What am I going to do with you friendster??? Despite the fact that you know I absolutely despise meme’s in general, you went ahead and tagged me. Add that to the fact that you also know that once I’ve been tagged I feel obliged to do it and you’ve created the perfect “mess with Ruby” situation.

Anyhoodle, since i have been tagged, I guess i have no choice in the matter and I’ll have to do the meme.

Word for the week in my head: Stupid…….(i swear i have a good reason for having this word in my head)

Thought for the week: I’m have two thoughts in my head this week……
1. I follow Christ by growing in intimacy with Him. As I abide in Him, I learn to walk in rhythm with Him. I do not worry about where we are going, but rather trust His leadership, because I am convinced that where He takes me will be for my eternal good and for His glory and pleasure
2. A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ, that a man should have to seek Him first.
(The second having been a very important one for me in the last couple of weeks…….)

Thing for the week in my life: Exercise!!!! Actually not just this week, it has been for the past couple of weeks….I’ve been doing it 6 days a week for almost an hour and a half at a time…..sometimes at 10 o’clock at night when i don’t have time:)

Song for the week in my head: OJ, so I’m terrible with song and artist names even though i know my music. I think the song is called :”shake it like my sister Kate” but it’s by the Ditty Bops

Food for the week in my belly: Strawberries and grapes

Colour for the week in my life: Bright bright orange

Smile for the week on my face: Ooooh, I smile for lots and lots of reasons. But here’s a couple:
– discussing and planning everything around my December cruise
– dancing in the rain and not getting sick
– being the mini-boss and being the one doing the performance review on a very shitty trainee
and therefor being able to do something about the fact that she really can’t do the job. I
swear that her PR is based solely on her work performance and not the fact that she happens
so to be a particularly pathetic and irritating individual…and no, i didn’t get her fired, so stop
worrying…..Y’all know I’m not that mean!
– The realisation that I have lots of people around me that love me
– Seeing the results of my strict exercise regime on the scale

Blessing for the week in my heart: My amazing positive attitude towards life in general, work, love, people and situations. Sometimes you have to choose to be happy, but mostly I’m blessed with optimism and happiness……..and if anyone wants to question this, just ask Arkwife🙂

OK, so I’m not tagging anyone, and therefor I’m not going to add the rules, I will however link back to cath before anybody decides to slap me for not doing so, and I will remind you that if everyone else decides to do this they have to link back to me and Cath…..Got it?

So friendster, I hope this satisfies your need for tagging me for a while….he he:)

Love

Ruby

I realize that writing myself a letter, again, is probably not the most creative or intriguing post in the world, but seeing as my creativity is a bit on the missing side of life after a very late night last night, I think I’m entitled to a bit of an offish post.

I haven’t been the most active reader, writer or commenter in blogland the past couple of weeks, so I’m pretty sure that everyone will forgive me for being just a tad slow in doing some the things that have been flying around. So, my dear sweet self, I decided to follow the, slightly old, trend of doing a Dynamic needs analysis on myself.

According to google you need the following:
– a face lift (ouch!)
– a sweet talker (only if he falls in the same category as Mr Knight in shining armour)
– a string buffer (huh?)
– surgery on a liver……my liver is just fine thank you very much
– a good home
– one (no seriously, one what?)
– Investigating
– a dictionary (yeah yeah, i know my spelling sucks sometimes, get over it already!)
– a little prince to match her Cinderella costume…he he:)
– to pay attention to her feelings of being unsafe (I’m wondering if this might have
something to do with my stalker)
– to think about these questions before she does anything to change her behavior
– to be kept as a serious, broad based platform
– to be faster
– 3 leaves to complete her collection (apparently I have a leaf collection)
– help
– to overcome some of her current limits (don’t we all)
– to find another host (cause I’m a parasite y’all!)
– a caretaker (Only if he fall in the same category as Mr Knight in shining armor)

To be fair to you and everybody else who might be reading this letter I decided to not only do a needs analysis on your pseudo personality, Ruby, but also on your real self.

