Camps Bay

I didn’t think I’d get a sunset today. It’s been a strange weather day. Mostly overcast, but with a few bits of open skies thrown in for good measure. I gave up at around 18:30 when I saw that it was overcast. But then at about 18:45 I saw the sky open and rays of sunlight streaming into the city bowl from over the neck. I dashed to my car and rushed up towards Camps Bay where I caught the sun before it dipped below the clouds. Still a stunning sunset though.

Karma saw fit to reward me this week. Ruan was selling his couch, so I said I’d take it off his hands. On Monday night I went over to his place and we moved the couch from his place to mine. Not too tricky -it’s a smallish two-seater and we managed to get it into the lift ok.

The next step was to go to Kim’s place and fetch the couch that Ruan was replacing the old one with. Well, this was a bit trickier. It’s a rather large 3-4 seater. Kim’s flat is on the first floor. With a bit of rope and some careful planning, we maneuvered the unwieldy beast over the balcony and down to the ground. First step successfully overcome. So off to Ruan’s place with me in the back of the van ensuring the couch didn’t go anywhere.

We carried the couch into the lobby of Ruan’s Apartment Block only to realise that there was no way it was going into the lift. A five-storey climb up the stairs was the only option, so we resigned ourselves to it. It took about 20 minutes to climb those stairs – we were two very tired people when we arrived on the 5 floor.

We got the couch into the passage without a problem. But then we realised a few obstacles to couch heaven. We needed to lift the couch vertically so that we could swing it through the doorway. But there were 2 problems with this – firstly, the ceiling on the first floor is lower than in the lobby, so we couldn’t swing the couch vertically. Secondly, Ruan’s doorway is at the end of the passage with about a metre and a half of floor space. So even if we did manage to get it vertical, there was no way that we could’ve swung the couch through the door.

We pondered this for about a minute while the tempting smells of the chicken cooking in Ruan’s oven distracted us. Better to eat and renew our energy and then tackle the problem again, and that’s what we did.

I think Ruan realised that the couch had very little chance of ever seeing the inside of his flat, barring a creative bit of chainsaw handling, so he told me to take it. I was (pardon the pun) taken aback. Not too taken aback to miss the opportunity. So we took the couch back down 5 flights of stairs, back into the van, and then up to my place, where it now has filled up my lounge quite nicely!

So I’ve gone from no furniture (except a few odds-and-sods from Bruce’s antique collection) to 2 lovely couches! The universe is definitely smiling at me, and at this point I am beaming back all cheshire-cat-like.

This is my first post from the comfort of the new large couch, in the place that I’ve come to call home for the last 6 months. It’s really starting to feel like home too. I have a little garden going, I have a place for guests to sit (finally!) and cats to bring a certain warmth and energy, albeit a furry, hairball kind of warmth and energy. I feel I’m slowly creating my kingdom around me. I was never particularly attached to the idea of owning much stuff and I still don’t hold much regard for material things, but I’m enjoying this. I’m getting into the idea of sculpting the world around me in the way I want it to be. It’s happening slowly and organically, allowing me to take small steps and really think about how I want my world to look. I’m grateful for this. It’s a process, not a final outcome. It’s about understanding and accepting my views and perceptions and then making them real.

“It starts with the realisation that we each have something unique to share. After the realisation comes the desire to share that uniqueness with the world. Take that desire and carve paint your canvas, write your song, dance your dance. Create your kingdom.”

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