may 23 2005

what a weekend!

it all started on friday, a good night to go out and have some fun. ed and i made some arrangements to meet up with a few people in town and play fussball there for a change.

we never made it to town though because on our way through sunset beach (between table view and milnerton) we came across friends of ours due to meet us in town in a car accident. it wasn't very nassty, but it definitely wasn't pleasant. their car is buggered and they've only had it a week! luckily, the other cars' passengers are also fine, nothing serious (abit of whiplash)... it was a bit of a freak accident, the other cars' tyre had just blown out and our mates, as much as they tried to, couldn't avoid a smash.

i then got a hold of friends we were due to meet, to let them know that we wouldn't make it. i couldn't get a hold of paul and adriana though and simply assumed that they were all partied out and had gone home...

the next day, adriana calls to apologise for never pitching or returning my call, her bag got stolen when they were eating out in camps bay, before they were going to met up with us.

friday the 13th had struck, a week late though!

saturday was alot better. sunday was the cherry on top. ed and i got in the car on a mission. firstly, stopping at bayside to say hi to vinnie. as we leave bayside to meet up with lloyd, we notice people pointing and looking and moving towards the intersection on blouberg rd. i'm like, uh oh, something is going down and it can't be good!

wait is that vinnie chasing a guy across the busy intersection? next second there's a cop car and they've got the guy. next second the security guy has got the guy by the shirt, that i can see he is going to worm his way out of. next second he has done just that and he's escaping to melkbosstrand... vinnie (and others) are on the run again. this time the cops get the guy and keep him in custody, a good idea.

it turns out that as we were leaving the complex, one of the cleaners at ster kinekor caught this guy in the staff room stealing stuff out of the lockers (there's a gap at the bottom that one can forcefully pull items through if they are determined enough). vinnie, the projectionist and various security personnel gave chase (and got their man - a kid who has been caught for the 3rd time this week...)

after that action, ed, lloyd and myself went to green point stadium market to get an african drum for a friend of his in germany who has been helping lloyd with producing his music. a very nice idea and gift. note: don't get a carwash there, they do a terrible job!

ed and i then went and played games at tygervalley and ate tons of junk food. then we headed back to bayside, but the movie we wanted to see wasn't showing so we found out more about the earlier robbery attempt.

with nothing much else to do at 5pm on a sunday afternoon, we headed home, got some videos and were about to settle in for a quiet evening...

we get home to find adriana and paul there, visiting with both their dogs. our quiet evening turned into quite a party, a late night take-out and plenty of drinking. we got to bed late and i never made it through the first half of the first dvd...

funny enough, today, i don't feel like i've been hit by a train or a bus! and that's always good.

Posted by sarah | personal, chillin'