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Where in the world....?
Tuesday May the third.. 2022 Sometimes I am so busy in the moment that I forget where I woke up this morning. The habit of automation...
Cathie Rooyen
May 3, 20221 min read
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Airport buzz
Monday 2nd May 2022 Waking up early to the gentle dawn over the airport immediately put a smile on my face. The bump on my leg had gone...
Cathie Rooyen
May 2, 20221 min read
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Bumps, lunch and travel
Sunday 1st May 2022 On this day back in 1987 I left South Africa for my gap year. I met my sister at my school friend's flat somewhere in...
Cathie Rooyen
May 1, 20221 min read
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Weekend vibes
Saturday 30th April 2022 I broke my running drought, haha. It was a lovely morning by the time I peeled myself out of bed so I got...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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Paper city
Friday 29th April 2022 I woke up to a cold geyser and a flat phone. The power was still awol. I realised how quiet it is without the...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 29, 20221 min read
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Thank Full
Thursday 28th April 2022 Waking up on my late sister's birthday, made me grateful. For the gift of waking up. My sister and so many...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 28, 20222 min read
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Tour taraaa!
Wednesday 27th April 2022 I woke up excited and eager to get my tour done. So I headed off early to the Constitutional Hill precinct to...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 27, 20221 min read
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Tour eve
Tuesday 26th April 2022 The planets are aligning in the Southern skies although I haven't been awake early enough to see it for myself. ...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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Magnificent Monday
Monday 25th April 2022 Massage Monday means my muscles get manipulated. It should be compulsory for every person on the planet to get...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 25, 20222 min read
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Seasons in the sun
Sunday 24th April 2022 I used to hate Autumn. The change of seasons indicated that cold weather was coming. I'm a summer girl. Autumn ...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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Runaround Saturday
Saturday 23 April 2022 I was 'guilted' into running this morning and not because it was a beautiful Autumn morning with cute Molly...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 23, 20222 min read
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Traveling by screen
Friday 22nd April 2022 Today I spent virtually traveling. In preparation for my tour, I realised that I need a crash course in South...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 22, 20221 min read
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Suburban current
Thursday 21st April 2022 The loadshedding saga continues but IÂ had more DC than yesterday which I'm glad about, even if I'm writing...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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Power less
Wednesday 20th April 2022 A bumpy night with dogs wanting out, dreams of faulty phones and missing airplane flights, and sister getting...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 20, 20222 min read
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Tuesday chapter
Tuesday 19th April 2022 Woke up to sunshine and an updated level of loadshedding, which means 3 blocks of two hour power cuts. So I...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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Sunny Monday
Monday 18th April 2022 The sun came out and the world looked washed clean. I even went out for a run and crossed the eerily quiet main...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 18, 20221 min read
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West-er
Sunday 17th April 2022 Soggy Easter Sunday saw me stay indoors all day. Yup, and I am still tired, haha. But in my defense I was quite...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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It's rainin again...
Saturday 16th April 2022 The weatherman was right. All week there were predictions of rain over the weekend and around 11am it started. ...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 16, 20221 min read
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A good Friday
Friday the Good 15th April 2022 My body wasn't too confused on waking this morning even though it was in the 117th foreign bed of this...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 15, 20221 min read
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Holidays
Thursday 14th April 2022 It's the month of strange week timings. In South Africa this month, we have two extra public holidays as well...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 14, 20221 min read
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