Mark - Life in Cape Town

So - somewhat of a late entrant into the Wellsy Blog, but here comes the Cape Town contingent. Hey, its been tough - all that wine to drink, golf to play, sand to dust off the feet etc, and you know us Capies are a bit slow.

So things have settled nicely for us. We have moved into Nix's little beach pad. My house is rented out to Nix's uncle and aunt at the moment (they leave in August so anyone that knows anyone that wants to rent a 3 bed in CT from Sept, let us know) so we find ourselves closer to the sea than the Ballito Wellsies. Admittedly, we don't have that view!

Nix has found herself a job - IT sales with a company called Bytes Technology Group (BTG). She is in her second week and still nervy, but will be brilliant at it I think. She managed to tweak the interest of three companies before choosing BTG - didn't I marry well!

And then there's the Peanut... suffering in hot weather (the hottest she saw in her first year of life was 18 degrees!!) and has a horrid ear infection, so we are drugging her effectively and keeping her smiling. She has swollen little ear drummies, poor thing. Happy though, and far more social than when you all saw her last. She asks for hugs from strangers now. She also says a few words...
1. "Guth" - My father-in-law's dog, AuGUStus
2. "Fisss" - Every time we go past the sea... cant work out if this is her word for Fish or for Sea, but we think she is clever
3. "Che" - Her Aunty, Loushe.
4. "Joos" - I'm thirsty, parents!!!

Note a distinct lack of Mama, dada, papa, blah blah... we feel most loved!!

And then, yours truly. Sitting on his butt, gnawing on a piece of biltong and enjoying the highlights of the Super 14 (for the 10th time today) and thinking that in precisely an hour Nix gets home and I haven't made the bed or done the dishes yet. I am going to like retirement I think. I haven't REALLY started looking for work yet - went to a useless head hunter on recommendation and didn't bother following up. Spoke to a few IT people to let them know I was in town. Oh, and I am up in JHB on Thursday to see an old business partner of mine from Switzerland. No clue what he wants, but if he takes the trouble to get my new number and call me from Geneva, I guess I should meet him for a cuppa? They have just opened in JHB, so maybe he wants a janitor. Will let you all know.

Anyway, have been far too lazy to take pics, so my blog entry will be far more boring than all of yours, but thats our news for now. Pics of a walking, talking Peanut in future editions... if my wife gives me allowance to buy a digital camera!