Another Day Foiled

For the whole week thus far we have been having really nice weather. The weather has actually been nice for two weeks now. I have been rather successful in following my resolution to properly veg for the start of the holiday, but I had a little guilt feeling of spending my days indoors when it was so lovely outside. The problem is getting up so late: if you haven't been outside before noon, then it's hopeless. So, today I had planned on going out a bit; not necessarily going somewhere specifically, but just getting out. An early wake-up effectively crushed that resolve, because now I'm so hazy I'd maybe fall asleep in the mall if I'd sit down somewhere. And, to boot, today it's cloudly and on-and-off rainy: stay-in-doors weather, what I've been hoping for for the past two weeks. Meh, like the 24-hour diet: I'll do it tomorrow.

Today is the winter solstice down here in the southern hemisphere: winter is half-way. For me, this is good news, because I'm a summer guy. As I've recently started to admit, all seasons have a charm and get tedious after a while, but I prefer the warmer weather and longer days. So far we haven't had a mind-blowing amount of rain, so the wet is still to come, unless we're going to have another drought, grr. At the start of the season I predicted it to be a cold one. Apparently the past two years that I've been on Stellenbosch and freezed my arse off it hasn't been as cold as it usually gets. But the cold is good for the grapes, apparently...

Today Nikki and her folks leave for Florida, USA. Well, the first stop-over is London, but, yeah, well, they're going to Orlando. So, for the next two weeks my cellphone is going to be reasonably quiet, which is going to accentuate this feeling of a communication void I've been getting again. When she gets back, I'll go up to see her for about a week. When I get back, I should have about half a week's holiday left ;-) So, Nikki, enjoy the trip, relax, fly safe and bon voyage!