A Finger. Two Dots. Then Me.

So the term is over. The students are all at home or on holiday. My "1st generation" friend group is slowly trickling away and going home, wherever that may be. I haven't slept more than 5 hours in a night for at least a week. By all rights I should be grumpy, sad, and generally a real Christmas scrooge. Yet, that general malaise that I thought would overtake me and send me running and crying back home has not hit. I don't think it ever really will. I wake up every morning with a smile on my face, and fall asleep every night having  had one of those moments that are HOLY (more on that later) at some point that day. Needless to say, my life is fairly charmed.

So what have I been up to lately? This past week has seen a lot more room for activities. Last week was the last couple of days for the program this term, and we decided to just kick back, relax and have some fun. They made me look rediculous while playing 5-a-side soccer and I introduced them to baseball and kickball, which they instantly took to. Some serious talent. One of the kids even did this. Serious talent.

Then this weekend some friends of mine rented a car and we decided to drive down to Hermanus Beach to catch some whale watching and check out the scene. The drive itself was pretty spectacular, driving through the mountains with the beach views as far as the eye could see on the other side. On the way we stopped off at one of the beaches to check out some penguins, which might have inadvertently been one of the funniest moments of our trip. Either that or having Joel try to make Miller eat salty licorice, which is both a Dutch delicacy and also one of the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. Instant revulsion. Anyways, this is what all the penguins looked like, or at least this is how I remember them.

After getting back we checked out Obs Fest. Basically a block party right outside my house here. There was food, girls, music and more girls....and Mike Gerudo was coming! Some of our friends live in an apartment complex on the main street of bars/restaurants/debaucherous zones and so we hung out on the balcony most of the time while one of them spun the ones and twos to get the party started. All in all a pretty awesome weekend.

So onto a new week, and new adventures. Waterfront, rooftop movie, all you can eat sushi contests, Long Street nights, beaching it up, Boys Night Out, Kirstenbausch Gardens concerts, Old Biscuit Mill, Mzoli's and so much more. To bring this little blog post to a close, let me leave you with a nice little video that I can't stop watching. Seriously, must have watched it at least 15 times already. Thanks Michelle Fenn for the shout.

You can watch it here