I’m back home in Durban.

…that is all.

Cape Town, in essence thereof

…is a fucking cool place, okay?  The roads are smaller, the mowwwwwntin is everywhere, the ocean is cool.  There’s a vibe of instant chillaxation thats whacks you in the face the minute you touch down.  I honestly can’t think of the last time I was this at peace with the universe.

Everything just seems so easy here.  It all falls into place and I have been at one with the mother city from the minute I arrived, which surprised me since I was so apprehensive of being back in this town before I got here, for various reasons.   More than that though, I’ve always felt that Capetonians are the best, they go out of their way to try convince a person that their city is the best at welcoming, the best at having a mountain, the best at having cool restaurants with decks on the beach and the best at making coctails.

Look, the coctails so far are not really any better than what I’ve experienced back home, but the people?  They’re priceless, especially the ones I’ve spent time with over the last 24hours.  You all know how I love Suetjie, and that I met up with my Someone Else, which was so divine to do finally.

Tonight though?  Tonight I met in person for the first time someone who has turned out to be one of the greatest buddies I’ve ever made.  I should be a little star struck since he’s been on TV and radio and is in the papers every week, but I’ve gotten to know the person behind the name and he’s just so fucking cool man.  Also, he happens to have a stunning lady that I think I could be friends with despite him being in the picture or not, so thats cool.  Could have totally gone South for him and I being mates if the girlfriend and I clashed.  It’s just how these things work, so thats a good thing.

Anyway.  Coctails, platters, me choking on water laughing so hard, red toilet basins and being kicked out of the restaurant by a Gareth Cliff look alike.  Great company, awesome evening.  I’m so stoked all over the place right now.

This is honestly such a great weekend, and the bonus is that it feels like a Saturday but its not!  Ahhhh, thank you to Sue and Big Mull and Talfer and Chris M and Janel and The Forge and of course, my Someone Else for enabling me to have a much needed and well appreciated weekend away in esCape Town, my favourite Mother City, aside from my home town

I’m here!

Like, in esCape Town, for real.  Goblin did you feel the awesomeness when I touched down? Hehehe.

Suetjie’s home is so awesome and homely and beautiful and characteristic and and and.  I feel so comfortable here already.  She had little chocolates and rolled up towels and everything for me! Omg, please, I just *love* this chick – she’s so thoughtful, in everything she does. Never in my life have I ever known anyone like this!

I met Someone Else!  Insane!  To meet someone in the flesh after speaking to them forever about everything and anything is just so weeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddd.  We have a morning planned and we’ll talk and laugh and like, see each other!  Who would have ever thought!  I still can’t believe I’m here.  With these amazing people. 

Tomorrow afternoon I will be spending time with my best buddy / adopted brother from another mother Now *this* is something I have been waiting for.  Yussie I can’t wait. 

Of course, there is also that person who makes me swoon too.  But I can’t tell you about that just yet

So many things to do, so many people to see, all for little old me. 

Happy sigh.

Also, if you’re interested in a tweet up on Saturday, find my email and lemme know

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh my goodness me I am so excited.  This time tomorrow I will be in esCape Town!

I will be with good friends, I will be on top form and I’m going to chill.  And relax.  And unwind.  And like, swoon.

Thank you to everyone involved this weekend, I just know its going to be awesome and I am SO excited to meet you, you, you and you for the very FIRST TIME!

All my bags are packed and my toothbrush is just DYING to get boxed in and hop on the plane with me.

Say it with me:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Its official, im a cosmetic geek!

I’m not usually one of those ‘and-this-is-what-i-did-this-weekend’ bloggers, but for those of you who live under a rock plantation, this weekend was one of epic proportions in brilliance expectation, and having Suetjie, Vincealita, Briget (at long fucking last!), Cath, Moose & me all in one place at one time didn’t disappoint.

Pina’s at Cath’s with Suetjie, followed by Talita and Vince joining us after they’d driven through from the Ho Burg, Spigadoro’s at midnight on Friday with Vince and his lady which was totally divine (we didn’t make it to Mama Luciano’s due to too much verbal word swapping between the three of us and Cath and Sue, but Spiga’s took care of us just as well), Saturday morning breakfast at NSA Gallery (one of the best places in Debben, let me tell you) tweet up with everyone at Taco Zulus (sorry to the small couple who left in a hurry after we were making such a noise and randomly shouting “GWAT! GWAT! WAAAAAAHHH” across the table to each other, it’s a long story – don’t ask). Saturday night had me some chill time with the cow_grrrl in Cath’s flat. It was divine spending time in my old home again, felt like I’d never left, actually. I’ve been back for tea and stuff a couple of times, but a whole weekend? Cath, deal with this – you’re stuck with me for life dude. Because I loves you.

Vince and Talita are exactly as I imagined they would be. Honestly. Nothing about them surprised me in the slightest. Except maybe, Vince’s car is even cooler in real life than on faecesbook. Talita is bright and clever and beautiful and Vince is full of shit and funny and is very cool, even if it’s just because we share the same home town and school friends and parental profession by accident.

