The end of a fun week

The end of an interesting and very different week. On Monday and Tuesday, I did some work. On Wednesday, I made my first speech at Toastmasters (my real first speech was at their Breakfast Club with only 7 or 8 people in attendance, which makes it really easy) and am gratified to say that it was considered extremely funny (Seinfeld, don't worry about a comeback - lol). On Thursday we made up a team for the quiz night at the pub and we won! We donated our winnings, despite initial protests from me, to the Kommetjie Green Fund, which is a project providing a habitat for the Western Leopard Toad and various forms of aquatic life in a re-established marshland. A great deal of dedicated work has been undertaken by our local eco man, fondly known as Wally Baboon, who can be seen hard at work counting tadpoles, and great results are already apparent. We have specifically requested that our donation be used to purchase a pygmy hippopotamus for the pond, as we feel this will be a great tourist attraction and enable us to raise funds for a lodge in the milkwoods.

As you know, Friday was taken up with an extended lunch for National Women's Day, where it was all Diamonds and Bling. Great partying took place as the day drew to a close, I hear, although I chose to leave before sunset to take the dogs for a walk. The next morning, a group of 22 turned up unexpectedly for breakfast, which was wonderful for the restaurant, but hard going for the hung over! There are plans to do it all again in September.

Today we took a spin round Cape Point in the Mini. I am told it is not for shopping, as the locals are inclined to let their car doors fly open in the fierce winds that blow across the Fish Hoek valley and he doesn't want the doors dented or the paint scratched when it is parked at the shopping centre. He has a point there. No-one ever leaves a note to apologise or offer to pay the R3 000 or so damage to the cars. Fish Hoek is famous for it. If you don't want to be one of the guilty parties, always park with the headlights facing the oncoming wind so that your doors can't fly open, only closed. Anyway, I digress...

We had an ice cream at the Simon's Town waterfront and took a stroll along the jetty, as if we don't already see enough boats! Then we rode down to Cape Point and back home along the coast road. A lovely drive, not something you can get tired of.

So on the whole, a fun week. The big drawback was that the eating plan was thrown out the window due to circumstances beyond my control, and so from tomorrow it will be back to a very limited and strictly adhered to regime to get my digestive system back in trim!