SKYPE ME HERE..SKYPE YOU THERE

This is how I feel tonight.....Thanks Rossi I could not have explained the feeling any better than this photo of you. I am "stoked" as you boys will say. Hannes and I had a "skype" conversation tonight. We could talk and see each other....I could even see the time on the wall clock in the apartment and I could see the fruit bowl on the kitchen serving counter....It was great. We talked about the important stuff and also just chatted in general. So nice to see Hannes's smile and hear his laugh that grows into his eyes.
I am really learning at the speed of lightning. First I had to learn to work "pre paid cell, now skype.... What the hell is next? "Beam me up Scottie? My kids know this stuff as if it is in a built in micro chip......
Who would have thought that I would be so excited about seeing and talking to hannes. We take so much for granted in our day to day dealings with each other that when it is gone you only realise how important and "bleddie" nice it is.
Now let me first let all of you into the skype setup. hannes's laptop (very lani.....) has a built in camera with good visuals...... My laptop does not have a camera (old stock........) so I have a budget job (could even be a rep gift or Hannes bought it for peanuts), clip onto the laptop, position yourself in front of the small lens....................and sit very still( so as not to fall off his screen on the other side....)..............plug in, ah what ever it is just not as lani as Hannes's. BUT I can still see him and talk......Bliss.... Was great and we will skype daily now......
Seeing I am so inquisitive (picture a monkey and a paper bag with something inside..Well that is me. Now I can see what is going on....
I am happy.
Will skype Hannes from my dad so he can also experience the "skype" phenomenon.

These are the girls of trauma in Richards Bay. I called them wife no4,5,6,7,8,9 ect. You see I am wife nr.1, Laurika in the surgery was wife no 2, Marliese in the surgery was wife no3. We were all the woman in Hannes's life. These girls always took care of him in many ways. They loved him to bits and always kept a smile (or frown) on his face. Well any case tomorrow I say goodbye to my other wives in Hannes's life. It is the last day of existence of Hannes's practise and trauma contract with the hospital. I will miss all of them (some just so very much more than others due to very close relationships with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!) This was on Hannes's last day and the girls organised a farewell for him in trauma. They did all the "koek en tee" themselves. Thanks girls.

This is Maggie. My new yachttie friend form maritino's. I fetched her this afternoon to come and have something to eat and chat. (On stable ground and maybe have a bath........) The bath suggestion went down very funny. How can I think of saying to some one I barely know to come for a bath and supper........ My thoughts were that on a yacht there is only public showers.....so a bath with bubbles might be a luxury...She is very quick and retaliated with "why bath do I stink?" and laughed out loud. And no she does not stink..........
She is very entertaining and positive and full of life. She has such a colourful way of explaining situations that you actually feel as if you experience yourself. She is a little younger than me BUT we had the same childhood. Like parents ideas and way of raising children. It felt like talking to a family member.....
Here I met a total stranger, clicked and had two visits with a total stranger that became a friend....
She taught me that teak decks on yachts need salt water daily and a good scrub weekly............I would never have thought to use salt water on teak..................... She does the deck watering and scrubbing number at 05h30 in the mornings................Why not at 08h00 or later (me not a morning person at all you see) I am still waiting for her to answer that one..........................
I think her life is interesting and awarding and very different BUT very very lonely. Would I swap my basket of tricks to try and play with hers? No way Jose.............I like mine just fine...................

Our house was on show today............. You should have seen us this morning before the agent arrived. Packing excess ornaments away, doing the MR MIN number and getting the "showroom" (as Gesi would say)
We went for lunch at Elephant and I (my favourite coffee shop in town) and went for coffee at Gerhard and Ria. Now these dear friends of mine have an African grey parrot called HARRY. Well Harry laid an egg today so now Harry becomes Sally I suppose (excuse the pun!)
Life is full of surprises and never as it seems.
Well I am off to bed now to get myself ship shape to do the hand over of the practise keys to the new owner. say my goodbyes to the hospital and people I have come to know well there. This is the second item of closure. First Umdloti now the practise. I AM READY FOR THIS. Anything to get me to Dubai and Hannes...........................
Chat later again.