Briget – dude, we have to do lunch and people watch soon. Honestly. She’s such a hoot, blog, she really is. Loud and energetic and her car is too cute. She even has flowers on her aerial! You know her blog? It represents her to a tee! Blonde, bubbly, no nonsense and confident is B. It was lovely meeting your SexyG too. He’s even acquired himself two males who agreed to do the tranny spar race next year!

Suetjie, let me just put this out there, is probably the most beautiful woman I have ever met, inside and out. Seriously, beauty pageants have nothing on this chick. Even more rarely though, is that she has brainz, ambition and the admiration of those she leaves awe on her trail to personal satisfaction and success. In less than a year I have witnessed Sue grow individually, independently and overcome so many obstacles. She truly is such an inspiration and it was such an honour meeting her at last and having her in Little-Old-Me’s company and (horribly untidy) car.

All in all, an AMAZING weekend spent with such wonderful people who had me in stitches, tears (you bastard, I thtill thympathisthe, okay?) and generally just happy. One thing I did come to know about myself though, is that apparently I’m not nearly as insane as this blog makes me out to be. I’ve heard it before, but each person telling me that just brought it home a little bit further for me. Guys, what the fuck, I *am* just a girl you know, not some clown who has no tact, normalcy and/or common sense. I do know how to shut up sometimes…

Yes, yes, I know – who’m I kidding?

No but seriously, I am normal – honest.

Footnote: I just got to kick in a window* with my foot. Ha!

* No, not intentionally**

** I’m not even hurt*** though, bonus!

*** The window, however, is FUCKED!

A paradox.

I hate my cervix, you know.  I truly do.  I feel like I need it to be sent to finishing school and get taught how to fucking behave itself man.  It’s keeping me up at night and making me sick in the mornings.  It makes what is usually just a mild, annoying period look like there’s a massacre going on inside me.  Sorry, TMI I know, but you guys can just deal with it, okay?  I have a war going inside my body and I don’t know who’s fucking winning. Stupid fucking girl bits.  DIE IN A FIRE!

Piano so kindly pointed out my face break out and asked with big eyes, in a manner of ‘please don’t shoot me if I’m wrong’ a question that made me roll my eyes and point my fork at him menacingly: “yes (clenched teeth) I do happen to have my period going on currently, how could you tell?”.  Ginger promptly smacked him over the head and gave him the hairy eyeball.

In other news, oh my sack I am totally whipped.  I know, the girl who doesn’t admit the girly feelings just admitted to being “whipped”.  Sigh. 

And, more immediately, Cow_grrrl aka Suetjie arrives this afternoon at 4pm.  I pick her up from the airport at work.  I am soooooo frikken excited, dudes.  I was so excited I sat on twitter with her all morning instead of getting ready for work and didn’t realize the time until I realized I had minus 7 minutes to get to the office and I was still sitting in my crumpled cow print pink pyjamas.

Another bonus for me is that I am being introduced to The Best Pizza In The World, courtesy of the great power couple Vincealita tonight and meeting a whole bunch of other people including my lovely fellow Durban blogging rockstar Briget!

Anyway, I’m chatting on skype to the boy and also my always-partner in crime and other, Cath, GHDing my hair in my office, trying to fix the two VERY different shaped eyebrows I currently have and I might even paint my naals a bright shade of orange to clash brilliantly with the turquoise colour I decided to don my body with this morning.

Happy Friday to you and happy tweet up weekend to myself!

Mehness.

Ah Christ.  I know, I know, I’m sorry.  Please don’t shout, my ears hurt enough from all the blood pumping through my head due to stress, anxiety, love, happiness, fear & insomnia.

I won’t tell you why I’ve been gone, instead I’ll tell you a bit about what I’ve been up to recently:

1. rekindling old flames. fuck.
2. meeting up with younger persons
3. clubbing. in a place called Clapham Grand.  Well they lied, its really not.  They have white tiled dancefloors and too much glass.
4. watching lots of One Tree Hill (season 6 episode 3 is what I’m on now)
5. loving my housemates (Ginger & Piano) to death
6. having my family over for big roast (goddamn, Ginger can totally cook insanely)
7. meeting up with best friends
8. googling.  lots.
9. eating healthily
10. stopping smoking.  yup. 
11. loving my friends
12. laughing
13. watching walls quite a bit
14. adjusting to this one problem i have
15. praying for a money tree [please nother mature, please send me some green]
16. planning a weekend
17. getting Cam cuddles and drinking tea through a syringe
18. lolling with Cath.  God that woman makes me laugh some. I thought of something else, Jenks – A BOX OF CONDOMS IN TEN THOUSAND WRAPPED PARCELS!
19. counting my blessings, I have sooo many for one person.  each of them have a name. 
20. loving.  just everything.  and when i hate, i force myself to love some more.
21. keeping secrets. 
22. generally just oozing awesomeness *oozes*   

Thank you for your support, as always, unknowingly and so very naturally.  I’m sorry I flailed for a while with the blogging, and i might still do it some more, but I’m here.  Reading, closing my eyes, hoping against all hope that I’ll be strong enough for this life time, because damn, I certainly fucking try.

Lots of love,

SheBee 

xoxo

Scar Tissue

BRB.

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