Load shedding is never fun I have lived in a few places where it was common, one place we only had electricity for like 4 hours a day for a few months if we were luckyLuckily we had a generator for when we needed it but still had to be careful with that as getting fuel was not always easy
So sorry to hear about the water pipe burst
Never tried hot cross buns with ice cream, but I am sure that must be a real nice combination