In a previous post I referred to "timeshare" which I was going to with the family. A comment left on the blog referred to me sharing time share with my brother. Just to set matters right:-The timeshare I refer to is actually my brother and his family's home at the coast. we have a standing joke between us. When he comes up to Gauteng to visit us, and his family, and in laws, he stays at our home, and tells everyone he's going to stay at his timeshare, and we do the same when we go to his place.We do have timeshare though, at Mabula, and have owned it for more than 16 years!
Anyway, Saturday morning we drove down to the coast. We had to go with my Toyota Corolla 1600, as the VW Kombi was in the shop for gearbox repairs. We towed the trailer with the Kazuma 125 in it, as LuckyL wanted to take it down so he could do some off road riding. I wasn't sure how well the car would travel down, as the furthest I have driven it in the 5 years I have owned it was 160km one way to Sun City. However, I was pleasantly surprised. We travelled the 700 km in 7 hours, including the stops for refueling, and all the slow going in places because of trucks. So, overall, at 11 km / Lt we didn't do too bad. The sun was shining and all was well on arrival.
Sunday and Monday have been terrible. Overcast, raining, cold. Not much fun. We have spent most of the time doing repairs the the 3 quads he recently bought. Unfortunately he bought a dud lot, and as it was a private deal there is no warranty or recourse. So we do what we can to keep them going, but it's very frustrating, especially for him as he spent quite a bit of money on them, and isn't getting the return he deserves. Maybe we'll get lucky, and we will be able to sell them, take the loss, and replace them with something better.
Mom's doing well. Or not. She is recovering well from her fall, and from the shingles, but seems to suffer from bouts of forgetfulness, and weakness. She's eating quite well, has a good sense of humour, but, well she's just not what she was before the fall. We're hoping she will make a full recovery, but even Mom is saying she's not sure she will be able to live alone anymore. That poses another problem, because finding dependable live in help will not be easy. We may have to try and get her into a place where she will have some supervision and care. Or she must move in with one of us, permanently.
Monday night the guy doing the weather said it would be another miserable day on Tuesday, so we decided we would go down to Durban for the day as my brother knows where a whole row of factory shops are and we wanted to get some stuff for the kids. Durban is 180 km away. While we were there Princess got a call from the office asking her to come back to Jo'burg for one day! The company would pick up the tab, so we called the airline and booked her to fly out Wed. morning, hire a car to the office, sleep at home Wed. night, and fly back Thursday morning. Nice, jet setting round trip! She's not impressed though. Even though it may be fun flying, it's still a drag as it's about an hours drive from the airport to her office, and it's Jo'burg traffic.
The day in Durban was great. Warm and sunny with lots of great stuff for the boys especially, and I even got a pair of LEE denims for R80.00! A bargain, it's a brand I always used to wear till they got a bit expensive. We were back at my brothers place by 3.30 pm. Mom's looking OK today, seems to be getting more of her appetite back which is good news.
When I was a lot younger I used to love Durban. I could easily have moved there, just never did. It had a great vibe, and was friendly, great weather, I was totally at home there. It was the only place we went on holiday as a family. Today, well it's still nice, but it doesn't have that pull for me. But then neither do most locations around the country anymore, except maybe Cape Town. I think the influx of people into the cities all over the country has created a sense of overcrowded slum. My perception! Typically too many hawkers / unemployed bums / beggars / criminals. It's dirty (not excessively so but...), and many of the beautiful homes are being converted into offices space, as the residents are moving out of town and further into the suburbs. It has lost it's "something"!
Salagatle!
1 comment:
I'm sorry you had bad weather. I was disappointed when we were in Virginia at how cold it was most of the time (relatively speaking). It's not much fun sitting wrapped in blankets on the beach.
I hope your mom regains her health. My mil had shingles years ago. She waited too long to go to her doctor and suffered permanent nerve damage as a result. It basically ended her hobby of bowling because she couldn't draw her arm back properly anymore.
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