1. I am battling at work due to environmental factors beyond my control. Our building is being renovated and the fumes are coming into my office causing me to get headaches, a tight chest and I also can’t stop coughing.
Our boss organised a humidifier for us which helps a bit but it’s making me fall asleep! Also, I work in an open plan environment and our desks have dividers between them. Our NBL has ordered “different” and apparently prettier dividers and has in the meantime removed the current dividers. This is just horrible, horrible, horrible.
I feel so very exposed. Everyone can see on everyone’s computer screens, I can’t have a conversation with my DH or anyone because everyone can hear everything and I am just constantly feeling conscious. I can’t read blogs or even do my banking! Those dividers used to muffle sound so I never quite felt like I was being eavesdropped on. Right now I am just not managing.
2. I have found a buyer for my car. Or rather, a cash buyer found me. He has paid me a deposit to secure the vehicle and we even went to my attorney friend to draft an agreement.
In order for us to proceed with the transaction, I need paperwork from the bank which I’ve requested. It usually takes about 48 hours for a person to obtain said paperwork. However. There was FIRE at the bank and guess what was destroyed??? My original vehicle papers!!!
Ugh. Apparently they must now be requested from Pretoria which makes me nervous because I know that the bureaucracy there is something else. I thought that I was doing a good thing by selling my vehicle privately but in future I will rather work through a dealer, even though I will get less money out of it. Do any of you have connections at the red bank? I need a very clever, resourceful person who will walk this road with me.
3.I am giving boot camp a miss for now. I have just signed up for a twice a week zumba class which I’m quite looking forward to AND a bikram yoga class. Am very excited!
4.Child2 has a new habit of introducing me to everyone. This week I met Aidan, Licola (I think she’s actually a Nicola), Sakumani, Abigail and Jenna. I MUST shake hands with them and say “nice to meet you so-and-so……” or else he gets cross. Last night he even introduced me to my DH. He said: “Julia, this is Daddy”. And so I had to shake hands with my DH and say: “nice to meet you Daddy”. I think it’s too cute!
5.I started knitting this past weekend again for the first time in yonks! Am not sure what it is that I’m knitting but so far it’s a square/rectangle done in reverse stocking stitch. Will see where it takes me.
6. I haven’t read anything in Afrikaans since I was in Matric 15 years ago. Many people have recommended Deon Meyer to me and I can’t decide whether to get the English or Afrikaans versions. What would you recommend? Are his books very Higher Grade Afrikaans? Will things get lost in translation for me? Should I rather try them in English and get an easier Afrikaans book from say…Marita Van Der Vyver? What would you do?
7.The past two weeks have been a bit hectic and I have been completely frazzled. This weekend I’m looking forward to sleeping in and doing nothing. I have not planned anything and will just see where the wind blows me. I find that those weekends where you plan nothing end up being the weekends where you have the most spontaneous fun. Am rather looking forward to it.
What do you have planned for the long weekend?
Godh, I am sorry things are crappy at work and child 2 is so cute! And well mannered too. Zumba and yoga sounds pretty terrific and close to perfection to me.
As to Deon Meyer – the plots can be complicated but the lamguage is really no more complex than Maritha’s . But the translations are great although they do loose a bit of the cultural flavour I think. Why not borrow one/ lend it from the library and see how it goes before buying one? And there is some sense to reading his books ” in order” of publication as you see characters develop, but to get into his work I would suggest my second favorite “13 hours” . If you liked it, start with his first books . My favorite is Infanta ( Devil’s peak) but reading that one in the order of pulication makes a lot of sense. The books all stand alone, but the characters do repeat from time to time and their histories do form great backgrounds when reading.
Cat obviously doesn’t know about your library book issues LOL
Oh no, that was a ” Gosh” and not anything else ( s and d next to each other on the key pad and typing from the ipad)
How cute are those introductions! Adorable.
I’m getting through Tash’s grade 6 homework with the help of Renata! I’d start with the Huisgenoot!
The red bank is way too famous for losing paperwork if you ask me! My parents thought they had their will there for safe keeping, but when they asked for a copy so they could change it (after about 20 years) the bank couldn’t find it.
All I have planned for this weekend is grocery shopping, a family breakfast and lots of rest.
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Child2 is very cute with the intros and the bank thing is seriously annoying.
Yes,, we also have environmental conditions at work. And I can’t think if I’m cold.
I’ve read Deon Meyer in both English and Afrikaans and the translations are very good. I agree with Cat, try to read them in order (look on the website). He really is a wonderful author with a true gift for developing amazing characters.