3 posts tagged “cold”
What a cold long weekend! The temperatures plummeted to such an extent that we pulled out the winter clothes and blankets. Winter arrived with a bang.
It was a good break from work nevertheless. Among other things, on Thursday we spent some time with Grant, a friend who lives in New Zealand. We were at university together - doing the same degree and living in the same residence, then we lived in the same commune in our fourth and final year, worked for the same newspaper in East London, and both moved to Johannesburg where we worked for the same newspaper group for a while. Then he moved to New Zealand in 2001. We met up with him in Benoni, where he and his family were staying with his parents-in-law. I believe they return to New Zealand on Thursday.
It was great to see him again, and for the minister of home affairs to meet him at last.
On the weight front, I lost just 0.2kg last week. I hope this means things are stabilising. Total mass is now 80.6kg.
Winter is knocking on the door. The temperature plunged last night, apparently to about four degrees. But at least we had good weather at the weekend. Usually it is the other way around. The joke goes:
Q: What comes after the rain in Johannesburg?
A: Monday.
The weatherman had forecast the cold snap for the weekend. I guess he was off. That's never happened before! ;-)
I did manage to do the first coat of paint in the study yesterday as planned. I am planning to do the second coat when I get home from work this evening. It is amazing what a different a coat of paint makes to a room!
I've received two e-mails from the minister of home affairs in New Zealand. It is so good to hear from her. I am already very much looking forward to her return on Friday afternoon.
If there was any doubt that winter had arrived in full force in South Africa, it was put to rest last night when we had snowfalls over large parts of the country, including light snow in our garden:
