I find it hard to believe that I last wrote and published a post on the 8th. I have had rather a busy time I guess.
On Thursday last week I took my sister home from the hospital. On the way back to my place I hit a pothole in the road while travelling at about 70 kilometers per hour. NOT NICE! (I must confess that I was looking in the right hand side mirror and rear view mirror and therefore did not see the pothole)
Needless to say, I ended up with a badly damaged rim and Tyre It was too late in the day to do anything about it. On the way to my daughters place the next morning, the Tyre deflated totally and I was stranded at the side of the road. I tried to change the wheel by myself, but had to give up eventually as the tool used to elevate the jack snapped! Fortunately, my husband was at home and he could come to the rescue. We managed to put on the spare wheel-BUT- two of the nuts and bolts had stripped.
The rest of the day went by in a whirr of busy stuff.
Over the week-end, we had the "Vryburgers Nationale Burger Raad". (The Vryburgers are an Afrikaans Christian Charitable Organisation) The Pretoria Vryburgers hosted this yearly event over the week-end. On Friday we had the meet and greet, and a typical South African braai.
Saturday morning the men had the annual general meeting, and the ladies were treated to a morning at Ludwig's Rose farm. The ladies met at the Clubhouse, and we caught a bus to the farm. We were treated to a breakfast and a ride on a tractor around the farm with a guide that gave us the history of the farm and the roses.
I came home laden with: three Rose Bushes, Rose Jam, Rose Liqueur Rose Salt, Rose Pepper, Rose bath Oil, Rose Pot Pourie, Rose Essential Oil and Rose Vinegar!
One of the roses that I purchased is the "Golden Penny" which was named after a Neurologist. Dr Penny Guldenpfennig.
We then went back to the clubhouse and had a hamburger braai, then home for a short rest, bath and change of clothing, and off to the Brooklynn Theater for a musical show, followed by a dinner. So that was another late night.
Sunday, of course, was Mothers day and a big family get-together. Grandmother, mothers and all the children. We went to a rustic restaurant, in Irene, and spent the whole morning there. Only left at twelve.
My daughter, Lee-Anne had in the meantime been admitted to hospital for an appendisectomy. We got to the hospital just as she came out of the operating theater Groggy, crying and ever so happy to see her "mommy" Her sister Nikki and I spent some time with her at the hospital. Nikki had been taking care of Lee-Anne's daughter Kassidy. My turn was still to come.
I then took over looking after Kassidy, which put paid to any good intentions of getting a substantial amount of work done! I managed only the barest minimum
Monday was another day which threw me totally off. Preparing a toddler for creche dropping her off at the creche, visiting her mommy in hospital, going to renew my car licence shopping and on the list goes. So once again, only the barest minimum of work done.
Today, the early morning routine was much the same, except that Lee-Anne was discharged from the hospital and I took her home and spent the morning with her.
At least today, I have got some work done and I feel like I am starting to get back on track! Lord, may the days till the end of this month be such that I can get a substantial amount of work done. I have so much to learn, so much I want to learn and so much that I want to do. The internet and all this technical jargon and computer lingo are not going to keep me down. I learn a little every day, and will learn more and more as I go along.
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