Through the Eye of the Beholder

It started to be a great week. My room mate Adrianna left on a road trip with two of her friends so my room mate Laticia and I have had our own rooms to ourselves which has actually been a bit of a treat. We started last week with going to the beach to watch the sunsets and play soccer on the beach then going out to some nice dinners and dancing and a few dates here and there. I can’t believe all the different types of people I have met here. There is so much opportunity in the world that is just waiting for you to take advantage of! I have gone on a few dates and the difference I noticed is unbelievable. I have felt like at times we are living in a movie. So many romantic situations. I am even learning more Portuguese and French :) Our week turned a bit bad. T (Laticia) and I went to our usual spot called 31 on Saturday night. I love going there because the DJ plays the best music in town and all I do is dance, dance, dance. Two of my girl friends came with me. Becky and Victoria, long story short.. Their drinks were messed with. Spent the whole night taking care of them and making sure every one got home safe. It was basically a crazy night/morning. My friend Becky got a ride home from her friend and ended up puking in his new Ferrari.. Let’s just say it was quite awful. The next morning we all woke up exhausted and the two girls were definitely better. Made me realize how careful you have to be. Always watch who pours your drinks,!!! oh yes! I forgot to mention… Long street in Cape Town in notorious for pic pocketers.. Its so crazy how slick these people are. Well one day last week I was walking home from my shoot and texting on my phone so my full attention was not on my bag. Suddenly by instinct I went to grab a mans hand that turns out to be a pic pocketer trying to go in my purse. I instantly yelled at him while grabbing his wrist as tight as I could then he ran off. It wasn’t until after I realized what happened! So the adventure of the week ended here…I have basically been living on the couch for the last 3 days. I worked a two day shoot where they had me working hard. It was for some french clients called Domyos. I worked a n 11 hour day lighting weights, doing push ups etc. It was very difficult because I had to look pretty with out a lot of tension in my face while doing the work out moves the correct way. So needless to say my body has been exhausted ever since that shoot plus that crazy night did not help!! To add to it.. I feel the flu coming along!! I have been looking at the calendar and see I have about three weeks until I leave back to New York. Its so bitter sweet. I’m going to miss this place so much yet.. I can’t wait to go back to NY. I have some big things coming up and can’t wait to get started. :)