most of the other students in the house are taking a re-entry class spring quarter together. however, this whole me having graduated now thing puts a halt on that for me. i've promised that i will try and make special guest appearances, though :)
these last couple days have been really good, although a little sad. On Friday I said goodbye to Zanele. She's the lady who cleans the common areas of our house. I got fairly close to her when I was here two years ago, and again this time. I decided this time to take charge and raise money from everyone in the house to help pay for her children's school fees this time around, and I am really really happy that we were able to raise about 1000 rand for her. Here's a picture of Zanele and I together in our kitchen:
Zanele lives in Guguletu, and is planning to remodel and add on to her house so that people can start renting rooms and staying there with her. Especially with the world cup coming to South Africa in 2010 it is all over that there will not be enough places to stay downtown or any of that, so anyone across the city can make a good few bucks by renting out places to stay. I really hope to be able to save up enough money to make it back (with my mom!) by then and stay with her! Also, she is in the process of learning to drive and getting her drivers license, and is really excited to get to drive us around the next time we are here.
Friday night almost our whole group went out to a happy hour/dinner in our neighborhood together one final time. Most everyone went downtown to Long street for a final night, but Rebecca (my roomie) and I decided, as usual, that we'd prefer a quiet night in.
Yesterday (Sat) i spent a good deal of time packing, checking weight requirements, and getting bags on and off of our one scale in the house. Then Rebecca and I decided to do one final sundowners on Camps bay. Despite the massive winds (we had 60mph gusts), we settled in for one last time and watched the beautiful sunset before taking a taxi home. I got great pictures of it, but unfortunitely my camera cord is already packed away, so I cant share them right now. Perhaps when I am back home in seattle.
Anyway, so its now about 650am on Sunday, and i'm getting ready to hop on to my plane(s) to make the long long looooooooooong journey home. First, I am going from Cape Town to Johannesburg, then Joburg to Washington DC, then (finally!) Seattle! Just yesterday, there was a big article out on the front page of the newspaper (www.capetimes.co.za) to be careful in the Johannesburg airport because of roaming gangs, which was really comforting for someone who is already afraid of just the plane! I already disliked the Joburg airport when i was in it in january (it was really confusing and inconvenient), and now I have more reason to not want to travel through it!
Also, on my flight from Joburg to DC we have a random "technical stop" somewhere during the flight. however, i cannot find anywhere that says where this stop will be, so i'm a lil freaked out! Additionally, on that same flight (which, i might add, is 17 hours long) i checked my seats and i am in the very middle of the middle row at the frong bulkhead IN BETWEEN FOUR BABY BASSINETS. I fully intend to beg, grovel, and cry in order to not have to sit there. Its more for the baby's sake than mine! My layover in DC is only 2 hours long, so hopefully the plane is not delayed since i have to go through customs there before racing off to my plane in seattle!
Anyway, I need to go shower and finish packing and calm myself down some more, so I shall be off. I will see a lot of you really really soon on your side of the world!
xoxo
wish me luck on these flights
kate
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