Hi all!! Welcome back to pt. 2 of my time in Cape Town. Gosh, it feels like forever since I last posted, right? Sorry ’bout that, I have definitely been overloaded this semester in the area of my academics. Ugh, we’ll get into that trauma later. For now, let me tell you about what’s been happening for the past six months or so. Get ready, set, and action!
As you have probably guessed, I have some news regarding the plans of the Fam to share with all of you. The first is that, as of a couple of months ago, Dafne and her crew have decided to stay in Cape Town, South Africa, until 2023!! Yay! That is so exciting for all of us, as we have loved staying here and can’t wait to spend until February/March 2023 here in CT. Another announcement is that last year, Cleo has been applying to colleges in the US. She recently got accepted to ED (early decision) at Pomona College in Los Angeles! So exciting, and I finally get her roo- oh um…I mean um…just so exciting, Cleo! Anyway, I also have some news of my own. I’ve been accepted to the summer camp psychology program at Oxbridge!!! AHHHHH! OMG, I’m still reeling, and I found out more than two months ago. The program takes place in July in London at one of the Oxbridge colleges. I applied to the two-week program, so I’ll be staying until early August. Also, I applied for a scholarship and received a 50% discount on tuition. Thanks so much, Oxbridge!! I’m ecstatic to attend your program! Ahhhh!!
Well, now that I’ve addressed some of my most exciting and cool news, let’s have just a basic rundown of what the past six months have looked like.
During the last six months since I returned to South Africa from my summer back in the US, I’ve taken up a couple of extracurricular activities and hobbies. I’ve started contemporary dance at a local program in Cape Town, as well as playing tennis with a private teacher. I have also, recently, begun a recreational theatre and dance program at a theatre school near the boat. All of these things have been super fun and challenging, and have allowed me to meet some friends here in CT. The crew and I also have other connections that have led us to a town I’ve mentioned before in another post about two hours outside of Cape Town called Hermanus. We’ve visited Hermanus a couple of times in the past half-year, and I’ve grown to be quite good friends with a girl there. All these things, I realize, I have been missing out on while sailing around Southeast Asia during those couple of years. Now that Dafne and her crew are anchored (well, not literally) at a marina, we’ve been able to enjoy “land life,” as we call, it with all its perks and enjoyments.
Hey? Remember in pt. 1 when I *casually* mentioned that Dafne’s crew would be buying a house in Cape Town as a rental property and summer house? Well, that came true!! We have bought a lovely house about forty-five minutes outside of the center city in a town called Kommetjie, and we’ve been giving it a complete renovation these past few months. The house badly needed to be redone, and we also have been adding things like a pool, hot tub, and a large deck. However, though the past few months have been exciting getting to see the transformation of the house, it’s been a nightmare for my mother. Seriously. She’s had to deal with so many architects, plumbers, and more, who don’t listen to her plans for the layout and inevitably get the design wrong. Ugh! What a shitake show! Anyhow, it’s still progressing, and my mom thinks that it will be finished by this summer. So exciting!
Finally, this school year has definitely been eventful. The last time I posted, I was talking about all of the fun and partying I’d been getting up to in the summer of 2021. Well, this school year is a far cry from that Candyland. I feel like I’ve been swamped with a massive amount of assignments and papers, and it’s just getting deeper. The only good that has come of this swamp is that I finally have a valid excuse for the absentia of my blog. I’m sorry guys, I wish it was anything but, but I have succumbed to academia and its demands. Please pray for my salvation and rescue. Amen.
Anyways, all in all, the past six months of the year have been eventful and exciting. From trying out new activities that I continue to fail wondrously at, to lots of new friends, I assure you, I’ve become really accustomed to life on board Dafne II at the V&A Waterfront Marina in Cape Town, South Africa. Thanks, tons, you guys, and I hope you’re having as many adventures as possible! Mwah!