It should be the other way around. I have little to share and so that's why I've been a bit missing-in-action... To be honest, my camera hasn't even been charged since we got home from the Kruger, which is disgusting for me, who usually has it pretty much strapped to my face all of the time...
Today marks the start of the 4th school term. It's Jake's last term of primary school and I can't believe that this journey's nearly completed. I know it sounds cliche, but seriously - where did the years go??? I know we live from holiday to holiday and the shops are ridiculous about it too - no sooner is Christmas over, when they start selling Easter Eggs! In our house, we love school holidays. It's just the lack of responsibility and structure - going to bed later and sleeping in a bit in the mornings. Not rushing!! This last holiday was really just a long weekend, I mean, how can you even unwind in a week? Be that as it may, it was still a nice long weekend. Jake did really well last term, although it was a manic one and this term is going to fly by even faster. He's got his grade 7 formal and there's only 5 weeks until exams start! 2 weeks of exams, 1 week for marking and sports day and then the 6-weeks December holiday! Heee-ha - I can't wait!
Jake has been for his high school uniform fitting and is getting quite excited about it now. We've decided that our local high school is the best option for him. It's within easy walking distance from home, so no travelling and the majority of his friends will be going there too. I'm very comfortable with our decision.
So what else have we been up to? Jo and Paul and the kids have been to Mauritius for 10 days (we hate them too). Stinky landed up in hospital for a day, having X-rays, CT scans, sonars, blood tests, only to be sent home with trapped gas... Despite that, they had a really good holiday. We met them at the airport and they all looked happy and rested. Gareth's been working away from home during the week and we're all missing him, but it has meant that Rosie and Rylee have been around a bit more, especially in the evenings.
Did I tell you that we're going to Kruger again in July?? Rosie & her family are joining us, as are Corky & Stinky. My mom and dad are going too, so there's a total of 9 of us. We're super excited and Jake can't wait to share the bush with his cousins.
Oh, besides Jake's great report, he's also been told that one of his photos that I entered into a competition on his behalf is going to be featured on one of our local TV shows (50/50). The presenter has phoned us, which was very exciting. It'll probably be on in another 2 or 3 weeks and Jake is super excited. There are some really nice prizes, which he is holding thumbs for too! It's one of his baboon shots that I shared in my last post (not sure which one, but here's one of them anyway)...
Abi and Becky are doing amazingly too. Becky's been to the Bahamas to compete in the Junior Commonwealth Games, as well as Indianapolis for the Junior World Competition. Abi's just returned from Italy, where she took part in a 5 & 10km swim. They are both doing so well and making us so very super proud!
The drought in Cape Town has started to make us all very nervous. Bathing is a thing of the past and we are allowed 2 minute showers only. You have to lather up and rinse. And you skip a night here or there and we try stretch washing our hair with dry shampoo. We try catch as much water as we can to use for flushing toilets and watering the odd plant. Our gardens are dying fast and there's no way that we'll be swimming this summer - we're not allowed to top our pools up. The municipality has plans to reduce water pressure and to have intermittent outages. The next phase is for drinking water to be made available for collection at certain drop off points - there just isn't water and it's starting to get quite frightening...
Jake and I had an awesome catch up on Saturday morning with Michael and Cameron and their mom - turns out their dad did hook up with the woman I suspected, so I'm learning to trust my instinct a bit better for future!!
And on that note, time for me to run. Lunch is calling. Today is the start of a new go at a healthier lifestyle, let's see how long it lasts!
Love,
Sue XXX
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