Howzit

Howzit? This is a South African "Hi how are you?". On Friday we went out to the Rusty Hook with a bunch of Donovan's friends.

On Saturday night we went to a birthday dinner for Donovan's grandfather who is turning 80 or something. Unfortunately, he is getting alzheimers or dementia or frontal lobe something or other so his wife says it may be the last birthday he can remember everyone. It was a nice dinner though at a restaurant. Everyone here eats chicken livers---YUCK! But they also eat chesey cauliflower and peppermint tart which is really nice.

On Sunday we went Christmas shopping for the kids. And then everyone came over that afternoon for dinner and a poker game. I didn't do so well. And Donovan and Brandon left for a real poker game where Brandon won 4,000 RAND. Donovan didn't play.

Donovan hit his final target for the year so has earned both of his bonuses! Plus he and the ladies from his office went in for a blood test because Paul (Donovan's boss) is give 5,000RAND to everyone who quit smoking because he wants a non-smoking office. It's great because both the ladies in the office and Donovan have quit now...it's only Morne left! Morne is Donovan's co-worker, by the way, who spent a lot of time with us in the US. He is back from America and is off to Greece on Friday! He has one meeting and then a week to hang out--lucky guy! After that, he is going to Mauritus!

Hmmm who else can I write about? What about Martha?! She is coming to NYC for 4 months living in a fantastic apartment--PAID for by her company. She will be in training here on a computer program or something. Most weekends she will probably fly home to see her boyfriend but some weekends she can come visit or I can go visit her! Well, let's be honest...I will probably move in and be her roommate/freeloader...

Well that's about all I can rustle up to write about today....will write again soon!