Pause

A belated welcome to the new year. If you've been following my posts for a while, you'll know that I am notoriously bad at posting between December and February, so you are forgiven for thinking that I may have shut down the blog.

Anyway, we're back online, so I thought we'd begin with a bit of a catch up:

I'm thinking about...
the terrible drought we are having. We have never been major water consumers, still, it's been amazing the change in mindset since we have seen Theewaterskloof literally dry up and come to grips with the real possibility of no water before winter. We are currently saving water in a million ways imaginable (see the Waterwise post) it's crazy that it's still not enough. This entitled and wasteful attitude bothers me. A lot.

I'm watching...
Scorpion. Andel can almost never get me to sit down and watch something with him, but this past weekend he literally forced me onto the couch to watch this. He didn't give me any synopsis beforehand or anything, he simply said, "you'll enjoy this" and left me to it. Four episodes later...

I'm listening to...
some good old nineties music, actually, and boy does it bring back memories. I can't believe that the music of that time is over twenty years old. Is that not insane?! Also, I'm eagerly awaiting the new Jamiroquai album. I'm always a little sceptical when a band that was so good in their prime releases new stuff a while later, but I'm hopeful.

I'm loving...
Having conversations with Sam. For someone who didn't want (not couldn't, mind you) to speak to a good while, this sudden flourish in vocabulary and noise is music to my ears. Who knew he had so much going on in his head? From "please may I have some water" to "mommy, put powder on my bum", this kid has me laughing out loud sometimes. Of course, my absolute best is, "love you" or more recently, "lief vi' jou".

I'm busy...
at work. Many people assume that my job doesn't involve much, but the longer I find myself in it, the busier I seem to become. What started off as just teaching PE and administrating an existing sports programme has become something more of developing and running a completely parallel extra curricular programme involving sports, service and culture. And I'm still lecturing on the side. It's no wonder I'm exhausted.

I'm going to...
kick myself for not going to Twelfth Night at Maynardville tonight. I love watching theatre in that setting, and Andel and I had planned to go, but between having and not having tickets, and having and not having babysitters, and then him having to do the late shift at work. We are not longer going. Perhaps later when it's chilly and I'm laying snug in bed with my boys, I'll be grateful.

I'm battling with... 
the issue of entitlement and equality. This is heavy, so I'm not going to go into it, but it's something I see all the time. I really don't understand how people can believe - and teach their kids! - that they are better than others based on their colour, religion, nationality, social and/or economic status. We have a long way to bridge the gap of inequality with a measure of basic respect. That is all.

I'm resolving to...
prioritise and minimise. Easier said than done. But I'm getting there. I've had to put a good couple projects, favours and interests on the back burner, and I'm better managing my time and my talents. I know this will only benefit the boys as well: already I have more time and patience for all of them - and that's what's really important. 

Have a lovely week all!