Busy past week!

Got my residence permit, giving me leave to remain through Mar 2007, when I can then apply for indefinite leave.

In the end, it was all okay. We had masses of documentation – We were prepared for any query or informational request. She took one look at out binder (organised in order of documentation most likely to least likely needed), asked for our passports, and our wedding certificate, made photocopies and told us to come back in an hour and a half for my passport and visa.

We were done by 10 am.

That was a huge relief. They can pretty much no longer touch me. For the next two years, I can change employment, set up a business, come and go as I please.

I also booked a flight home for a brief visit in May, to spend some time with Kate before her life turns upside down. Hopefully while there, i can sort out my driver’s license renewal.

The long easter weekend was quite good. We had drinks and dinner with k & t friday night. saturday we did a few errands (south african butchers) and chilled in the sun. Sunday we had an easter braai with the neighbours – way too much food (as I usually do), and watched bad vin diesel movies (that man, no matter how visually appealling [yes, it's cheesy as hell, but he's soooo very hot], should be limited to fewer than 10 lines of dialogue per movie). monday we went and picked up a lounge chair for the balcony, along with some seedlings. My sage and thyme and oregano are all growing back, so put in some cilantro and parsley, and dug up the mint, which was invading everything. planted some sweet william and sweet pea plants (hoping to climb them over the balcony wall), and am conducting an experiment with two tomato plants.

then, i sat in the sun with a book and a beer, amongst my happy little plants. and for a few moments, i could almost pretend it was peaceful.

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