Sunday, 22 december

[robbat2]

woke up at derek's cottage, helped my mother get out the front door that has swelled and sticks in it's frame a lot so that she could have a smoke break.

met the Bakers back at Augusta to help clean up from the wedding reception, my palm came in handy again for keeping track of counting all the catering equipment.

the Fishers (my mother's sister, her husband, their daughter, and their daughter's friend) then arrived, for the 'after after' party. this name came up because shortly after they arrived Nana said to them hello, goodbye, there isn't enough food for you. Jacqui took her aside in the kitchen and said that she was rude for saying that, and they were here to help finish the volumnous leftover starters and desserts. there were no entrees left over amazingly, that went great. so we had large piles of various pates on melba toast and crackers of various sorts along with cheeses. there was a very good butternut and spices pate that I enjoyed, as well as a Thai Chilli Jam over creamcheese on crackers.

afterwards, there was still quite a bit of pate left over, but less than we started with and no dessert left over, all of that was finished for good.

everybody parted ways for then, the fishers following us back down to durban, with my brother in their car helping direct them (yeah him directing, I know it's a joke). Nicolette was with us getting a ride back to where she was staying.

dropped her off back in durban, met the fishers back at the timeshare. chatted for a while, took a walk down on the beach, the first beach walk that we've had since we got here to durban. it's changed a lot in some ways, but not in others. the beaches are a lot quieter than they used to be I think, both of white people and definetly of black people. there are more cape malays around fishing off the piers, but the beachers also look to be cleaner from litter. that isn't to say there isn't any litter around, just that there is less of it now. i also noted a lot more female surfers and bodyboarders than I have seen before. walked barefoot on the beachsand, which I haven't done in a very long time. i should visit wreck beach and the other beaches of vancouver more often during summer I think. I'm sure you won't say no Marissa.

Picked up Mary-Granny and Chris, took them out to dinner at Legends. I had a green thai curry to eat.

Mary-Granny is really getting old now, at 86. She is slowly getting more and more batty, like in the middle of a conversation about my high school graduation class, she starts "and How is She doing?" leaving no clue as to who she is talking about.

Took them home and had a earlish night.