Well, we have Tuesday off, this week! What a great day to have off... you only have to make it through Monday and then you're rewarded with a day off, and then a short week to follow that!
It's Labour Day tomorrow (2nd May), and then we have Ascension Day on the 17th, another day off. What a great month!
I went to my first baby shower in Botswana this weekend, for our neighbour. It was really fun and I had such a great time. Probably the most funny part was where our neighbour, S., told me it was going to start at 10am. She said "the Batswana are normally very late though, so dont worry about coming at 10, come between 10:30 and 11 or something". I did, and I was one of 3 (ex-pats) who arrived around then. The rest trickled in at... oh, somewhere between 1pm and 4:00! I think that's pretty funny. Talk about "botswana time"!!!
S. is going to be having twins in June. A boy and a girl. The girl will be called Zara and the boy Ayden. Lots of excitement next door, coming soon. The shower was your pretty standard American/Australian/South African-style baby shower... eating, presents, a few cheesey games, and overall girly chit chat. I met loads of really really nice ladies and had a great time.
It seems that Autumn in BW lasted a little bit longer than the "3 days" that our friend L. told us it would - actually it turned out that we had a lovely month of autumn. But that seems to be over now. I think it's officially safe to say that winter is well and truly here. We're having cold nights and cold mornings (+/- 5 deg. C), but the funny part is that the days are still balmy and 20 deg C. or so. So basically we've had to formulate a new dressing regime, whereby we start the day off in layers, and proceed to gradually strip throughout the day, ending the afternoon by putting everything back on again. AND, the really big deal of the day is that: I'm wearing socks for the first time ever here in BW. I'm really not that happy about it though. My feet feel like they need to launch a Prison Break of their own, and these leather shoes I have on at the moment are just not cool. Not at all.
J1 is really turning african - complaining about the cold and running around crying about how "frozen" he is.... I find that funny coming from anyone who grew up in a country where there's actually snow in the winter. but yes, once you get used to the extreme heat here, you really do feel the cold. Also, the houses aren't built for winter, so it is often colder inside during the mornings, than it is outside.
I guess the main thing to keep in mind through all this is the benefits of a dry winter, which is great, not to mention the year-long sunshine. Really, what more could you ask for from winter?
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