The old guy in the mirror

14 Jul. 10


How freaky is that? My dream was real and they did actually break into my house whilst I was dreaming about them doing it. Now if I can just dream who it was then I can direct the cops straight to them and solve the crime.

Anyway when we got back home Lola’s dad told me that they broke open the gate and then the alarm went off which must have scared them away. So the alarm paid for itself once again. Outdoor alarm systems are the future!

Yesterday Lola got a call from Lela, Rauen’s Grandmother, and she asked if we knew a lady by the name of Corinna. Now some time ago we had a boat at Bayshore Marina and I had mentioned in my blog about a guy named Jeff. His wife’s name was Corinna and her one grandson had invented a game called “Webs, Wands and Waterfalls” which Rauen had received for his birthday from Lela. Anyway it turns out that Corinna is actually Rauen’s Aunt, small world.

19 Jul. 10

Still waiting for the outcome of the last CCMA case that interrupted my holiday. Our next trip to the boat will be sometime in early August, on the first long weekend that comes along, and I can’t wait. It is funny how you can actually miss an object, a piece of fibreglass with some windows and sails. But it does happen, the longer I am away from the boat, the more I miss the boat.

Met a very interesting, and helpful guy called Barry, on a yacht called Tiana. He was busy moving his rudder aft as it was to far forwards and thus the boat was not easy to steer. He told me that he started sailing in Cape Town some time ago and had sailed around the world all the way to Richards bay. He was planning to sail in the forties back to Australia after the modification to Tiana. Barry was kind enough to leave his project and come down to our yacht to assist me with the sails and gave me some amazing advice. Thanks Barry, hope to see you in Aus when we get there.

20 Jul. 10

Today was an excursion to the licence department in order to change ownership of our car from the bank into our name. I’m not sure how other countries do it, but here in Africa when you finance a vehicle the bank retains ownership of said vehicle until you have paid it up. This wasn’t always the case, but I believe that too much fraud caused the change.

Always such an interesting experience dealing with government departments, I wonder if it is the same all over the world, or if our government employees are specially trained to be like this? It doesn’t seem to matter which government department you are dealing with, all the employees seem to have the same mannerisms. I would say attitude but it’s not really an attitude, more a none attitude.

Somehow government departments haven’t ever heard of bottlenecking, they always have one window that everybody has to go to, and many windows that are never used and don’t seem to have any purpose.

22 Jul. 10

Having another man PMS day for some or other reason and can’t seem to snap out of it. I’m not sure if it’s because of how I feel (I have again quit smoking) or what, but everybody, and his sister, wants to speak to me today and it’s just not what I’m in the mood for.

27 Jul. 10

Another week to wait before we can go down to Yrumoar, and its only Tuesday today with the rest of the week still ahead. The man pms seems to be gone for now at least. I’m finding it harder and harder to wait because we seem to be in a state of limbo again, waiting for money, always waiting for something. The CCMA case outcome finally arrived and it was good news for us, we won the case.

I was looking through the photos of our last trip and noticed that I have been replaced by an old guy. This phenomenon I thought was only reserved for the old guy that is always in my way when I am trying to see myself in the mirror. I have tried to move suddenly and look past him, but he seems to know my every move and anticipates the move before I manage to see myself. He appears to have now moved to my photos as well.