So you, as yourself, need the following:
– to talk, share ideas and go places together and learn new things together
– to store 8 boxes while she is moving (I wasn’t aware that I was moving????)
– needs to be in the mountains with some cheese
– to be protected from the stress and fighting
– no explanation
– her vocal counterpart
– to check out by 11:00
– to change her last name (seriously, what is google trying to tell me!)
– your votes (ja, cause I’m running for president next year:) )

Good luck with finding all you need!!!

Love

Ruby

P.S. Consider this an official apology for the boring post and my lack of creativity…..you know you wanna forgive me:)

First of all I would like to congratulate you guys on a truly award winning idea. Friday night was the most fun I’ve had in a very very long time.

I have to admit that i was just a tad sceptical when I was told that we would be attending Klitsgras Drumming Circle, I mean seriously, what kind of a name is that??? But i was pleasantly surprised. Originally we were only going to have supper at Fifi’s house and help her move a really large and heavy bookcase, with “we” i mean me, Fifi, Jack and Piano man. But Piano man also lives in Pretoria and begged us to join him at the drumming circle….so after a fabulous supper we dashed off to Klitsgras, armed with plenty of wine, sneakers and lots and lots of warm stuff.

The place is situated just outside of Pretoria, not far from Menlyn on Garsfontein road. The atmosphere is both electric and relaxed….if that makes any sense. We spent the better part of the evening beating on our little Jembe drums around the big bonfire situated in the middle of the main drumming circle. For the record…..my hands are terribly bruised and really sore, but I’d do it again….over and over and over again!

I think the best part of your place is the fact that you have these smaller fires all over the place, and people can go and sit there with their snacks and drinks and a hubbly and just “kuier” the night away. We met the most interesting people including a whole bunch of young, afrikaans Rastafarians.

Granted, 90% of the people attending the circle were high. They were highly entertaining and of course contributed to the very peaceful and chilled atmosphere. Everybody kept going….”no worries dude….chill out man”. It was quite hysterical actually. Fifi and I went into a fit of giggles when we noticed a sign behind a group of people who were quite obviously smoking a joint that read as follows: “The use of any illegal substances (including Marijuana) is strictly prohibited.” Yeah right!

The place sort of reminded me of the bygone Hippie era, interlinked with a taste of the islands, a little bit of Africa and a typical “Jool” evening at a university. All in all it was an amazing evening, and I’ll definitely be joining you guys around the fire again…beating my hands into a very bruised state.

We only left at about 3, when you guys politely asked us to go home now, as it was closing time…and I ended up sleeping at Fifi’s house, as I didn’t want to risk driving on the N1 at that time of the night….not after recent events anyway.

Can’t wait to join you guys again!

Regards

Ruby a.k.a “The drumming queen”

I have no idea where you came from, or why you are haunting my dreams…….but you are weighing heavy on my heart, and I wish i knew why.

I’ve been having the same dream now a couple of days in a row. It’s a frightening dream, it’s always exactly the same, and it always ends with you telling me that you’ll speak to me again. I have never met you, and I’m not even sure how on earth i know your name….but i do. I don’t think that you ever actually tell me what your name is…..but i just know that you are Neil Angel.

In the dream I am brave. Facing you and my biggest fear all at the same time. I refuse to be intimidated by you, and I fight for the safety of the people I love, even though they are strangely distant from the seriousness of the situation. It’s as if you gain a strange respect for me, knowing that I will not let you hurt anyone, but at the same time I’m not out to hurt you, and for some unexplainable reason, you know that too.

I’m driving myself completely insane trying to figure out what this dream means, but one thing i know for sure. You are a real person. You exist in the real world, not just in my dreams. I’m not sure whether I’m supposed to find you, or whether you will find me, but I’m convinced our paths will cross……..soon.

I have only one request, please could you stop haunting my dreams in the meantime? I’ve been sleep deprived for weeks, and when i finally do sleep I have you and the scariness of the situation haunting me. I need sleep!

Please tell me….who are you???

Ruby