Who woulda known. South Africa. In a blur of activity before I left I didn’t even update my blog. I managed to clear the pantry of all food items with sentimental value – yes there are such things – so that the house sitter didn’t accidently use something they shouldn’t, and I managed to clean the whole house beautifully – actually that was kinda silly really since it won’t look like that when I get home – but I didn’t update my blog.
So we are here. Paul, Jacob and I. We flew 3 hours to Sydney and then it was a 14 hour flight to Johannesburg. That’s the longest I’ve ever been on a plane at once and lookie, I still look sane.
I’ve met with some of the other teachers here, Jacob has taken quite a warming to Jeri, Jodi and Joanne. Together they are the four J’s, Jacob being J4. I see trouble brewing in the next week.
This event is amazing. Sold out to a huge number with a huge waiting list, and just seeing the little details, I’m not surprised!
It’s been a relaxing day today with a little helping package some stuff, a little sleeping, and a little watching the Warriors play via a cool sports site on the web (watching a NZ team, playing in Australia, via a US sports website in my hotel room in South Africa, there is something incredibly global about that, huh?)
Jacob also tried to swim in the hotel pool but really it was colder than a cold thing that is really really cold and it was one minute short of hypothermia I think. The highlight of that little excursion to the pool was this bird… it made a huge loud cry which scared the pants off us all, we don’t know what it is, but it can be known as the scare-the-pants-off-the-unsuspecting-kiwis-bird.
Alrighty, time to meet the last of the teachers and get ready for my first class tomorrow. There are 286 in this first class. YES all at once. Epic, huh?
Laters
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