Good bye, South Africa

I’m back in the US – currently sitting in the Detroit airport. I’m too cheap to buy the internet here ($7.95/hour?? Seriously?!) and have about 20 min til boarding to Cincinnati. Silly me forgot my US phone charging in South Africa. Bah… frustrating. I hope all works out and Pete’s not trying to reach me telling me he has an emergency (erm, skateboards on sale or so?) and can’t pick me up.

I’m REALLY looking forward to seeing my friends. I’ve missed them mucho. However, I’ve got the heart tug thing going on already… I’m feeling slightly over emotional (can you be SLIGHTLY and OVER emotional at the same time?) and am already reminiscing about what I experienced the past 2 months. I had this sudden urge to bawl on the passenger next to me when we landed, haha.

What I’ll miss:
The Kitchen’s Love Sandwiches and salads
Bobouti
Walking everywhere (and everywhere being walkable)
Meeting people from all over the world on a daily basis
Meeting different people from all over South Africa
Being internet deprived (yes… because I spent so much more time on other things, like writing, drawing, reading, socializing, discovering the city)
Zola’s car rides into the townships and to my meetings
Watching World Cup games with friends at Fanfest/3 stories/bars
It being acceptable to be completely dressed in fan gear when going to work
Being called “sis”
Trying out a lot of chocolates not sold in the US
Helena’s pancakes
My flexible work schedule (not having to use an alarm!)
Ikamva mamas loving to hold my hand
Randomly running into people all over Cape Town
Reading the news headlines tacked onto street posts
Rooibos tea when I get into work in the morning
Reading in the Company Gardens
Using the internet at bars and cafés
The people at Ikamva
The new friends from Cape Town

…I realize a lot of them are foods… ha. Shows where my passion is ;)

I’ll be back at work on Monday – crazy how quickly things will go back to normal. Time to catch up on everything I’ve missed out!

P.s.
OH! ALSO! I got to see my mommy in Amsterdam Schiphol airport for a whole 5 minutes (I had a tight layover there and she got there 2 days ago). So sweet. I miss her a lot too, so it was good to see her again, even if it was just short and sweet.