Forgive me Ladies & Gents, for it has been 3 months since my last confession and these are all my sins...
Firstly there is a sun and it exists. After 5 months of shocking weather, the sun has made its appearance. It's hot, humid, sticky and I dig it. Some guy I know once said in the Summer, it's gets so hot his balls stick to his bum. Crude? Yes. But in this case seeing doesn't have to be believing. I even think DC could give Durban a run for its curry!
I went to Miami recently. Hired a car and drove from West Palm Beach to Miami- only one problem. It was "Urban Week-end". At first I thought I like P Diddy too! So there I am waiting for the traffic light to go green thinking about my first sip of frozen margeritas when I peer over to the left and come face to face with a Big Black Man, a Big Bike and his Big Bi$%tch on the back (thats how they say it Mamma!)She had a massive paw print on her right thigh. He had pantihose wrapped around his skinhead and my thought suddenly changed to O Bliksem! Listening to Tiny Dancer from Elton John was definitely not a smart song choice. I turned the knob down to a low and kept thinking Madagascar- Just smile and wave boys. Just smile and wave.
Arriving at the Hostel turned out the be just as entertaining. For twenty dollars a night, you know you're not setting the bar very high. You get to sleep in a dorm the size of a small kitchen with 3 bunk beds wedged into a maze. A maze to the point where I remember waking up in the morning snacking on a hairy Argentinians foot with background music of an angle grinder. God knows what the next dorm were up to?!
Looking for a better deal and some R & R just took a 5 min walk. The ocean. Not the sea OK! Here's a tip: Never say the sea, nobody gets it I tried. That and of course swimming costume. If you say "I'm putting on my costume" the Yankie Doodles will think you're putting on an outfit for Halloween. While putting my tootsies in I realised this was going to be the first time I swum in the sea since leaving SA. I felt like the chick from Splash. After floating and frolicking my mermaid tail was back to good and what came next was more pleasurable than before. I made love. Sweet passionate love. It cost R250.00 to be shipped and I'd do it again. Here's the love letter I wrote to it once I finished all its contents and 5 other friends.
'To My One True Love
It's been so long since I took a knife and cut you down the middle. I especially love the sound it makes when doing it. Reaching in for you and grabbing you by the neck, may seem trashy but it feels so right. I wish I could open you with my eye but when your top finally comes off it's like Heaven because I know what comes next. Since the first day we met you've been so good to me and no price can match my appreciation for your loyalty. Always yours, forever and now.... .'
For cider lovers, nothing tastes as good as a Savannah. Cider in the US is a poor mission and so drinking one, two or six after a year sabattical was gracious!
Miami became sunshine, swimming, Savannah and smiles in any random order. After Miami came Orlando and Universal Studios. This is where I cried while riding a bicycle over the Moon to take ET Home. Drew Barrymore would be proud. All in all it was a great road trip and a break from being a Washingtonian. On any given day now, you'll find me working 16 hour days & riding the metro for 3 of them to get to my summer internship.
I'm more American than I'd like to admit but just like ET I can see home. I'll be graduating in Television Production in the Fall (what is Autumn?) So keep an eye out on that Moon, it's nearly time to watch out for my bicycle too!
That'll be all for now I think... I guess that'll be 20 Hail Mary's, 5 Our Fathers and an extra year in Purgatory!?
xoxoxo
