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Maximum Cape Town. Conversation at lunch: Me:

Maximum Cape Town. Conversation at lunch: Me: I always feel like I'm on holiday when I order a beer at a restaurant. Joe: And on a Tuesday.

How do you celebrate everyone you love being vacci

How do you celebrate everyone you love being vaccinated? Have the wedding you've had to postpone four times. I'm not sure if joy gets more potent if it's stored up like that, but it definitely felt like it yesterday. This was one of the loveliest weddings I've ever cried my way through. At one point I was making my way up to the bathroom, along a lantern-lit path, as my friend's new wife 💫 was making her way back to the marquee. She saw me, did a shimmy, and said, "I just love you!" And that's exactly the sort of day it was.

My sister got a puppy, and we had actual people st

My sister got a puppy, and we had actual people stay over at our house! It was a very good weekend.

Spring is always so sudden in Joburg. I love it. E

Spring is always so sudden in Joburg. I love it. Everything seems to have gone green overnight and people are just... friendlier. Ellie even had a haircut yesterday which she is NOT sure about. Swipe to see a before and after 😂 Poor puppy. Thinks we're crap parents. I keep catching whiffs of jasmine round every corner when I take her for walks. It always reminds me of this time five years ago when Joe came to visit me in Cape Town, where winter seems to settle in like that person at the bar trying to order more drinks, who doesn't seem to mind that the lights are flashing on and off and they're playing the slow clap of "closing time". I fetched him from the airport and when we got back to my flat he opened his bag and gave me an ice cream tub, which was intriguingly light. "Snacks?" I said, but he just smiled. I opened it and laughed - it was FULL of jasmine. That incredible smell! "I brought you spring," he said.

I sometimes miss her when she's in the next room.

I sometimes miss her when she's in the next room. I'm not sure how Joe leaves the house for work every day.

We've been hiding at home so much that weekends st

We've been hiding at home so much that weekends started to feel like Groundhog Day. My finger was hovering over the "book" button as Cyril said we were allowed to travel out of Gauteng. A Getaway article said that the website did this place no justice - and they were right. You're only supposed to able to reach the cottages at the top of a ridge by 4x4. But they hadn't met Joe yet. Eleanor assumes her "hunting" focus when we do things like this. Like she's the one who's actually getting the car up the steep, rocky hill. She loved having her own garden to patrol, and no-leash walks along the river. Her little barrel body and tiny legs did surprisingly well up steep hills. "What an athlete," said Joe. What a difference two nights can make! I think I sometimes underestimate the effect of the lack of separation of work and home these days.

After three surgeries I really hate needles, but I

After three surgeries I really hate needles, but I’ve never been so excited to get an injection in my life. In fact, after he took a couple photos, Joe said, “I’ll send you the second one rather because the first one looks like you’ve just been issued the vaccine via a suppository…” It feels like the first step to unlocking the world for us again. Phew! #vaccinationdone✔️

Not too long ago, when the third wave wasn't quite

They delayed their wedding by a full year because

They delayed their wedding by a full year because of covid.
Never has the phrase "worth the wait" felt so emotive, so true, so extravagantly full of love.
What a day.
What a life. ❤

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