Lazy sunday post

I will be back in action to tell you all about my delightful travels soon 

In the meantime enjoy spring (or if you're in Durban, the rain)

 

learning a lesson

I feel as if I have been to the edge of the world and back. 

My whole life I've spent believing that the rest of the world was more beautiful than the country I live in. All it took for this to change was our short road-trip through 3 provinces 2 weeks ago.

 

Graham hated the driving. I, on the other hand loved it because I like to watch the world go by outside

while eating nik-naks and listening to Graham singing along to Queen. The first day we drove for 9 hours. 9 hours of watching the dry sparse landscape go past. 9 hours of Grahams choice in music. 9 hours of not being able to feel my rear end. But we eventually got to Bloem, had some dandy times with friends and food, and started the second leg of the joinery early the next morning.

 

Graaf Reinet was absolutely not what I had expected. A Quaint beautiful old town with one very trendy coffee shop called polka [definitely worth the visit if you're ever in town, it has the most wonderful fire place that inexplicably seems to warm the whole place. Perfect for a cold winters day/night]. After much ambling we drove to the farm where we would be staying. Our guest house was an old house that had been beautifully re-done, with wooden floors and enormous bathrooms and (the most important part) a smashing fireplace. I won't bore you with a step-by-step account of our time there- it was filled with a very wonderful reunion with two long lost friends, two icy cold nights spent snuggled around the fire place with board games books and chocolate, breakfast held under the blossoming cherry trees, croquet on the lawn, a painful hike up the mountain, watching the sun set over the river and then having hot chocolate at the aforementioned restaurant, a windy night, an early morning and breakfast on the road in some small town and then Port Elizabeth.

 

The boys had planned something special for Thursday night, a show of some kind, they were very proud of themselves for having thought of it. It magically turned out to be ballet (surprising if you know Graham and Sean). And the next morning we whisked ourselves away to St Francis bay. Windy as hell. There we stayed with new friends and did much bonding over Modern Family season 2 and board games. We spent the 2 days in St Francis dreading the 13 hour drive back home but it sneakily arrived at 5am on Sunday morning. We hit the road. Graham conquered 4 hours before we had to stop for breakfast at a steers (keeping it classy) sometime later- just before we entered cows-in-the-road country- I took over. Learning to dodge cows and goats as they walk into the road and then panic because they've walked into the road is definitely a skill I do not want to develop. After a few hours of rear-end numbing driving we came to the border between the Eastern Cape and KZN and it was in this area (while Graham slept curled up beside me) that I had the privilege to encounter some of the most amazing scenery that I have ever seen.

To be clear. I think (rather thought) that the most beautiful places I have seen are in Europe- parts of Germany, England, France, Turkey, Italy- but driving through the land just before we crossed into KZN I was ashamed to have been surprised that such beauty existed in South Africa. I passed deep ravines (that looked like they had been made by someone ripping the earth apart-terrifying and beautiful) which were sprinkled with fine, beautiful sand colored grasses that made the ravines look like they had been covered in velvet. The ravines gave way to enormous black hills which in turn became kilometers of pine forests. The sun started setting and the ghostly moon rose and sat above the enormous pines as we flew past. We could have been anywhere in the world but to my incredible delight we weren't, we were at home. 

Fast forward a few hours of driving and we arrived back in our little suburb in our little province. Graham and I decided that the only rational thing to do after 13 hours of driving and our happiness at being back in Durban was to get curry for dinner. So we did. 

And then we had the best sleep of our lives.

the happiest of days

Happiest of wednesdays!today is beautiful because he is home. yes folks, i can now function as a normal human being again. After a long and happy day yesterday we went to tour the new blueroute and my goodgrief there are some lovely dresses in forever new. [secretly iv'e always wanted to dye my hair pink or purple]

looking forward to another wonderful evening tonight and we have begun the upward climb to easter-a womans worst nightmare: do i partake in the chocolate eating which i want so badly to do or do i remain un-fat and unhappy because i have eaten no chocolate? these are the questions that plague us.
x

crumpet

Happy monday! I love hot days in summer [not because I particularly like the heat] because I love the hot summer nights where you can sit for hours on your balcony staring at the moon, pretending to be someone magical in some exciting novel containing ruby necklaces and white horses-moonlight can do extraordinary things.

A crumpet /ˈkrʌmpɨt/ is a savoury griddle cake made from flour and yeast.

