Glad to be a Girl

Peru in T-minus 24hours

Published on 2010-08-05 00:37:00

So folks, this is it, my last working day before heading off to Peru for 3 weeks. Granted tomorrow will mostly be spent on an airplane, and I'll technically only be arriving in Peru int he early hours of Saturday morning, South African time ... but it'll still be Friday night in Peru, and that is what counts!In the mean time I've had a typically busy week. We celebrated the dog's 11th Birthday at

Six of Six

Published on 2010-08-02 00:52:00

Well, that was my last weekend before Peru and my last 30th Birthday Dinner!Friday was spent climbing into bed early and watching series. I was pretty exhausted from the week. On Saturday I went to try and collect a box of mine that Varen said he'd found, but he was true to form and completely unreliable and when I arrived at the guard house of his complex to collect the box (what, did you think

Transferred

Published on 2010-07-30 00:40:00

So on Wednesday the girls came round for our monthly Poker night and I had the most rubbish poker evening ever :P Thank goodness the company was good so it wasn't a total waste ;) Honestly, I think I only had one hand where both my cards were over 10 ... makes for very dull poker when you justifiably fold every hand!!Anyway, and then yesterday I got the most amazing news, that little Studio

The Busy-ness continues...

Published on 2010-07-28 00:48:00

*Yawn* I am working up to complete exhaustion this week ... see why I need weeks like last week where I do almost nothing. Because it balances out with weeks like this one where I barely have a moment to myself. And that thing I said about doing nothing next week per-Peru, well that's not happening either :P And part of my brain is trying to figure out how to fit in more before I leave and

The Twedding of the Year

Published on 2010-07-26 00:31:00

Wow, a busy busy weekend ... as a precursor to what will be another insanely busy week! But, I have decided to do *nothing* next week as preparation for Peru. After all, there are less than 10 working days left till I leave!Friday started with after work drinks at Cappello's. We haven't done that in ages ... not since before the World Cup (when we were going to watch games together at a pub

The Things I Find Annoying

Published on 2010-07-23 00:54:00

So it's been a quieter than usual week. Which has been lovely because I've been in a mood this week and needed the time to myself.It started with the Currency Debacle. I skipped gym on Wednesday and thought I would pop down to my local FNB to get a few dollars in cash and reload my Cash Passport card since, after checking the website they are listed as a place that stocks them. So, after arriving

Coal is Finally Home!

Published on 2010-07-21 00:42:00

Look who came home yesterday afternoon :) YAY!She's not 100% and still has a bit of a scab where her spaying cut is still healing, but because it's scabbed over now she was able to come home ... after 2weeks & 1day at the vet. To say she was unimpressed about being there that long would be an understatement. And I'm quite nervous about how things are going to go down in t he homestead now with

A Quieter Weekend

Published on 2010-07-19 00:45:00

Not such a crazy weekend this time ... I started in with a night in on Friday. Amazing how the few evenings with no plans, which was life-as-I-knew it while dating Varen, have become such treasures :)On Saturday I went to visit Coal at the vet again. No, she's *still* not home. She can come home now, but I've chosen to keep her there a little bit longer because she would have to be in a separate

The Weekly Stuffs

Published on 2010-07-15 00:52:00

So it hasn't been an especially quiet week, but it hasn't felt completely crazy. Went to SCM Dinner on Monday night and last night I had my friend from High School, Liary, over for dinner and made my yummy Ostrich Chili soup for dinner. Sadly tho, neither PicknPay nor Woolies had Ostrich mince yesterday so I decided to settle for lamb. It wasn't nearly as nice in my opinion tho ....In other news,

Non-Alcoholic

Published on 2010-07-12 00:29:00

*Yawn* So the Soccer World Cup is over. But let's start this tale on Friday, shall we?I headed off to Beach Blanket Bohemia to celebrate @scottjorton and @Rubyletter's birthdays. The evening was good fun and I headed home at 2:30am ... only to be stopped & breathalysed by the cops. Not a fun experience at all, let me tell you. Clearly I expected to be over the limit (I'd been out since 7:30pm and

Blegh

Published on 2010-07-09 00:47:00

So I skipped my 2nd #365 photo yesterday, not for any good reason other than I've been in a weird place this week and feeling uninspired photographically. Also, Coal couldn't come home from the vet yesterday because she'd pulled all her stitches out again the night before :( Silly girl. Am hoping I'll be able to collect her on Saturday morning. She must be so confused, being left at the vet's

Boring Title Oh-One

Published on 2010-07-08 00:45:00

Not much too exciting to write. Didn't do much on Tuesday ... but it was the one-month marker till I leave for Peru - eep! And then last night TheHousemate and I went to watch the Germany-Spain game at our local ... with standing room only and another boring Spain game, we left there during half-time and found a nice little Thai restaurant with a TV and one table of guests (well, I'd guess it was

My Poor Cola-girl

Published on 2010-07-06 00:31:00

Sigh. am feeling weird this morning ... perhaps it is a Tuesday thing? But this morning is more because I had a very weird night. Horrible & panic-y dreams about pets escaping and waking up at about 4am.Yesterday afternoon was going so well, the bunnies were enjoying the overcast weather (their ideal weather, I think) and I was so chuffed with how nicely Coal's mood had changed. I know it's too

