Life advice: Always have batteries, torches and candles in your house at all times.

You can also use them to torture people and make satanic sacrifices, which should please the dark overlords and they'll give you your electricity back.
Then hide the candles, in case witch burning is still a thing.
Anyways, did the rest of the day go better?

Glow sticks make a great alternative to candles. Much safer and you can pretend like you are at a rave until the lights come on. Also fun for little kids’ bubble baths.

Aaaand any advice on heat? Because its hitting 40c here and I wanna be ready

What works for me is rinse your hair in cold water (you can keep it in a little basin and reuse it), drinking cold stuff is a trap as your body produces more heat to compensate, peel your skin off, wear light white clothes, and if there is a lot of sun keep your curtains or blinds close during the day and open the windows late in the evening.

Peel your skin off, got it.

We had a black out here yesterday around 2pm lucky it only lasted about an hour

@savage_demmigod Eskom

*sigh * eskom

It got better about 10:30, had a good day after that :)