Friday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day all the guests checked out. Ruth came and cleaned the cottage and the Seaview Apartment. Next guests in are family! I had this rising glow of happiness as I also have so very little work to do. In fact today, I have only worked an hour.
I have a couple of photos to show you. Yesterday evening we went walking on the beach. It was so calm & the tide was very low. There was lots of beach to walk on.
The sunrise today was spectacular.
Again the sea was very calm and there was not much wind. There was also some lovely cloud cover. I decided to do something I haven’t done for ages. I went for a run. When we were on the ship, I ran a bit on the treadmill. This morning I decided to spend 30 minutes heading towards Simon’s Town. When 30 minutes was up, I’d turn around and go home. I wasn’t going to run the whole way. I am a lazy runner – I run down hills and walk up them. I am also very slow. I thought I would get as far as Dixies but to my surprise I still had 5 minutes to go when I got there. I continued and then realised if I ran like the clappers I would get to the Harbour Bay sign in 30 minutes. I took off in a rush and got there in 30 minutes and 2 seconds. My watch shows me when I’m slow and when I’m fast. The blue is slow and the more it changes to orange and red the faster I’m going. It looks like I’m going super slow towards Harbour Bay, but the blue (over the 5) is blocking the truth.
Look at the red! I was puffing and panting!
It’s blue on the return. I lumbered back up the hill very slowly. I tried to get home in 30 minutes but going back up Echo steps was grueling so I didn’t make it. I think I took a few minutes longer. The reason for my uncertainty is that my watch stops when I stop and I stopped on the stairs. I am very unathletic so this is worthy of a medal! Running is not required in my world of exercise. I don’t know why I did!
It’s Christmas weekend & I’m on holiday!
Luke 2:11-14
[An angel of the Lord said,] “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favour rests.”
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