that's exactly how it's been since we arrived back in SA 'A WEEK AGO' !!! what the ... a week already ???
Our return flight was uneventful ... I was very grateful for the help the check - in lady gave us when we were 4kg over weight "I can't be blamed for anything that goes into your hand luggage between check in and boarding" ... so we had to take 4 kg out of my suitcase ... just to put it into my hand luggage ... WTF !!!
But I got the 'goodies' I wanted here this time LOL ... Now Paul just has to remember to pack all the things on the bed upstairs and out of the box and my bedroom cupboard ... over the next 2 trips and Christmas will be sorted for me too LOL ... and he really thought us going to the UK was going to be 'cheaper' in the long run .... NOT !!! {sorry love :-) }
We were both blerdy knackered when we got back ... mum had made a pan full of homemade broth for our return and it was food, shower and bed ... slept like the dead ... but that 5.30am wake up call was a major shock to the system ... talk about back to reality with a BANG !!!
Kelsey struggled to get his head around getting up in the dark ... and we felt the chills as we got dressed ... and off to school ... thankfully he didn't miss out on too much work in the 2 days we were away ... we just had to catch up on some reading ... but "young man ... that better NOT be blonde streaks in your hair ... and they better not be there tomorrow for uniform inspection, otherwise you will get a detention" ... kak ... we didn't get away with it ... I'd already bought a 'brown' hair dye during Wednesday while he was at school ... Wednesday night poor kid was thrown into club rugby training with a vengeance ... and after a science experiment gone wrong to get the blonde streaks back to brown ... with a dash of Mahogany Ginger in between ... he crashed into bed exhausted again...
I had to unpack at least 1 of the cases on Thursday ... the one with Girlfriends Gift in ... MUM have to make sure I give it to her this week it's our 1 month anniversary (OMG !!!) and so she knows I missed her ... (young love LOL)
I don't know what the hell happened to Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday for that matter LOL
Oh wait I remember Friday night was Club Rugby training and then it was "mum can I stay over at Heine's place " ... Lynette told me H had really missed K over the holidays ... those 2 are inseparable ... 2 peas out the same pod ... and that is frightening LOL ...so in fact I didn't see my son again till Sunday afternoon!!!
And I have to say I was very very grateful for that ... after the chaos of our 1st week back and the VERY COLD Friday night at club rugby ... along with the bugs I'm sure I picked up on the plane ...(even though I took all the 'stuff' recommended to take for anti-viral etc. etc.) I was woman down by Friday night ... overdosed myself on FLU remedies ... crashed into bed ... slept till after 8am Saturday ... took another dose and crashed again till 1pm !!! and then after watching a bit of disaster rugby on Saturday (Wallabies beating the Boks 36-20) ... crashed back into bed again by 8pm ... what a pleasure ... couldn't have done that if K had been home ... so a huge thanks to Lynette & Gerard for letting their son no.2 stay for the weekend LOL
So this week hopefully our lives will start to take on some sort of organised 'chaos' ...
Monday we woke to dull overcast and cold winds ... and it started raining by 10am ... and here we are Wednesday 12noon and it's still raining !!! Even SNOW in some parts of KZN ... the MAIN ROAD to JHB is closed ... van Reenen Pass is totally closed and has been for the last 24hours ... see they do get snow in Africa !!! Just not at Christmas ....but I have to say this weathers by far the WORST we've had since we got here 3 years ago ... I'm sitting here writing this with : 4 layers on the upper body ... Jeans, boots and a blanket wrapped around my legs ... IT IS BLERDY BLERDY COLD ...
Kelsey asked me to take cash to school today when I pick him up so I can buy him a LONG sleeved school jersey !!!! He NEVER had one in the UK ... wouldn't wear one ... but honestly I know I moan a lot about the weather BUT this is absolutely ridiculous ... Paul I don't care HOW MUCH it's going to cost but I HAVE to have some sort of 'central heating' in my new house ... or underfloor or some way to keep warm ... cos my body is aching from the weight of the clothes I'm having to wear to keep warm ... (not going to go on and on and on about it BUT !!!!)
And here I am Wednesday ... and all I've managed to achieve so far this week ... suitcases unpacked ... empty cases in the garage ... some washing done ... (as long as you're happy to have the drier going all hours) caught up on my e-mails ... did some food shopping for the house and now I'm blogging ... what the hell !!!
Met up with the 'Blonde Army of 2' on Monday morning to give them back the books I'd covered for the school ... had NO coffee mornings yet ... had no breakfasts with the gals yet ... in fact we are all in DEEP hibernation ... Oh actually I had to go out today cos Indiana 4 Paws has same 'Doggy Gastro' Princess Kleo had before we went away ... so I've had her at the vets this morning ...
Oh and there's a huge pan of Pea & Ham Soup on the Hob .... and THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS !!!
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