After a good night’s sleep, I was feeling a little bit better but I could still feel my cold is getting the better of me. I sunned myself for some Vit D while sipping my tea.

My yard is slowly being rehabilitated now that the additional rain water collection is done.

Now I’m feeling sleepy again. My girls will be fed by my mom at her house so I can have peace. Let’s see if I feel better after my catch-up sleep.

Just woke up with the girls on my bed. I don’t know how we had fitted on my queen bed but we managed. Oh well, when you don’t feel well, you always want mommy beside you to feel comforted. ❤️

Meanwhile, we had been using the new water filter for a week now and it’s so convenient! No more dragging of blue water containers from the gate, up my stairs, and hauling them up on my kitchen counter. It also freed up space on my counter and my dish drain now rests on where the blue water containers used to be.

Installation was a pain at first because my faucet has no groove at the mouth but there are several adapters that came with the system. So far we haven’t had any tummy problems. I must order extra cartridges for when the time comes the filter becomes blocked.

As an international journalist, I must monitor this new development in Russia, a fluid story about the Wagner paramilitary group that has launched what it seemed to be a coup d’état. My subscription of NYT and Nikkei have now more use.

What are the economic and trade implications, we don’t know yet. On top of my mind are oil and gas prices. Inflation is still elevated in most parts of the world but this turmoil in Russia could trigger another round of price hikes as Russia is one of the biggest producers of fossil fuels.

Let’s see in the next two days.