Crumpets are generally eaten hot with butter, with or without a second (sweet or savoury) topping. Sometimes, second toppings are added such as honey, poached egg, jam, Marmite, salt, marmalade, peanut butter, cheese, golden syrup, hummus, lemon curd, maple syrup, and Nutella. The butter may be omitted, but a phrase very commonly associated with crumpets is "dripping with butter"

p.s.I am feeling much better [if you were wondering] I'm feeling good enough to have spent the larger part of my evening reading my philosophy textbook.

to be happy now

After some lameness with the blogging world I am back- although I'm not in a much better mood.I begin everyday promising that it will be better than yesterday. that I will be better to him, that I wont get upset so easily, that i would be happier. But it never works [why does it never work?] and I get to the end of the day feeling sadder than i did the day before. for him i try to be straightforward, uncomplicated, not too sensitive- but i dont know how. I've never had to do this before. am i doing it right? I just want him to be happy. I just want to be happy.

this week in pictures

its late at night. its so hot i can barely breathe and the music thats blasting from my ipod makes me want to get up and dance the salsa [i dont even know how to dance the salsa!] what better time to post my week in pictures? having G back with me has seen my daily tea intake increase quite drastically-

and it was back to school this week. this however has had little effect on my life, ive still been reading tolstoy 'till 2am and suntanning in the garden in the afternoons. [my mom has gone nuts for iced tea and makes 2 pitchers of it every day... no one drink it so i'm not sure where it goes...]


the days have mostly just been made up of lazy sunny daydreaming times [which is a welcome change from the hellish nightmare week that was the week before]
[listening to: 'wanted to write a love song' by the cat empire]

We got acquainted on a warm summer's night top floor of your apartment was where we started clicking for the first time. And our future it was so bright. I was there to be your melody and under the impression that you would be my harmony.

heartbreak monday

happy monday:) the best part of today is right now - its nighttime and amazingly hot and i can see all the lights in the jewellerybox city. indescribable. [ohmyheck just look at this room]

[cupcake monday on time!i went on a cupcake making binge this weekend thankyou K and G for your ever stimulating conversation while im slaving away at mixing batter. Although to be fair, G im impressed with your cupcake-icing skills]

word of the day:
conscientious [ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs].adj
involving or taking great care; painstaking; diligent

i was having an average-to-great night but then i went and watched the video and saw the pictures of him. now its going to take me forever to get to sleep.

[distracting myself with pretty shiny things]

yesiamsupposedtobeworking

[ten minute blog break]
so its pretty much friday already. I cant even remember monday. [is that a problem?]

My dad got home from Ethiopia yesterday & he brought back the most amazing dresses for us. princess dresses. He also brought back 5bags of insanely strong coffee, which has resulted in our kitchen smelling like the compost section at a nursery.

I spent the afternoon with the man on the beach. or, watching the beach. Which may or may not lead to me having to stay up all night to finish this assignment. If you're ever in Ethiopia you need to try wushwush tea. Its pretty darn exciting.

a definite autumn feeling in the air [hums along to yellow submarine]
time is up. farewell.
"Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright."

beachball starsign

think of your favourite food. the food that makes you feel happy. the food that you are convinced that, no matter how much of it you eat you will never get fat from eating it. marshmallows are my food. they taste like clouds and smell like sugar.

[just got home from camp. ilove camps. but they always make me feel doubly tired. and i drink way too much tea on camps]

-for the missed cupcake monday-
lady: thats quite a few girls. you've been pretty busy hey?
man: but none of the other girls dragged me out to look at the stars.

keep calm and enjoy the summer

today is my first official day of the holidays :) and the weather seems to be celebrating too* I now have 6 weeks of bliss [and eating as much watermelon as i like] infront of me.

dear someone:

[the end]
[p.s. i hope you figure it out]

i just saw harry potter7. it was amazing.
Emma Watson was amazing -ten points for very realistic screaming- and lastnight i saw the girl with the dragon tattoo and that was flipping insane. it was just like the book which makes me very happy.
[thank you boys for bringing me the cake and the roses]

happy cupcake monday children*

friday nights with ice cream and chocolate sauce

happy friday!ilove fridays :)a great end to a great week.

how cute is this picture?

now to watch matilda with my sister* night

greenmilk

You know that one thing you do/drink/eat/watch when you're feeling a bit out of it? Well mine is greenmilk. Nestle make this cream soda flavoured milk and i know that must sound gross but I love it. When I was little it only took greenmilk and my blankie for me to fall asleep and so I guess thats why I keep going back to it when I feel bleh. It reminds me of a happy place.

Im off to drink my greenmilk* night all

night breezes seem to whisper "i love you"

[i just watched glee and this is my new favourite song*]

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "i love you"
Birds singin’ in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me

Say nighty-night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me
While I’m alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I’m longin’ to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars shining up above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "i love you"
Birds singin’ in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Yes, dream a little dream of me

Paarl is awesome

dear blogger people, i'm home :)

this week I;

met new people, learnt to play pool, took hundreds of photos, tried to speak german, used a hot water bottle for the first time, missed home, loved new people, lived on tea, was nervous, was truly happy, changed peoples lives, had my life changed.