Time for a general update...

Ah, here we are...Sunday afternoon, hanging out on the couch, watching the boob tube. Just relaxing. Life is good.

The best news is that Joel is home, and recovering well. I was too happy for him to get home Friday night- it was really lovely to see him, and I couldn't stop hugging him. :) So far he's doing really well with keeping up with his exercises, and although the hand is still swollen, he's already recovered most of the movement he had lost before.

Joel's hand is actually good enough, that he's been told he can pretty much do his usual physical stuff- he didn't go surfing this weekend, but the doc said he could have. So today, we hit the tennis court together! Now, I haven't so much as picked up a tennis racket since my last middle school gym class, but, Joel enjoys a hit of tennis, and asked if I would play with him, if he picked me up a racket in South Africa. I said I would. So, today, we went out there for the first time and gave it a go. Well, Joel just did his thing- *I* tried my best. :) Actually I reckon I did quite well for not having picked up a racket in, what, like 17 years (WHAT? 17 years!!! It hardly seem possible I haven't done anything for that long!)? My arm though, feels like a noodle now. I don't think I will even be able to hold a pencil tomorrow. But that is ok. It was worth it, and I hope that we make a habit of getting out on the court.

There are 5 weeks of school left. FIVE! And, happily, only two of them are full weeks- we have two more public holidays (Africa Day-May 25 and Children's Day- June 1) and then we also have at least one more "early release" Friday. Of course, it is coming to the point now where teachers start saying to themselves, "Oh crap... ONLY 5 weeks left... can we get everything done in that time?" I'm not really worried about it though. The sooner THIS year is over, the better! Not least because there is so much to look forward to this summer!

What else, what else... I ran another 10k on Saturday without any foot pain, and taking 2 minutes off my previous time. 10k is still the most I have done- next week I might have to shoot for more! :)

How small is this world (DB, this all comes from you!)... My good friend DB who lives in Latvia and whom I grew up with in the States has an old friend from high school who now lives in Chile and knows one of my blog readers (Eileen!) (who became a reader because she stumbled on my blog) quite well! Is that crazy?!? That's people knowing people involving 4 continents and all "by chance." This world is becoming small, very small. As DB said to me earlier this week, it's crazy to think that she lives in Latvia, I live in Angola, we're meeting this summer in Mexico where I will marry an Australian, and the wedding will be witnessed by people traveling from America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South East Asia. I WISH some of my friends from China could make it, because that would make it even more awesome, mostly because they would be there! :)

My step-sister had a baby the other day (on the 8th I think). Congrats go out to her and her new family. It was a girl (named Vasara- Latvian for summer), who arrived, as I understand after quite a long labor that ended in a c-section. But, everyone is healthy and happy now. So, that is exciting. They all, as far as I know, are planning on being at the wedding this summer, which is good because goodness knows how I like to play with babies. :)

So, on that note, Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there. I hope you feel appreciated today. I know I'd like to give my mom a squeeze today!

Will write more when there is something to say...