TGIF

Heyo

I'm staying in Observatory for the rest of my time in Cape Town. There's a festival on the street one block up this weekend, so it might be a little loud during the day. I'm okay with that--it does suck waking up at 6am because people are talking loudly outside. Why am I such a light sleeper these days? It's ridiculous.

Most of you are already aware that my phone was stolen for the second time on this trip. I'm still beating myself up about it, because the dorm was empy when I left my phone (and Claire's) on my bed and went into the reception area to take advantage of the free internet. After two hours of talking on Facebook chat, I came back and tore apart my room trying to find the phones. While the door was locked when I left it, one of the employees had let a potential guest into the room to see it and the phone had rang so she ran into the other room to answer it, giving the guy just enough time to snag the first thing he could see. I'm just glad my iPod and camera were in the safe at the time. That would have SUCKED. As it is, I just can't contact Mappie and Smiley and Tristan and Robyn later this week....
Email it is. Sad.

I'm actually in an internet cafe right now, as the free internet is very slow and I was hoping to do a few other things (like get on aim, which is not working right now) but so far have failed to get anything done. I'm trying to catch up on the news, but I can't tell what's happened in the States other than boo hoo recession. Which is bad, of course, but not terribly interesting to me. Not until there's absolutely no business at the restaurant this winter and I have no way of recouping the cost of being here.

I've been doing a lot of shopping at the craft markets. I now own way too much jewelry.

My grades have arrived--looks like I pulled off more As than in the past, but it bothers me that the class I worked the hardest in was the lowest grade. :(

There's a party tonight at the backpackers (I'm at 33 South) as it's their one year anniversary. Pretty cool. I'm not sure how I feel about drinking as I'm still feeling the wine tour. Plus I'm not a fan of anything they bought for it (Black Label, Hunters Dry, cheap wine). Maybe I'll go for the tequila.

As for planning the rest of my time here, I need to take pictures of things, and I want to go back to the Old Biscuit Mill. At some point I should sit down and write out all my adventures before I forget (like I did in Peru).