Temporary retirement

So last weekend I rode with the ‘men’ for the last time. I’m just getting too fat and too slow now and my thighs hit Cecil on the upstroke :-( I also cant crouch down in the aero dynamic position anymore, so downhills are no fun. So I admitted defeat and announced my temporary retirement from the group. As you can all guess, the guys cried alot and are most upset. I just hate to think of how the conversation level is going to deteriorate without a girl’s presence. So now I plan to get all WAGs together once per weekend for a girlie ride. They are quite keen so lets see. This weekend we have a race..... yes yes, don’t worry I am not racing. I’m doing the short distance with Aida, who is nice and slow ;-)

Benedikt has to train like mad these next 2 months as he is doing the Trans Germany at the end of May. (I had an entry too until Cecil came on the scene) So he is off doing long rides while I stay at home. It is REALLY weird to not go riding! And the day is just SOooooooooooooo long without it man. It goes on and on and on and on. Once I’ve taken Mahindi to the forest, been to the shops and done some work and some gardening... Benedikt is not even half way through his ride. So last weekend I even did some baking. I haven’t baked since I was a kid I don’t think! It bought back all sorts of memories!
I made oatmeal cookies and zucchini muffins. The former were kak but the latter were v yummy. We had a sundowner evening at the lapa in our compound that Saturday and my muffins went down a treat. As you can imagine I am now inspired. Hausfrau here I come!
Benedikt’s ride last Saturday took SEVEN hours... so obviously I was glad to have missed that one. But as his way of saying sorry he took me maternity clothes shoping. I wasn’t complaining! The very first shop we looked in was Truworths. Yes it is the same Truworths as in SA, but the clothes are from 5 years ago and they are 10 times the price. LUCKILY they were having a sale, it seemed on all maternity clothes. So we got me 2 dresses, 2 ¾ pants, 1 pair of combat pants and 2 shirts. So now I’m sorted. The pants are just SO funny though with the whole rib trim waist that launches over your belly. Benedikt was fascinated with the clothing! I must say its all VERY comfortable and so easy to wear. I’m also glad I’m going to be at my biggest when its slightly cooler here.

I promptly wore one of my new outfits the next day to Sabine’s birthday lunch. Her invite said it was a casual pool party... we should have known better judging by the amazing parties we have been to here already. It was no casual affair! They had caterers and a full bar, complete with waiters going round topping up drinks and offering yummy snacks. They had clowns for the kids. Plus they hired a soft serve machine which went down well with the kids and the pregnant ladies. We stayed until 8pm. It was a good lunch! I would have loved a pims or two tho :-(

We also went to watch Avatar last weekend. Its brilliant hey! I’m sure everyone reading this has seen it too? Really spectacular. So creative and novel.

This week has been a seriously busy one for me. I even had to skip my forest walks, german, yoga and spinning. Missing yoga is SERIOUS business. But a site that I have been working on for months went live so it kept me very busy. Its stable and running well now, but I still have a couple of small bugs to fix. Oh joy, I can work all day Saturday while Benedikt rides.

Aah, our little girl is all grown up now. Mahindi is on heat! Sorry for her but she cant meet up with any of her boyfriends this week... we don’t need little mahindis plus little us’s running round.