Saturday went by very quickly with Johan and NiQi both working and me baking for the CPF meeting later in the afternoon. So much later...and once home again we discovered our water tank was empty...and the pump didn't want to pump. Johan went to have a look and discovered the switch kept tripping, so that was it for the night anyway. No need to panic though, as we still had the water cart here which Peet brought round to us in May. Buckets of water were carried in for dishes, 'bathing' and tea and coffee...can't go without the tea now can we. lol
The water cart
The whole of Sunday we very carefully continued to use the water from the water cart. After an exhausting day the previous day, NiQi slept for most of the morning, waking just before lunch. She has days like this, when resting and keeping the oxygen on are all that helps her get through the day. Once she was up, she had brunch and was fine the rest of the day....at this stage I wasn't sure how we were going to sort our pump out...all I could see was our depleted bank account becoming elasticized even further. Our neighbour offered to send round her nephew on Monday to test the pump and find out what the problem may be....so we waited expectantly...and in hope.
Monday I had made arrangements to visit my friend Gill....in the same trip we went to return 2 dresses NiQi had bought that really didn't suit her. We left early, fetched kyle, and then went onto Woodlands Shopping centre. I was a bit cheesed off with the staff who had no problem taking their dress back but they didn't have any money in the till to give to NiQi...apparently they had just done their banking and had no money in the shop. I mean really don't they keep a float? What if a customer came in and paid cash for something but needed change. Sounds fishy to me for sure!!! Visiting Gill was fun, we had tea and cake and a good chat. The time went to quickly though and we had to leave as we still had to return the second dress. Well that was a disaster to say the least...note to self - don't buy from Chinese shops as they are cheats. They absolutely refused to either give a refund or swop it for something else so we walked out of the shop vowing never to support China EVER AGAIN...haha I told NiQi I will make a plan with the dress, cut it shorter and use some of the off cut to adapt the top so it is a better fit.
Across the way was another shop NiQi decided to have a look around and was happy to find a really nice dress for the wedding. So the morning turned out ok in the end. Oh yes and I found a wedding present for Paige and Gareth...I hope they will like it as much as I do. I wanted something that will last forever and found a lovely stainless steel serviette holder. We have one that I like to use when we entertain so I hope they will enjoy theirs too...
Gill listening intently...
NiQi with 'THE DRESS'
Statues at Woodlands Shopping Centre
Fountain at Woodlands Shopping Centre
Wedding present - Serviette Holder
Once home Boeta, another neighbour, came to test the pump and after teasingly convincing me that the pump had blown up, turned the tap on and voila...water. Praise the Lord, it was just a loose connection...happy dance...now I don't need to take out an extra bond to fix my pump.
Today, NiQi and I drove through to Temba so I could collect my new drivers licence. What a rude woman I had the pleasure of asking for my licence!!! I said to her, with a big 'hello'and a smile on my face, that I had come to collect my drivers licence and she responded with - 'you don;t collect your licence until I have first checked to see if it is here.' Oh my I was quite taken back by her attitude but smiled again and said even more sweetly, 'okay, please will you check if my new licence is here?' when she called me to her a bit later I was still polite and she was still rude, but shame I guess she doesn't like her job and that's why she battles to be nice to the public.
On the way home we stopped at Jubilee Shopping Centre to buy some groceries and NiQi also found a wedding present and a jersey to wear with the dress, just in case it becomes chilly....so this is the last few days of Larkwood life...tomorrow will be washing, cleaning and sewing. So much to do before we go down for the wedding. Four more sleeps....
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