Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Heeeeere`s Johnny!!!

And a good day to y'all! After a really Loooooooooooooong week, I can finally take my place in the blogging world again.

We are officially back in the Big Smoke and it`s great to be back. Although I love Somerset West and the Western Cape, you cannot replace family and lifelong friends. That is what we have here in Joburg. Awesome family and awesome friends.

And what can I say about the move? It was horrible and I`m glad it`s over. They dropped off our stuff yesterday, so now it`s just a matter of unpacking EVERYTHING, which is a massive job on it`s own. But at least we can do that in our own time.

The worst part of the whole move was the drive back. It took us 16 hours. 14 of those 16 hours was taken up by Elvis, hyperventilating. It was absolute hell. I nearly lost it a few times. As you know, bulldogs can overheat and die very easily. So I was literally waiting for Elvis to die in the back of the car. Nothing helped. We gave him medicine to calm him down, that didn`t work. We gave him food, that didn`t work, we gave him water, he didn`t drink. This went on for approximately 1, 300 km. He only fell asleep 2 hours outside Joburg. I also had the aircon on full blast, so the car was icy cold and I had no warm clothes with me. All in all, the worst trip of my life.

But, we are here now and all is forgiven and forgotten. Elvis is back to his normal self and him and Phoebe have just carried on where they left off. Hayley and I are slowly getting settled in our new place and I`m positive that it`s gonna be a good home for us.

Tonight we are off to the In-Laws for supper and wine and tomorrow we are going to Dale and Kerri`s for supper and wine. Happy days.

Ps. Thank you so much to all of you for your comments and kind words after my previous post. You guys are awesome friends and a massive part of our lives. We luv ya!

11 comments:

Heather Nicole said...

Hey, glad your back!

The Running Golfer said...

Thanks Heather, great to be back!

Anonymous said...

poor elvis! was he always a nervous traveller? or did he miss phoebe?
so glad y'all are DONE.
the settling process is, of course, a process. but you are the perfect husband to hang the artwork. and i'm sure as you settle in and hear "i don't know. honey, can we move the sofa over here?" you will patiently re-arrange furniture :)
having a talented decorating diva for a wife is a bonus, right?
we love y'all too. now don't stress that it all has to be unpacked in 48 hours.

Anonymous said...

ps - how twisted am i?
when i read the title, i thought maybe y'all had been watching "the shining".

David Richardson said...

You were missed in the blogsphere, Francois.

Glad the move went so well.

Enjoy the dinner and wine.

Oh...make sure you get the brand new U2 album. It's their best work since "Achtung Baby"!!

Kevin said...

Glad you're back as well.

Keith said...

Welcome back to the East Rand- We missed your posts!

Miller said...

Glad to have you back and just around the corner!

Darryl said...

Welcome home, guys! Looking forward to more posts soon!

Anonymous said...

Yayyy! Welcome back! Glad to hear Elvis made it okay. Sounds heavy, yoh.

Ordinarylife said...

Good luck in your new home. Good to have you back!