D-day has come...

... and gone! Today is the day i was suppose to phone the Swiss Embassy in Pretoria to get an update on the status of my residency application BUT the second round of documents (Stu was sent a letter from Zurich side requesting documents such as a copy of his lease agreement, a sworn affidavit that he knows me and is married to me and a translated copy of my apparent crimial record) have just been sent off so i know the answer i'm going to get from the Embassy... it has not been approved yet! I'm going to give it another 2 weeks then try...

In the mean time i am knee deep in exams and studying... i have written 2 exams already and have 3 to go. It's been a stressful time but in some tiny way i am thankful for my studying because i don't want to imagine what this time in limbo would be like if i had nothing to do. I want to thank Stu for all the support and encouragement he has given me (like threatening to take away xmas if i fail anything :P) and apologise for being a stress ball at times and taking it out on him... I love you!!

Talking of Stu, he made the long trek over the equator again to spend my birthday with me. We spent a wonderful 3 or so days together in Cape Town. It was a very busy weekend with a drive along the Cape Peninsula where we saw the penguins of Boulders Bay, had lunch in Simon's Town, stumbled into baboons soaking up the spring sunshine and went to the south-western most point of Africa. We also spent a day chilling at the V&A Waterfront with friends and took a quick open-top bus trip around Cape Town, including lunch in Camps' Bay.

I'd like to thank Nic and Jules for letting us stay with them and Lynnie for taking us on a scenic drive :)

Ok, well that's the update on my life right now... i'm just counting down the days til exams are over and i make the move to Zurich... bring on the brrrrrr winter :)