Things are slowly but surely returning to normal in the McCarthy household. The trunks have been unpacked and are being relocated to our garage. We are finally eating with our own crockery and cutlery, which means we can return the rented utensils, and save a few dollars a month! Nathan has a MOUNTAIN of toys to choose from and so we have included a 15-minute "tidy-up time" to his routine at the end of his day. By doing that we get to see the color of our lounge floor again ;-)
This week we were hit by a cold front and have been having lots of rain and maximum temps hovering around 10C (50F)! There was even a day when the mercury didn't rise above 9C! So basically we are experiencing Johannesburg's middle of winter in the 1st week of FALL here!! But it seems that the cold front moved off today and we had sunny skies and I could wear a T-shirt again!
On Wednesday night, I played in my first Volleyball Intermediate co-ed 4's game. For the uneducated, this means we play indoors, in matches with a team consisting of two guys and two girls. I have a great team and even though we won (2-1), we still had so much fun, just playing and teasing each other. I am looking forward to the rest of our games and hopefully continue with our winning form!
On Saturday, it was really cold and raining, Liesel made use of the seat warmer feature in our SUV! So we decided to go to a local mall so Nathan could run around and play in their indoor kiddies play area. It was so interesting to watch him play, because when there were a few kids in the area with him, he was an extrovert and ran around shouting at the top of his voice, Then when the area filled up with more kids, he retreated to himself, quietened down and became very cautious. then when the majority of kids left, he came out of his shell again!
While he was playing in the area with Liesel watching him, I went to go look at a sports store in the mall. This is no ordinary sports store! It has two levels and in the center is an artificial rock climbing wall that must be about 10 - 15m (30 - 45ft) high! I went to go look at volleyballs and in South Africa, you are lucky to find one, maybe two volleyballs in a sports store. Here, I found about 20 different volleyballs to choose from!
But not even that made my day! When I walked into the store I noticed they had winter jackets on a clearance rack. I do not have a proper winter jacket that would be able to withstand the Ohio winters yet, so I browsed through the rack. I came across a Nike 3 in 1 jacket. Basically, it has a weather-proof outer shell, and a separate fleecy jacket that is used as a lining. The fleecy jacket can be worn by itself, or for extreme conditions, it is designed to be zipped into the outer shell for double insulation. And of course the outer shell can also be worn without the fleecy inner jacket if you wanted a lighter weight weather-proof jacket. Now this was originally marked at $180, which I probably would have been prepared to pay for it, but since it was on clearance, it was marked down to $79. So for less than 1/2 price, I was definitely taking it. At the till, they ring it up and the final price is only $57!!! That is less than a 1/3 of the original place. GOD BLESS AMERICA ;-)
On Sunday, we headed for Church, and were very pleased to see the sun again. We had a great Sunday school class, and a good service that followed. After lunch and the afternoon nap, Nathan and I headed to the playground to enjoy the warmer weather while we could. We spent and hour on the swings and the slides and then headed home. So all in all that was a pretty normal week for us, and it ended with a lovely day!
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