Christmas Eve

What a lovely Christmas Eve we had full of laughter just the tonic that the doctor ordered, I had not realised just how uptight and stressed i was, i looked into the mirror yesterday and saw that i no longer had the black bags under my eyes, i am sleeping through and feel really good, and i realised even though it was hard to leave my eldest daughter behind at this, her favourite time of year, i don't think i could have faced Christmas at home, it is really painful to know that your whole life is going to change, and you are going to be the cause of it, but for once in my life i am going to do what every one else does and just worry about me.....................

We were up early in the morning and had breakfast in Port Alfred at a strange little Tea garden, which is really small and nothing to look at but the atmosphere is amazing, in line with our holiday policy i threw caution to the wind and had a scone with cream, jam and cheese for breakfast, i must admit that i felt guilty but i enjoyed it never the less, we then did our first Christmas shopping................................ i had said that i wanted nothing to do with Christmas this year...................... but i eventually gave in and although i had promised myself that i would not buy any gifts until after Christmas i just could not do it................ so admitted defeat and bought just a few presents,which i hope will be liked by their thoughtfulness and not their price, although i must say i did manage to keep the presents within the limit i had given myself.

We then spent the rest of the morning in Bathurst which is really such a friendly town, so many gift shops and craft shops that you are really spoiled for choice................ we had lunch at the hotel, and since we were here last year the place has really gone down, the service was worse than bad .................. it was disgusting ................. we waited so long that eventually i just paid for what we had, had and left.................. i hope that someone does something it cannot take 45 minutes to pour two cold drinks no matter how busy you are.................. we bought some beautiful and i hope unusual gifts.

We then went to the lighthouse the view is amazing i think that this is one of the most beautiful views in the whole of the Eastern Cape, where else can you have a 280 degree view of the sea.

I had hoped to go up the light house this time, but again time became a problem and the tour was already full, we needed to be back by 2pm because my daughter had promised to help hand out sweet parcels to the local children. The last two nights have been a party at the shop the people loved the music and flocked to join in the party, which was really good for business ......... but for me if i heard " If i marry me will you marry me" once more there could have been severe consequences for someone...................

We spent the evening with Matthew and Genine, and we really had a good laugh, we tried out their new dining room i would never have thought that red was a good colour for a room, but it looks absolutely stunning, so warm and rich.............. it was quite funny we were invited for the braai, but they were busy putting in a new TV, definately a blood relative cannot wait for "the right moment" has do do it right now, so we ended up starting the fire and braaiing the meat .................... but it was worth it we had such fun, and laughed almost as much as when we played 30 seconds the other evening.

What a great way to spend the evening ........................ Christmas tomorrow ............... the worst day of the year, i just don't like Christmas i am not sure whether it has to do with the weather, or whether it is because you go to so much time and trouble and it is over so quickly ....................................