Soccer Weekend

Published on 2010-07-05 00:29:00

Shoo, a weekend *full* of football. Did not think I'd ever be writing that sentence :PSo yep, after work on Friday we once again headed down to our local, the Keg&Filly to watch the Netherlands vs. Brazil game (was pretty damn impressed to watch Brazil go out, I think it'll make things more exciting) and then stuck around to watch the Uruguay vs. Ghana game. Urgh.Note to self: drinking Coffee

A Full Week

Published on 2010-07-02 00:35:00

Yawn. Another busy week. Went to dinner with @saulkza and @nadgia on Wednesday night, to my favourite Sushi spot, Yamada. And then we finished the evening off with dessert at Rocket :) Was so lovely to see them again (has been a while since @nadgia was finishing off her thesis).> Follow @saulkza on Twitter: registerOnLoad(loadScript("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/saulkza.json?callback

The Single Life

Published on 2010-06-30 00:38:00

Haha, life sure is a funny thing. At the rate I'm going, I think I should enter the lotto :P So you know about 2 weeks ago I was wishing for a boy-crush and suddenly 2 boys appeared as hopefuls.So not too much actually happened. Well that's not entirely true, it kept me entertained for a little while. Boy-Crush and I exchanged a few very tentative, not really about anything emails and then I

Ups and Downs

Published on 2010-06-29 00:36:00

Went to 27Dinner last night ... you know, this week is turning out to be as busy as my last one, with only tonight off! Sheesh, I swear it was practically empty like a minute ago.Anyway, back to last night. I arrived thinking it was awfully naive of them to schedule a 120-person event in Parkhurst (you know, the place with no discernible parking so everyone just takes over all the dead-end side

Five of Six

Published on 2010-06-28 00:24:00

On Friday, J9 joined myself and some of the SCM crowd to watch some comedy at The Alexander Theatre in Braamfontein. It was awesome, Chris Forrest was MC-ing, John Vlismas was headlining and Tall-Ass Mo, Loyiso Gola and some others I can't remember the names of ... it wasn't very well advertised so I'd guess there were maybe 150 people in the audience. And our whole group got comps (yay!).It was

Busy Little Bee

Published on 2010-06-24 00:31:00

So it's been another crazy busy week. Went to SCM Dinner on Monday night. On Tuesday I left work a bit early and headed to The Keg & Filly again with some work-mates and watched the Bafana-France game, which in my humble non-soccer-mind was the best of the 3 games to actually watch (the fact that we actually won obviously swung a lot in it's favour!).It was really quite interesting to watch the

That was all ...

Published on 2010-06-21 00:34:00

Am in a weird mood again. The weekend was up and down. Am still feeling pretty disconnected from the world at large and opting for escapism (I blame the absolute freezing cold that engulfs my cottage from about 6pm after the sun has completely disappeared).On Friday night I was disappointed because 2 drinks plans I had (one with the single book club girls and one with the work crowd) were both

On Boys and Bees

Published on 2010-06-18 00:37:00

Urgh. I'm having a serious case of "be careful what you wish for" :PSo yeah, after all the pleas for the universe to send me a boy-crush, someone I could actually be interested in, someone to occupy that part of my brain, I'm sorry I asked! I kissed a boy on Tuesday night. Only the second since Varen and I broke up. And someone I could potentially be interested in seeing again (although to be

I heart Public Holidays

Published on 2010-06-17 00:32:00

Brrr. It is freaking cold this morning. Even the bunnies' water bowl had frozen over, that's the first time that's ever happened! Keep reminding myself they have plenty of fur and hay and each other to snuggle up with so they'll be okay in this cold weather.Sooo, we had a public holiday yesterday, which was just as well because we went to work drinks of Tuesday afternoon. Well, it was one project

Four of Six

Published on 2010-06-14 00:34:00

Still in that weird headspace. Not exactly pleasant, honestly. It's like I'm not in the mood to do anything, but I do still keep myself doing stuff ... and I don't have a bad time and sit there wishing I was at home or anything like that. It's more that nothing is really exciting me at the moment, I guess.Anyway, on Friday we left the office at 2pm and walked up Rivonia Rd to the Keg&Filly (

Feel it, it is here.

Published on 2010-06-11 00:20:00

So today is the day, the first game of the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. The place is crazy with excitement. I'm not wildly into the whole soccer thing, but the generally happiness of the people, I'm enjoying that.Am looking forward to heading to a local pub a bit later with the work crowd where we've booked a table for 20 to watch together. See, that's the bit of sports I like. The getting

Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag

Published on 2010-06-10 00:54:00

California, 1985. Four children, playing in the woods behind their school, stumble upon a woman's body, eyes and mouth glued shut. Close behind the children is their teacher, Anne Navarre, horrified by this gruesome discovery that marks the end of the children's innocence. What she doesn't yet realize is that this will also mark the end of innocence for an entire community, as the complex ties