Sue in the city more pics

Sue in the City

Well I am all settled in and have spent two nights in my new place. The first night as anticipated I hardly slept getting used to the new noises and to top it off I left my ear plugs at Highcape. Last night I slept solid and got up with a smile on my face as I didnt have to rush off to work. I made my may to the gym at the Lifestyle centre in the building and almost stumbled when I saw the amazing veiw of the city bowl and the harbour and city from the gym. It was beautiful. I cycled for a while and did some other exercises. I then did some handwashing(I forgot how tiring it can be) and then headed to the city centre to experience the neighbourhood and check out where Game is. It was an interesting meander through the streets and I thought let me treat myself to a coffee at Josephines only to find out that they had moved this weekend! I settled for a coffee shop called "Bread,Milk and Honey" where I noticed some familiar biscuits that I have seen for sale at the Bicuit Mill. Nice little vibe going there. I sat and watched the monday morning crowd and felt so good and at ease thinking I dont really have to rush anywhere. It does feel good to have my own place and it feels different but it is also nice to know that my crazy boet is up the road and Yas is around the cnr. I dont think its going to be too much of an adjustment living on my own as Adhil travelled alot while I was living with him for just over 5 years. I do enjoy time alone and being able to do my own thing. I guess I should enjoy for now as you never know how much closer my Prince Charming is to finding me ;). I aint in no rush so please dont take that sentence in the incorrect context. I am feeling so positive and proud that I finally have stood on both my feet and have my "big girl panties" securely on;)

An exciting adventure begins...

So I picked up the keys to the apartment I am moving into today and it was nice to have Dills with me to come scout out the place and the area. It felt oh so right once again going in there for the second time. I feel that I have really made the right choice and I cant wait to explore the city on foot. I am so excited that the "Book Lounge" is in walking distance,there is a coffee shop at the entrance to my place(with wireless-yippee)and Yas lives around the corner. I am going to miss the sunrises,sunsets and living with my boet at Highcape but its time to start new adventures and look at other beautiful sites. I am going to take it real easy moving into this place as I think I have moved a bit too much in a little space of time so for my sanity I think this is a wise move;). I have my buddies coming through tomorrow to help me move the bulk of my stuff and then the bed etc next weekend and Saturday next week should be my first night in the new place. I am off this wednesday so looking forward to unpacking a bit and making my place homely.
Keep an eye out for pics soon. Is anyone still reading my blogs??????

Back home in CPT

Well it was an interesting holiday this time around. I got to spend some decent time with everyone and got some insight into how mum is really doing right now. It was tense at times ironing out her transition and re-assuring her that all will be fine and that we do understand how she feels. On this holiday things did get a bit much where I couldnt handle listening to mums frustrations any longer and I think what makes it more stressful for me is that in the back of my mind I keep thinking this of course is not the way we wanted mums life to turn out and now she is going through all of this and one cannot undo it. We had it out a bit here and there and this is of course not what I want. I want only for her to be at ease and as comfortable as possible right now however she herself is finding her feet and routine after retiring full time. It was heart breaking to have mum give me some crockery to bring back to CPT now-I know that she is only thinking ahead and giving away her sentimental stuff now as we dont go to Dbn often however I could not help feeling a little down when mum was telling me about the crockery pieces and parting with it. Aside from the frustrations I did get to spend some family time with Aroon and family despite the busy weekends and I got to spend time with my friends who I miss dearly. I dont have these type of friends in CPT so when in Durbs I have to fill my soul with these special moments. I managed to host an afternoon tea with my glfs for my bday which was something special as well on this trip. How I miss the girly time! Keep an eye out for some pics that I will post soon.

Durbs....good ol Durbs......

I am blogging this morning sitting in Durbs at Aroon and Heidi.Boeta Dills gave me a lift to the airport-had fun yesterday morning as Dills made me laugh as as him and I say "lorf". All in all I had a good flight-I am getting slightly better with managing my nerves. I was not as anxious as I usually get and the flight was beautiful and smooth. The man sitting next to me did mutter something about the plane not sounding too healthly before we hit the runway but I blocked it out when the noise subsided. I listened to the rest of "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama and narated by him and the last part looks at his family life. He also had his challenges ;) I was met at the airport by Aroon(Mr.Incredible) and mum and Aziz. We did a bit of pottering @ Windermere cnt and then......stopped for bunnies at Brittania. I didnt expect to have the bunnies on day 1 so this was a bonus. :) We sat together and "crushed it" at home and settled in for the afternoon. It was a good relaxing evening watching the cricket and chilling together. I have decided that this trip I am going to take step by step and not make it so jam packed that I go home feeling like I need a holiday-well lets see how it turns out. I am glad I am going to be with mum for this birthday-one just never knows what the next year holds so when I can I would like to spend as much time with her.

Another new chapter opens

So I guess the wanting to move out and find my own TWO feet and not live with boet and give him his space fell flat BUT was a great experience for me and guess what......I didnt allow the wheels to fall off my bike. I kept riding. I look at the 2 months as a learning experience and I didnt walk away without any gain. I think I grew up a little more and I got to spend time with Toby. It taught me more discipline and commitment to a degree and while I looked after Toby I truly felt this was a bit of insight for me as to when one has a kid! At times I felt like my life was not mine anymore and everything I did was focused around his eating plans etc. I embrassed the change in my life and I got to spend more time with Mariette walking the dogs in the morning and in the afternoons AND I discovered a beautiful walk in on my doorstep that I would not have discovered if I didnt have a dog to walk with Mariette. Moving back to Adhil was not as stressful as I thought as I had such a great group of friends who helped however this moving can be a little unsettling to a degree. The good news is I found a stunning 1 bedroom place in Roeland street. I move in there towards the end of June. I am so excited as it is a place I had envisioned and its just the location I wanted. I now get to start building up my very own collection of household goods-I know it will take a while to build up but its worth it. I feel like a great new chapter of my life is about to begin and it all starts now with me going on leave tomorrow to Durbs where I get to celebrate with 29th bday with my mama dearest and family.

Honesty is the best policy

I am sitting and wondering at this hour.....are we always honest with one another-friends,family,collegues?? When it comes to things that you wish you could tell or ask one but then you always guard yourself from possibly facing the truth or guarding another persons feelings as you are unsure if all will turn out well or not.
In my opinion us humans guard each other and live with much not known as we would rather live in a fantasy world.