Day 1 of month 2

I’m sitting on the stoep (terrace) of our Kosmos house, drinking in the late afternoon light. While I write, the loeries are having their customary before bed bath.

Much has happened over the past fortnight, and the man and I lurch from elation to exhaustion as we drive back and forth between Johannesburg and Kosmos. Joburg days are spent working (yes, we do need to earn a crust), and then spending the money we earn as we acquire all the necessities of a new life.

When we’re in Kosmos, it’s to work. We engaged ace tiler, Edwin, to tackle the job of replacing the hard floors, and carpeters will soon transform the bedrooms, but we’ve been constantly busy cleaning, fixing things, sorting out stuff, etc. We also spend loads of time waiting for deliveries and tradies to quote on things like reclaiming the pool from the mud bath that turned it into a cesspit.

We’re really thrilled with the tiles. What was a tacky vinyl wood floor is now slate-like tiles, made right here in South Africa! Edwin did an amazing job of finding the one straight wall in the house and then following that line from one end of the property to the other.