I was just talking to my mom and realizing it was a year ago that I was in South Africa. A year ago today I was grocery shopping, and probably buying my new camera, at Bayside mall, and then went out to Mama Africa's for the first time. Margarita's, alligator, kudu, ostrich, and Zwelly...(the lead singer of the band I became a groupie of). Like it was yesterday! Like it never happened! So weird. I busted out my planner which I write everything in for moments just like this. I have planners all the way back through high school saying who's house I spent the night at and everything. Good times.
If this were 2008, tomorrow I would be heading to Robben Island, then working for 3 days straight, followed by shopping for woven bags in the township with Ursula and Rachel, then my Cape Point tour, which was rainy but beautiful...at the southern most tip of the world! About a week from now I'd be diving with great white sharks, then spending a day at the water front--which is when I bought my Nelson Mandela book...A couple weeks from now I'd go wine tasting, and spend the evening at a gala. Yet a couple more weeks would entail visiting some jackass penguins, getting my tattoo, a 'brai' with all the volunteers, sandboarding with Steph, my anti-climb of Table Mountain, spending the night at Vicky's Bed & Breakfast, followed by a day with Gloria's kids...
Wow. Seems like yesterday and never all at the same time.
What did I do today, in 2009? Browsed save-the-dates. And tomorrow, in 2009? House hunting. What a difference a year makes!
