Fingers, Flowers and Food

I went to the doctor on Friday to have my ring finger checked out. I hurt it about two months ago playing action cricket. It was swollen and sore for about a week, but I kinda forgot about it after that, but about 3 weeks ago I started to notice that it was still tender and slightly swollen. So it was off to the doctor for me, who sent me off to have X-Rays taken. The verdict sounds a bit uncertain to me, but it looks like I may have cracked something but it has already started to heal. So I’m now on anti-inflammatorys’ for 10 days and depending on if it gets better or not I may have to go to a specialist . 🙁

We went to see Thank you for smoking on Tuesday, it was a very good movie. The dialogue was sharp and snappy and left you with something to chew on. I found it interesting that not a single cigarette was smoked in the entire film (as far as I can remember anyway). We had dinner at Kauai before the show. I must say I have been a bit wary of eating there in the past because health foods always appear to consist of really vile combos. I have now had a spicy chicken wrap and a burger (more of a sandwich really) with yellow curry and sprouts (amongst other ingredients) and I really enjoyed both. I also found a smoothie I can stomach, It ‘s called the “C Monster”. It’s probably the only smoothie that does not contain Banana as the base. I have nothing against Banana, but ordering a Berry smoothie that tastes like Banana defeats the purpose.

We went to the West Coast National Park with Laurel and Donovan on Wednesday to go and see the flowers. It’s about 1 hour from Cape Town on the R27. There is a section called Postberg which they only open in flower season. I got to take my first pictures with my new camera. I was really impressed with the results. There were also some wild life to be spotted. We rescued a tortoise trying to cross the road. We did not see any honey badgers who also call the park their home. They were probably trying to get as far away as possible from all the impatient people in their 4×4’s driving over the flowers rather than waiting 2 min for another car to pass. People also seem quite happy to run to the centre of a field full of flowers to pose for pictures .

Wednesday was also Rob’s 32nd birthday. We were fortunate enough to join him a the Quaterdeck for dinner. Buffets and I are dangerous combo’s but I paced myself well up until the deserts 🙂

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