We went to Phil's 40th birthday party on the 09th Feb. It was held at the Lindenberg gallery in Muizenberg, a casino party. It was great fun and I really did well at the Texax hold'em table, though it was towards the end of the evening that I started rolling it in. Pity they were just play play chips and not real money. Christy and Phil had really organised the party well. We had play play money to buy chips, 25 chips each to start off with. There was a poker table, a roulette table and a black jack table, also a crabs table in the smoking courtyard (for those that knew the rules!) The drinks were flowing and the food was divine. It was a black tie event, so everyone looked really formal in tuxedo's and black evening dresses. I will add some pics later.
I got a bit drunk, but hey, Craig had promised to drive and the kids were of course staying over and gogo and Papa Joe.
I think we got to bed at about 02h00ish, as the party ended just after midnight.
Next morning, I had a bit of a hangover. We fetched the kids, did the shopping and spent the rest of the day resting and sleeping where I could. But luckily no huge headache, as I usually get.
Last week end, the 16th/17th, we had a mini school reunion meet at Kirstenbosch. This is the 2nd one I've been to and it's amazing that 20 years out of school, we can get together and have a laugh. In fact I wasn't even friends with some of these people at school, as we didn't have much in common then, but now we get together and talk about kids, feeding, nappies etc, and then still have a good laugh about "other" things. Funny how as we grow up we tend to have more in common. There is no pier pressure or anyone that we need to impress. So far, it's been girls only but a few guys have shown interest and I'm sure in the future, more guys will come. We are going to get together one of these days to start organising our BIG 20 year reunion. Scary thought!! I thought 10 years was bad, but the last 10 years seem to have gone faster than the first 10 years out of school, and as for the 12 years IN school, those just dragged on, and we couldn't wait to finish school!
This past week end, the 22nd, 23rd. Mor came over for her usual Friday visit. Craig made prawns and calamari steak, but I had toothache, so wasn't feeling great. It comes and goes and I dread it, but I know I need root canal treatment. Dr Jackson just filled the tooth and said I must see how it goes, coz maybe there was a small chance he could save root canal treatment, but after a few weeks of on and off pain, I don't think it's gonna go away.
Saturday night we had a girls night at our house. Craig went out, so did Robin. From the office, Deanne, Gail and Chantal arrived with Les (Avis). Christy and Mor also came and later Maureen (BA) came and Lucy and her friend popped in for 1/2 an hour. We all bought snacks and drinks. Had a good laugh. We made it a sort of surprise birthday party for Les, as it's her birthday on Tuesday. We chipped in and bought her a voucher, and I made a gecko card out of hama beads. I baked a carrot cake and wrote "Happy birhthday Les" in red (for Avis) icing. Christy also gave her a gift of cards. She was so surprised and overwhelmed. She is such a sweet person and has always been so generous to us. We chatted till about 01h00am. Deanne was chauffering Maureen, Chantal, Gail and Les home, so they must have gotten home quite late. Craig was home by midnight and I think I only got to sleep at about 02h30. It was a fun night.
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