Weekend

Saturday was up to a great day again when the alarm went off at six. Had to force myself out of bed though I felt as if I needed a good few more hours of sleep. Had my chill two cups of coffee to get up enough steam to start my day before making breakfast and seeing to the dogs. Once all that was out the way I could start on the final preparations for Hubby’s Tit Meeting. By the end of the morning there were bowls of all sorts of salad plus a big pot of pap ready and waiting for the start of the meeting. Diane and I got ourselves organized for our disappearance (Men only car club) from home. About half twelve the first few cars drove in and after being nosey and peering out the window to see who they were we grabbed a coke and sneaked out the side gate. We had already parked our car outside for our get away. Our first stop was in Meyersdal at the Steers. It was too hot to eat much but we were hungry so we ordered a packet of chips and a cone ice-cream each. The first to satisfy the hunger and the second to cool off. We parked under a tree and polished off the food before carrying on to Val’s place. The highway wasn’t too bad but as we rounded the corner we drove into a bottle neck where there were road works. It was pathetic and an absolute nightmare to get through. Luckily further down the road opened from the one lane to three again. We were using the GPS to try it out and were thrilled when we were warned twice of speed traps. Not that we were able to go over the limit with all the traffic around but it’s nice to know if you are speeding one day. I told Diane I will never drive without it on again.We got to Val and first thing was an ice cold coke to recover from the journey there before checking out the Photo Album for the 80th present. There is still work to be done on it before they leave on Friday but what has been finished is really stunning. They have worked hard on it and it shows. I take my hat off to them for a fantastic job. I’m sure it will give many hours of pleasure. That out the way we settled for an afternoon of coffee, cake and chat. Diane did a quick photo shoot of Kelly before she left to go out while we carried on chatting. Kim was slaving away over her books studying for exams this week coming. The afternoon flew past and we eventually left about six. As we turned on the on-ramp for the highway home we saw a roadblock in front and just our luck they stopped us. The young cop came to the window, leant on it and had a good look into the car. Diane was trying to find my Drivers License among all my paraphernalia in my bag and while we waited the cop wanted to know when I would be selling my car. I just laughed saying “but then I won’t have a car to drive “. By now Diane had found the license which he just glanced at before waving us on. Thank goodness that was all. We arrived home as it was getting dark to find a couple of die-hards still chilling in the braai area. Diane and I joined them sitting chilling with glasses of wine and munching crisps. Barney, one of the guys still there, had just recently got himself a 1946 Ford which he insisted Hubby take us for a drive in. We had a quick ride around the block. When we got back we teased him saying while it is a great car it just can’t compare to our 46 Plymouth - much to his disgust. It was about half nine before the guys left and we had a quick tidy - up before watching some TV. I started feeling sick and just went to bed leaving everything to be cleaned on Sunday. I was up to take the dogs out about midnight and saw that it was building up for a storm as lightning was flashing all around.
Hubby bought me breakfast in bed on Sunday morning just before eight. I was feeling a bit better so was up not long after to start the Big Clean. There really and truly is nothing worse than getting up to a dirty kitchen. I just never do it but couldn’t cope with it last night. Luckily paper plates were used for the Tit Meeting so it was utensils, glasses and bowls only. It took me an hour or two to clean after which I felt lousy again and seeing that Hubby also wasn’t feeling too good we just forgot about celebrating The Love Day. Instead we just relaxed, watched TV and read – at our age that is more enjoyable and less energy is required. Wayne was home early evening all excited after his Cape Town Trip. We were treated to a running commentary on all he had done- his meeting with Percy Montgomery, going up Table Mountain and Robbin Island and all the fab restaurants – as well as viewing his pics and video clips. We ate a light supper after which Diane and Wayne headed off to the movies. I spent the evening on the computer until I was forced to switch off due to all the thunder and lightning around. I watched some TV with my ‘can’t do without’ Milo. I was in bed around midnight with a book. I am now reading ‘Peking’ by Anthony Grey and am looking forward to it after reading his oh-so-enjoyable book ‘ Saigon”.
Cheers and have a fantastic week.