Not sure why but arrived in Cape Town and rapidly felt better. Somehow, unintentionally retraced the Argus (that was what I was doing in Cape Town the last time I was here). Made several spontaneous stops, including Kalk Bay (spotted a whale and shared fish and chips with gulls and Nel), then waddled with penguins and Koreans (seriously, a pack of Asians descended on the Penguin festival) and then saw some beautiful sights along Miller's Point, Misty Cliffs and Chapman's Peak. Also bumped into my aunt in Hout Bay, had a longish sometimes ridiculous conversation before shooting off to the Waterfront to meet Ilze and Johan.
I felt so much better by then that I even managed to shove down 3 quarters of a an incredibly greasy pizza, and touched alcohol again. We almost watched Nacho Libre after that, but my conscience compelled me to keep an appointment with Helga, so we drove to the mountain and our old abode. Still looks, smells and sounds the same.
Honey, a replacement replacement housemate, wanted to watch TV (and snorted slightly when I incorrectly guessed that she was British), so I slunk into the kitchen to watch Helga make tea.
In the meantime she's transformed herself into a ROXY surfer.
Next morning we took in Afrikaans Celebrity life at Blouberg (or is it Blaauberg), and then worshipped briefly at the altar of shopping (at Canal Walk - continuing to expand at a scary pace).
Got F a delicious pink top (inspired by the Helga-Roxy thing) and when I finally arrived at the airport, guess whose head was first in line to poppet out at me. Dressed in red and blue and was just nice to an get all hands on HUG again.
People treated me damn well while I was away, especially in PE and CT. More good news is that all my exam marking has been given to some paid slave (who must be insane). I shouuld be done with term papers by Wednesday or Thursday and can then start focussing on the fun stuff.
Oh, and my brother has a girlfriend. Also 24. Seems to be the best age for ripe pickings.
Meanwhile I have to reschedule interviews and fetch the Cannon and Heart Rate monitor. Both were serviced while I was away. I fortunately had a service as soon as I got back.
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