jul 13 2005

the good and bad

one of the good things that has happened in my world recently is that ed and i have finally got our own spot. we're renting a great spot in bloubergsands. i thought it was called west beach but it's not, bloubergsands does not mean it's near the beach, in fact we're behind some huge dunes / bushes... but we can still hear the ocean rumbling.

the move has been crazy and good. the place we moved to was a pit, cause the previous tenants were pigs (real dirty pigs), so we did it up and as a result we don't need to pay rent for the first month, bonus! i will be posting pics of before and after in the coming days...

ed and i had a double bed and the dj equipment before we moved (that massive couch we used to have we sold to a mate of ours, we had nowhere to put it when we moved from simon's spot and it was costing us to store it!) and bits and bobs (kettle, snackwich maker, no cutlery / plates / cups etc because we gave that all to melanie when she moved to her spot in table view). so the past few days, w/ends we've been shopping. we got some real good deals on a fridge (that currently has mainly beer in it), a washing machine, dryer, microwave, cutlery (very new sharp knives), pots and pans, vacuum cleaner, curtains, etc. all in all a crap load of shopping has been done.

it took us a week to get the place done (it was a real mess) and this past w/end we pretty much moved the bulk of our belongings in and slept over. we're getting used to the new noises that go with the area / house and we found we were sleeping light the first few nights, but that's pretty much a thing of the past already.

other good news is that the rains this winter (so far) have filled some of the dams pretty nicely and the overall level of all the dams has finally exceeded 50% (currently it is 53.7%, last year the overall level was 37.1%), more rain is expected over the next week.

slightly bad news is that i am worried. my horoscope for today doesn't help either (i usually don't read the damn things):

taurus (apr 21 - may 21): something is going on behind the scenes and you need to know about it so that you can make a decision. safeguard yourself by doing a bit of detective work. you will not like what you uncover and might even need to take drastic action

i recently pitched an idea to some people, it's still early days, but some of the feedback got me thinking already and ed has given me a fresh spin on things, so this is all very crazy right now. i was already thinking of taking some drastic steps, i've got a feeling that my idea might be 'stolen' and i won't get the credit. seems like i must start doing some detective work...

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