Short Week

It was still wet and chilly when the alarm went off on Tuesday morning so, unfortunately, no chill with my cuppa outside. Life was back to normal and after Hubby went off to work it was the usual routine of computer work with a stop to go into Meyerton for grocery buying as stocks were low after the weekend. Late afternoon the clouds built up again and we had a fine drizzle which prevented us going for our ride. Wednesday was the same weather and routine wise except that in the afternoon we went into Alberton to take the Sars returns in before going on to Eastgate to fetch my phone. The lady said the problem had been the software which had been reloaded onto the phone. It was after four when we left Eastgate so we went the back way to avoid the highway afternoon traffic jam. No sooner had we left then it started raining and it rained until just before getting home. With the colder evenings I have been having a bath instead of the usual shower. The first time I bathed I was leaning forward to rinse my face when I saw a dead spider floating in the water which I fished out and left by the taps. I leant forward to carry on when to my horror I saw a spider swimming in front of me. I whipped my shower cap off thinking they must have come off there and fished it out, opened the window and shook it out there. It landed on the window sill and started running towards me. Quickly I blew on it and it disappeared out the window. I went back to rinsing my face and was even more horrified to find another spider in the water so carefully checked the facecloth to make sure there were no more on it. There were none but I spent the rest of the time watching carefully for any more to appear but luckily that was it. Talk about the stuff of nightmares. I get the heebies every time I think about it.
Thursday morning was still overcast and cool. I made an extra special breakfast for Hubby seeing that it was his birthday. Diane and I gave him his presents and he chilled in bed for a time before stirring himself to get ready for the workshop. My phone had gone off again and was exactly the same as before so after doing some office work Diane and I went into Alberton City to take the phone there. After wandering around we took the phone in to get checked over – properly I hope -before I dropped Diane off at Julie. She was taking Hubby’s crutches for Julie to use. I went on up to the workshop to check on things and do some faxing from the landline. Hubby was having a good day with lots of phone calls and visits for his birthday. Once I had finished my faxing and chatted with visitors there I went back to fetch Diane and say Hi to Julie. Poor Julie is not having a good time. She has had an operation on her foot and after five weeks is still not healed and she can’t stand on it which is why she needed the crutches. Jared had his tonsils out last week and his grommet’s removed but seems to have an ear and throat infection now and to top it all she is very stressed as her dog killed her cat in front of her. Shame, it is so true ` it never rains but it pours’. Diane and I quickly went back to the workshop to make sure Hubby wasn’t going to be late as we wanted to take him out for a birthday supper before leaving for home.Hubby arrived home just after us and we all chilled outside with a glass of wine chatting before getting ready for our evening out. It was just after six when we left for the Piatto in Alberton getting more calls for birthday wishes along the way. The Piatto was busy but luckily we found a parking right in front. We sat outside on the balcony and had rock shandies – Hubby ordered his with extra cherries of course. It was very pleasant sitting there chatting and chilling. To Diane’s delight the Piatto now has a sushi menu and she ordered that for her meal. Hubby and I had rump steaks with chips and onion rings and the usual trimmings. We all thoroughly enjoyed the excellent food and finished off with a cappuccino each. It wasn’t too late when we got home and we spent the rest of the evening watching the usual TV and having a late Milo before going to bed. Hubby’s leg was really painful again and after he took pain-killers we chatted before they kicked in and he was able to sleep. We eventually put out the light around two.
On Friday morning I let Hubby sleep late before giving him his breakfast so that he could make up for his late turn-in. It was after nine before he left for the workshop and I got down to some serious cleaning and clearing washing. The weather was still overcast and cool but was windy so that helped to dry the washing. During the afternoon I had a nap to try and catch up on my sleep. Hubby was home about five and we chilled outside with our wine again. The sky was clear and though it was cool it was a beautiful evening with lots of birds singing in the trees above us. We even heard the red-billed hoopoes around in the trees next to the braai area. Hubby’s foot and leg still weren’t feeling too good so he went to rest them while I made supper. Diane and I spent the rest of the evening chilling in front of the TV before going to bed about twelve. When I went to lock up and take the dogs to the loo something jumped across the kitchen floor and landed on Bowser’s mat. I bent to examine it and found it was a little frog no bigger than my thumb nail which I took outside and released into the grass. Things like this is what makes living here so special.All for now. Cheers and have a fabulous weekend.