed in the house or remotely by the power companies for several hours a day to reduce load.

Some people have wet-back wood burners which heat their water and reduce electricity needs. It's relatively common down here and we had one when I was a teenager.

Next up: a rain-water tank. It'll be good backup for emergencies and the garden, and a lot of country people have them as sole source.