Superbly Sun Kissed

Since we woke up to sunshine (yess!) we decided to skip the safari and head back to Durban for the Indian Ocean. We would be doing the safari on our own, which means we would be driving around this huge amount of land in search of wild animals that are big and strong enough to stomp on our car and crush us, if we even found them. We both decided that we were happy with the animals we had seen on the cruise yesterday, and headed back. I was anxious to make up our beach day that was supposed to happen yesterday. We made it to the casino resort/beach by 12:30 and basked in the glorious African sun for almost three hours. There was a lovely breeze coming in from the ocean which cooled down the unbearable heat to one that you never want to leave; it was perfect! We were so happy, and our bodies were too! I think Miles and I needed to replenish our bodies from the sunless weather in Seattle. We are now both superbly sun kissed (: It is the strangest feeling to look at the ocean and think that I am at the bottom of the world! First of all, realizing that I am at the bottom tip of Africa is insane, as we were standing at the Indian Ocean coast, and second, knowing that there is nothing else further down the ocean except for Antarctica is both cool and scary at the same time. The waves were pretty serious today, so we didn’t even attempt to step into the water. We have been warned multiple times about the strong current that carries bodies away…we didn’t want to take a chance. Plus, we were happy to be in the sun and sand period. We had lunch at the casino building, and then decided to head down to the gateway mall. But, we found out while thinking we were driving there, that we were actually driving home (same freeway, but gateway and home are in opposite directions) so we just decided to go home since we were practically there.

Tomorrow is back to King Edwards, except we are in surgery this whole week. Both of us are nervous! Our day in surgery at St. Mary’s didn’t go too smoothly. We are thinking that it might be a challenging week, and if we aren’t able to get used to it by Wednesday I would say (if we even last that long), then we will look for a different hospital ward to work in for the remainder of the week. We will see! Hopefully one of us don’t pass out; we will pack tons of water, anti-nausea medication, and bananas, and will be sure that chairs are in close proximity to theatre for easy access if suddenly we find we need to put our head between our knees….