the last supper

it began with drinks at rick's, was followed by a short rescue mission to percy's, and after a hunt for matches (how did i get selected, when i don't smoke?) we went up to deer park for an hour or two. it was quite warm, and from there we moved down to the beach - where it was pretty damn cold.

if you're too enebriated to walk, you're too enebriated to drive: we were very happy that we weren't victims of the moron who tried to park in the road adjacent to my mom's apartment, we only narrowly escaped sharing the fate of the car across from us.

i went shopping with my mother in the morning, we had coffee and then i crashed for a bit. i was tired, and i almost didn't go for drinks in the afternoon - fortunately for me i mentally kicked myself for not going before making that mistake :P

i sadly packed up after getting back home, and then drove with my mum to camp's bay for sundowners before heading to my aunt's place for chai and existentialism. there is no place for god once you've begun asking the "wrong" questions, but for the sake of sanity it is imperative to continue to see the magic in our day-to-day lives. this world is incredible in spite of its rational explanations, and when we cease to wonder and enjoy we do ourselves a disservice - myself as a case in point.

it's time for me to learn to love again.

i'm post coconut ginger noodles and heading for the shower, biting my lip and contemplating the week ahead. it's been a good and necessary visit even if i did squander lots of it on sleep, and i go back armed with some interesting advice and a couple of tasks that, once performed, should pave the way forward nicely.

the mother city is both beautiful and magical. i'm already homesick. again.