I woke up at 6:30 this morning and I couldn’t fall back asleep, so I read my book for an hour and finished it! I started another book (seriously I have been getting so much reading done on this trip…I love it!). The sun was shining, so I made my way down to the market to get my things from Cassius and the animals were fantastic! He is so creative and artistic! I can’t wait to show people what I got on this trip! I said goodbye to my Rasta friend Chris who I bought too many paintings from! When I got back from the market I went straight to the roof to tan and the weather was B E A U T I F U L ! ! ! I was able to lay out for two hours, then grabbed a quick lunch of yogurt and granola and then went back to tan for another hour. Warren stopped over and he invited us for a drink at Captains so we all got dressed and met him and is friends for a drink at Captains one last time. On the walk back, Christy and I went down to the beach to take pictures and walk in the sand and in the water one last time. The water was so warm! When I got back to the flat we had a manicure station set up and Laura painted everyone’s nails and gave hand massages! It was wonderful! Around 6:00, Q came over and we all hung out for a bit, he helped me make a video for when I do my presentation at St. Wence. He demonstrated the clicks and talks in Xhosa for the camera! At 7:00 the five of us girls took Q out for dinner and we went to Leonardo’s for pizza. Q had never been there and it was delicious! We all had a great time sharing four pizzas and drinking sangrias! We came home and said bye to Q on the doorstep and he promised that he will be awake to send us off in the morning. We watched a movie on TV and did our last bits of packing. It’s not time for me to go to bed on my last night in South Africa. It has been such a strange day because it doesn’t feel like I am leaving PE and SA. I am going through the same feelings that I had when I was leaving the States and coming here…I felt like it wasn’t happening until I got on the airplane, so right now, I am in denial and pretending that I am able to stay. It’s not so much the going away and leaving the country that makes me sad, but it’s the saying goodbye to Q and the other friends that we have made here. Tomorrow I am sure that I will be all tears when we say goodbye to him. Its such a strange emotion trying to explain my excitement to come home and see family, give out my presents, and find the perfect place for all of my decorations yet at the same time I want to bring home the other things that I am going to miss, like the sound of the ocean at 4:00 in the morning when there are no cars and no people out on the streets (which lasts about five minutes, but it is still worth listening for the crashing waves from the flat), the walk to Captains for Thursday Night Trivia, Q coming over just to sit around and chat, and being surrounded by my eight new best girlfriends. That is probably going to be the most difficult to give up because we won’t be living together anymore and it is going to be so strange not having them all around…not sharing rooms with, meals with, kombi rides to class, going to class and then coming home and everything in between. Ugh! It’s so bittersweet. But I am going to go to bed before I start to cry and not want to leave! I can’t wait to see everyone! Love to all and I’ll be home soon!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
November 28, 2007
I woke up at 6:30 this morning and I couldn’t fall back asleep, so I read my book for an hour and finished it! I started another book (seriously I have been getting so much reading done on this trip…I love it!). The sun was shining, so I made my way down to the market to get my things from Cassius and the animals were fantastic! He is so creative and artistic! I can’t wait to show people what I got on this trip! I said goodbye to my Rasta friend Chris who I bought too many paintings from! When I got back from the market I went straight to the roof to tan and the weather was B E A U T I F U L ! ! ! I was able to lay out for two hours, then grabbed a quick lunch of yogurt and granola and then went back to tan for another hour. Warren stopped over and he invited us for a drink at Captains so we all got dressed and met him and is friends for a drink at Captains one last time. On the walk back, Christy and I went down to the beach to take pictures and walk in the sand and in the water one last time. The water was so warm! When I got back to the flat we had a manicure station set up and Laura painted everyone’s nails and gave hand massages! It was wonderful! Around 6:00, Q came over and we all hung out for a bit, he helped me make a video for when I do my presentation at St. Wence. He demonstrated the clicks and talks in Xhosa for the camera! At 7:00 the five of us girls took Q out for dinner and we went to Leonardo’s for pizza. Q had never been there and it was delicious! We all had a great time sharing four pizzas and drinking sangrias! We came home and said bye to Q on the doorstep and he promised that he will be awake to send us off in the morning. We watched a movie on TV and did our last bits of packing. It’s not time for me to go to bed on my last night in South Africa. It has been such a strange day because it doesn’t feel like I am leaving PE and SA. I am going through the same feelings that I had when I was leaving the States and coming here…I felt like it wasn’t happening until I got on the airplane, so right now, I am in denial and pretending that I am able to stay. It’s not so much the going away and leaving the country that makes me sad, but it’s the saying goodbye to Q and the other friends that we have made here. Tomorrow I am sure that I will be all tears when we say goodbye to him. Its such a strange emotion trying to explain my excitement to come home and see family, give out my presents, and find the perfect place for all of my decorations yet at the same time I want to bring home the other things that I am going to miss, like the sound of the ocean at 4:00 in the morning when there are no cars and no people out on the streets (which lasts about five minutes, but it is still worth listening for the crashing waves from the flat), the walk to Captains for Thursday Night Trivia, Q coming over just to sit around and chat, and being surrounded by my eight new best girlfriends. That is probably going to be the most difficult to give up because we won’t be living together anymore and it is going to be so strange not having them all around…not sharing rooms with, meals with, kombi rides to class, going to class and then coming home and everything in between. Ugh! It’s so bittersweet. But I am going to go to bed before I start to cry and not want to leave! I can’t wait to see everyone! Love to all and I’ll be home soon!
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