Oh boy!

I wasn’t going to update today, but I fear what the update will look like after the weekend, so I’m biting the bullet as they say.

I can’t believe I left it this long, but two weeks ago I spent the majority of the week planning for my friend’s baby shower. It was all very domestic as another friend and I spent the whole week baking cupcakes and cookies for the aforementioned English tea themed baby shower. The shower itself was on Saturday, July 11th. It was so much fun to meet all of Prego’s friends and play silly baby shower games. On a related note, store bought baby food is pretty disgusting and I vow to make any future children I may have homemade baby food…aka my dinner in a blender.

I don’t remember much of what I did the week after the baby shower because I’m lazy and it’s been so so long since I updated this. The weekend after that though, I went to SonB’s house for a braai and then we all went out on the town on Friday. EB has been doing field work, so he was able to use the van they rented for that purpose for his own desires on the weekend. So, on Saturday we went to explore Franschoek. Apparently there was not much to explore, besides chocolate tasting at a Belgian chocolate factory and even that was done for the day. But it was fun to drive around and we went wine tasting at Solms Delta. Then on Sunday I went to the aquarium with the same work friend I planned the baby shower with, her sister and little nephew. We watched the sharks being fed and laughed as her nephew alternated between asking where we were going and telling my friend to go faster.

Classes started up again on the 20th, so overnight Stellies went from completely deserted to much too overpopulated. This also meant that my new roommate moved back from being home for the winter holidays. I got to meet a bunch of his friends and went out with them to facilitate roommate bonding. They seem nice enough, but maybe not the kind of people I would normally hang out with. Then last weekend I had my medal test, which I already told you about and am still smiling when I think of. Sunday I just hung out with friends and went to see The Hangover, which is hilarious and I highly recommend it…for the strong of stomach at least. Overall a pretty chill weekend.

This week everything started back up. It was the first trivia night I went to in a while. I think my team is a little rusty. We started off well, but got progressively worse as the night went on. Next time though…I’m thinking we’ll win something! Then on Wednesday, I went sparkling wine and nougat tasting at JC le Roux (is it just me or does that sound like a stripper name?), which was so very delicious! Then we went to Prego (who is going to hate me calling her this)’s house for dinner and watched a movie. Finally, Tuesday was EB’s birthday, but since he just got back to the field yesterday, we went out for 363 days early birthday party, which was lovely.

The End!