I leave on Thursday for my adventure and as the great planner I am, I feel less nervous and more excited now. A friend said to me today that he found it amusing how I approach this trip in small steps like- I must wash all my clothes tomorrow and then think about to pack and then evaluate the space and then and then and then..... and that is just how I am. A great planner, which has its value and not so much value.
I have had a lovely few weeks at home being nourished (far too much my jeans are telling me!) and loved and pampered. I have been working on my thesis, which due to a few hickups (cough...supervisor...cough) has not gone to plan and I do not think I will be done by Thursday. But we will see. I will definitely get it in by September but was hoping to leave it in South Africa before setting off. Anyway, such is life!
Life is not too exciting besides the off felt fire my dad starts. This man, maybe one of the greatest, smartest people alive, decided to throw some coals from the braai onto a hail stack behind the house because he thought they were out. In his defense, they should have been out as the braai was last night and this was the next morning now. But they were not, and we had mad rushes of flames and a mad dash for the hose pipe (one of which was frozen solid!) and spreading of the hay to get the fire out. It was exciting to say the least!
Besides those odd moments (which are surprisingly common in my house) life is pretty average and quiet. Filled with lists and packing and washing and writing...oh....and watching Boston Legal!
I shall spare you from reading anymore about my dull life and just tell you "Watch This Space" for more exciting stuff to come for the last semester of my Master's Student Life! WHOOP WHOOOP!
Adieu pour aujourd'hui :-D
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The lovely little blue bed....
I am currently sitting in my room in Durban which is jam-packing with all my stuff from Cape Town. It is a room half the size of the room I had in Cape Town and, as you can imagine, this has yielded quite a problem with me fitting all my stuff in it. Needless to say, there is crap everywhere at the moment!
In about two and a half weeks I will be off on my adventure! I have adapted my blog slightly with this change. I thought a new blog would be too much of a drastic change since I am still a masters student, but have added some french-ness to it!
I had a wonderful last week in Cape Town and saw all the lovely and special people who have influenced and changed my life over the past six years. I did not have a big blow-out but rather decided to spend a little time with each group or person whom I loved so much and I think it was the right move. After the "goodbyes and so-longs" i packed all my belongings into the red car and my dad and I started the trek to Durban...and boy oh boy was it a LOOOOONNNGGGG trek! We had some adventurous times through the beautiful Wilderness, to the flooding PE, to the freezing and icy roads of the Eastern Cape, all the way to the truckers strike in KZN. Eventually, at about 6:30pm on Wednesday night, the red car pulled into the lovely long driveway in Glenwood. Man, was it good to sleep in my lovely blue bed for a change!
Since then, it has been lazy unpacking, news watching and thesis forgetting! Sadly, the thesis work starts tomorrow :-( its down to the final changes, the final footnotes made and bibliography, and then HOPEFULLY send that lovely devil down to UCT before I head off. I will keep you updated on the progress!
That's all for now friends,
A Bientot to some of you!
Bisous
xx
In about two and a half weeks I will be off on my adventure! I have adapted my blog slightly with this change. I thought a new blog would be too much of a drastic change since I am still a masters student, but have added some french-ness to it!
I had a wonderful last week in Cape Town and saw all the lovely and special people who have influenced and changed my life over the past six years. I did not have a big blow-out but rather decided to spend a little time with each group or person whom I loved so much and I think it was the right move. After the "goodbyes and so-longs" i packed all my belongings into the red car and my dad and I started the trek to Durban...and boy oh boy was it a LOOOOONNNGGGG trek! We had some adventurous times through the beautiful Wilderness, to the flooding PE, to the freezing and icy roads of the Eastern Cape, all the way to the truckers strike in KZN. Eventually, at about 6:30pm on Wednesday night, the red car pulled into the lovely long driveway in Glenwood. Man, was it good to sleep in my lovely blue bed for a change!
Since then, it has been lazy unpacking, news watching and thesis forgetting! Sadly, the thesis work starts tomorrow :-( its down to the final changes, the final footnotes made and bibliography, and then HOPEFULLY send that lovely devil down to UCT before I head off. I will keep you updated on the progress!
That's all for now friends,
A Bientot to some of you!
Bisous
xx
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