Lightning may be dangerous, but it's so darn pretty!!!

Hello all, it seems like it's once again reached that wonderful time of the month... blog time! :) It always amazes me at how much has happened since my last blog, it's crazy how many things can take place in just a couple of weeks! Though I guess it just means more to write about, so all's good.

I just spent about the last hour sitting on our balcony and watching this awesome thunderstorm outside. It's so incredible!! I mean, I don't know about anyone else, but here in Cape Town we don't really see too many thunderstorms, and this one was certainly a storm and a half! I absolutely loved it though - the lightning was so bright it almost seemed like daylight when it flashed.

Of course, that hour that I spent watching the storm was actually meant to be spent studying for my exams, which officially start on Tuesday with maths and dance (an interesting combination of courses, I'm sure you'll agree). Although I did already have one exam last week. It was my Italian oral exam, and unfortunately non è andato bene :(

So, yes, I guess I should be studying, but I've found that I can be very easily distracted, so I've learned not to expect too much from myself...

Anyway though, what can I tell you about the past month. I'd have to say that my highlight was definitely our Shavuot event for which we organised a mechanical bull and also cowfull's of dairy products! I honestly cannot remember the last time I ate that much cheese! It's good though, cos I was probably a bit low on calcium anyway :)

So besides shavuot, I haven't really been doing all that much. At least not all that much that involves leaving the house. I'm sorry to say it, but I think I may have become a bit of a couch potato. Or rather a computer potato I suppose. But luckily Strauss forced me to go out with him last week, despite all my moping and sulking and refusing, and this night out helped me remember how much fun going out actually is, and also made me realise how much time I've been spent cooped up in the house and how unhealthy it is. So now I'm totally amped for going out, though I guess I'm gonna have to wait till exams are over. Oh well...

Ooh, and one more cool thing, before I forget. So for our house supper last month we decided to go for an Italian feel, which was definitely a good choice! And at the restaurant we went to, they have these little cards that you can fill out with your name, to say you ate there, and so we did. And the next week our names were published in our local area weekly newspaper as "Seen as Col'Cacchio". There were quite a lot of other names too, but ours were pretty noticeable, slab bang in the middle of the page! So we've stuck up a copy of the paper in our house to show people where we ate the other night :)

And on that happy note I think I'm going to love and leave you. Feel free to wish me luck for my exams - no doubt I'm going to need it!

The next time I blog I will be carefree and relaxed while enjoying a well deserved holiday!
So till then

ciao