FINAL COUNT DOWN

ME ,MY HAPPY SELF...............


OUR RICHARD BAY HOUSE ENTRANCE


THE POOL AREA

Many happy years were spent here and very good memories.........But it is sold. My memories will go with me and stay forever in my hart..
I am so happy as our house has been sold......................... There was absolute no prospect of this happening and on Saturday an estate agent who I had never met or contacted to sell the house sold the house within 1 hour form first contact.....

This is just wonderful and the final countdown now begin. The people who have bought the house are absolute crazy about it and very very excited. I am sure they will be very happy here.

I have 10 days left in Richards Bay. the removal company is starting with the pack and load on Monday....................It will take 4 days for them to pack up and load the house contents. I cannot do any packing (I am not too broken up about that...) as all the furniture is going to a storage facility and for the insurance purposes they have to do all the packing themselves...... The only thing I have to do is supervise and do the control and checking of contents.....

I cannot believe it has come so quickly. When I left Dubai I said at best I would like to be back in Dubai by Mid March permanently and all thing here sorted out.

There was absolutely no prospect for it to materialise. In fact just last week I said to Hannes that we might have to think of me now only returning to Dubai at end April.....

Well it has happened exactly like I asked. In fact I will be in Dubai by about 15 March give or take a few days.

My plan is to pack up and take a few days in Umdloti to make sure all with our flat is in order. I also have a lot of friends in Durban to say goodbye to. That will take about 4 days. Then I want to go to PE for 2 days to see Dian (my youngest son) and see that he is well and settled in University and in his flat. From there I plan to go to my friend Aloma who I have not seen in 3 years to say my goodbye. From there I fly to Johannesburg to spend 2 days with Rossouw (my middle son) and do the motherly checks and balances and then 2 days with JC (my eldest) and then I fly out to Dubai...........................

My days are crazy with all the sorting of the nitty gritty stuff but hey I am not complaining. It is now a pleasure to do all the jobbies I dreaded last week. My home staff have been given their same jobs by the new owners so I do not have to worry about them not finding another job. They were very relieved when I broke the news to them today. Shame they also have their worries about money and the hart breaking thing is that they know how difficult it is to find a job in normal circumstances and now with the economical crunch it will be even harder or in fact impossible.

On Friday I heard a very nice song on the radio. It is form Josh Groban and the song is You are loved. I then got it in my head to download songs from the Internet (like my kids) and keep my own personal taste music on my Laptop to listen at any time. OK so here the fun starts. I have absolutely no idea how to do it. So I phone Rossouw and ask How Now.... He tels me a few stuff I understand and a hellava lot of foreign stuff. I try to get it going but get stuck......... So next on my list is Dian and he very patiently is on the other end of the phone and tells me step by step how to....... I try it but does not work so lekker.... So I start to fiddle and play and after hours I get it right... It takes time to download the songs and transfer them to your own music library on the PC but I can do it now and have a short play list at the moment. So I am very proud of myself for achieving this and enjoy the music in the background while I am at the computer..... I am just so stupid with who the artist is and what the songs name is that I will have to keep a pen and paper with me at all time write it down and then later to come and search the song and download it. I am determined to have a very nice and BIG library of my type of music. As I explained in an earlier blog I live my thoughts and emotions in music and song.

I challenge all of you to and listen to "You are Loved' by Josh Groban. The words are magic and his voice is mesmerising..........It gave me all I needed on Friday and described my wants and feelings exactly.....

Just to let all of you know Promise lives and was cured the very next day with a smile on her face................................

Now today I made such a fool of myself..........I actually just burst out laughing. Worst of all is I set myself up for this....

As I do not have a vehicle I am making plans for when I have to go to Durban next week. So I phone the rental companies for a car and prices and such. I get the quotes and in chatting to the one girl at the rental company I made a joke and said gees I wonder if it won't be easier to fly to Durban.

She said oh yes there are charter companies who will take you with a fixed wing or a chopper. She also gave me a price of about R900.00 (she thinks but not sure)

She also gives me the numbers to phone. Well I think no harm in finding out....Well here the fun starts.

The fixed wing is not an option as I have to go with a trainee pilot from the flight school who needs flying hours. In the plane will be Trainee Pilot, instructor and myself. Now I have done flying flying lessons myself many moons ago....and know exactly what this plane looks like inside, and I will be lucky if I get some space to sit. It is a 2 seater with a "bucket" area in the back. I shelve that number very quickly. It will also be weather dependant........ So it will be and "Inshallah" flight

I did not ask the price.

Next one the chopper. The gentleman handling my call is very sweet and starts talking in flying hours. The conversation goes like this: OK so X minutes there will all precheck and stuff and then he has X minutes back so that adds X hours. Now this he does in talking mode to me. I am sort of bored with this and just want him to get on with the price (I mean I have a rough idea of what it is going to cost..........who gives a damm about the maths.) he then drops the price to me in a calm collected voice. Holy Cow R5500.00 rand. I could not help myself I just burst out laughing on the phone and said to him are you freaking nuts......for that I can fly to Dubai and have drinks and snacks and movies all the way.... . He still very polite says no problem if you change your mind just give me call again.....

What was I thinking to try and fly to Durban by chopper. I really think at times I am very nuts. Slightly does not even come into the frame............

Hannes is off for 3 days and is going to Muscat in Oman to visit friends for 2 days. Glad he is getting out and not just sitting at home. he is over the moon with house sale as well and with the prospect of me joining him in Dubai in about 4 weeks permanently. It will also be very good for me to get there as I do not sleep at night as I am too scared........... This house is big and with our crime rate stats and maybe it is known that I am alone here, I just cannot fall sleep.And all the alarms are set. So I fall asleep at about 05h30 when it gets light and wake when the staff arrive at 07h00 (maybe that is why I do these crazy things..........)
Sound very crazy to look forward to Dubai to have a good sleep....................OK also Hannes and Starbuck's and krispy Kreme doughnuts......

OK now I am blabbering.....

Enough