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I will tell you later what the meaning of this or actually you will see. So Monday was a normal day with classes. Except that my jewelry class got cancelled again he said he had the flu, which he had like 2 weeks ago so I think that he was lying. It is crazy we have missed either 3 or 4 classes, which is almost half. I hope that we actually finish something. We have 3 classes left so we will see but I am hoping for the best. Tuesday I had lab like a normal day. However there was quite a large event that happened in the middle.

before

I SHAVED MY HEAD!


See I am still having fun. no worries.

I decided to go shorter

The title of this means baldhead. Me and 2 of my roommates did it and the next day 2 other girls did it. So there is a total of 5 Americans with shaved heads. I am donating my hair to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society in Cloetesville, which is a coloured section of Stellenbosch. So I am not completely crazy. However, initially I shaved it with a number 2 (this may mean nothing to you) but the next day I decided that it was too long and so I did it again with a number 1. I figured that if I was going to do it then I was going to do it well. Now for all of you that didn’t know this was one of my life long goals, to shave my head. It feels so strange. I love when people touch my hair and a lot of people do because they like the feeling. Also you can feel the smallest breezes and it gets cooler easier. It is crazy all the new feelings that I have. Sometimes I see pictures with my hair and I am like oh man I look different. You can be the judge on how you think it looks. So far all I have got was positive feedback and I was told that I was the best-looking bald girl. Haha what a compliment. Anyway I also realized that I used my hair to hide under, especially with my bangs. A more superficial example of this would be with zits etc.. But also if I was having a bad day I could cover my face so that people couldn’t see me as well. Also people can see my facial expressions more clearly now that I don’t have as much hair. I don’t know if that makes any sense but I found it interesting. I also don’t have to shower as often because my hair doesn’t get greasy and it is crazy how little shower that you need to use. So that was basically the big event of the week.

Wednesday classes went well that is the night that we had the two other American girls over so the night was busy because it takes a while to do. Thursday was fine I really enjoy the wine course that I have been taking but that was the last class in a classroom. We have the test on Tuesday evening. That night was the Concordia, the residence that I stay in, braai which was fun I got to hang out with some new people and we went out to one of the local bars after. There was a band playing but they were not very good. Friday I spent all day doing basically nothing it was amazing I caught up on a lot of sleep and got some work done. That night we had a girl’s night/ potluck dinner. We had salad, fruit salad, macaroni and cheese, cookies, and peach, pear and strawberry crisp. I was so full after but it was all wonderful.


Blakelee making her cookies

me doing dishes


rita and I are clearly not heloing right now







Becca with the bald girls there

Saturday I had an excursion for my wine class where we went wine tasting at 3 different farms. It was all paid for and we got a real nice lunch. We also got a sandwich for a snack, which I thought, was a different choice for a snack. The first farm we went to I didn’t like very much I didn’t think that the wine was that good. The wines didn’t have very much length.


The next wine place was much better. They had a good sauvignon Blanc and a red one I think it may have been a Shiraz but I forget. We also got a cellar tour. I wish that we could see it during the harvesting process but I will have left by the time they harvest which is disappointing but that is okay.





The last place was my favorite it was so gorgeous. The wine was delicious and we got to taste a pinotage that I liked and usually I don’t we also got to taste a late harvest which means that the wine was more sweet which is defiantly what I prefer because I have a huge sweet tooth.









We had lunch there, which we got some great bread and this salad and I think it was boobotie although it was cold. I am not sure if it was supposed to be cold or there was just so many of us. Boobotie is like lasagna but without noodles instead and egg thing. Then we got a fruit salad with a scoop of ice cream on the top. That evening I went to one of the neighboring flats and hung out with some people there. Today I have been doing some work and napping and watching some episodes of Friday night-lights. So that has basically been my week. All in all it was a good week. I hope that everything is going well with everyone at home.

Cheers.