This weekend was moving day. My friend Yvette moved from her family's large land in South Africa to her own little flat. She moved because the commute (which most of us State people know too well) was just too inconvenient. However one of the things that differs from her commute and what I am use to is the large sign that says "Danger Hijacking Zone the next 10km." Could you imagine working till 9 pm at night, being female and having to drive that alone everyday? Not to mention the fact that there is traffic and it is a good half hour away from work! I think she made the right call.
I got to meet Yvette's family. Such a welcoming and lovely family. I had such a great time with them. I did get to her flat a little late and all the heavy lifting was complete. However we dropped off her mom at the lodge and then Yvette and I went back and unpacked her whole flat. I could tell the amount of work she had to do versus the time was stressing Yvette so we watched Dane Cook and went to town on the apartment. It looks great. It has a very nice home feel to it and I think Yvette is happy. That is all that matters. The next day I went to her family's gigantic land and had some delicious BBQ. Again, the welcoming of their home was great. It was a family away from my family.
Though the happiness and warm feeling ended a little later in the day. Most of you know I am prone to getting sick. I am SHOCKED it took me this long to get sick but it happened. Around 6 pm I started to get the chills, headache and that blah feeling. Yvette and Veronica (The lodge host) even noticed something was wrong. After eating my meal, I went straight to sleep. I don't think I slept more than a constant half hour. I was sweating, than I had chills and a pounding headache. I decided to work from the lodge today. My South African boss called the lodge in a panic to see if I needed to go to the doctor. In the end, I got some rest, drank a hot toddy (yeah that's right) took some tablets and I feel better. I am not going to push it today....but all in all I feel better. I don't know what I had, but I am glad it has come and gone so fast. Maybe I was bit by something....who knows...but I am much better now. I just think everyone was having a heart attack because I was sick. LOL! I must feel better...Egypt in 6 days!!! :-)
Being sick though didn't stop me from designing new templates for specifications! Work work work! I felt bad missing a day because I am so limited here. At least I accomplished a good amount.
Happy Monday.
Get well soon.
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