Dedication... Balloons, Shooters, and Pink Cake.

26 March 2012

This post is long overdue. And I apologise for that.

Saturday, 10^th of March I made my way to Pretoria to spend the day, night, and early morning with my best girl, Kendra. It was her 18^th birthday, and a major party it was.  We hit the shops to stock up for the night and had a pretty chilled morning. The afternoon came around and her family began to arrive (I thought mine was rather large). We had an awesome braai with lots of laughter and fun. Blew out some candles, ate some cake,  and a shot or two.

By 10:30pm the family was on their way, and Kendra and I hit the make-up and dress-up. With sky-high heels, and sparkly jewels, we got into the car and headed for Ed’s Restaurant. At 12 midnight, I was honoured to buy my friend her first legal drink! Happy 18^th Birthday, Sharky!!

 Next we moved on to Hatfield Square, where we only arrived at around 1:30am. We danced and laughed and had a good time, before venturing off to the News Cafe at Menlyn Square. After driving around a little more, and realising that nowhere else was open, we decided to call it a night. Before going home we stopped in at McDonald’s. Dave was most disgusted that their milkshake machine was broken and they didn’t have any ice-cream.

We walked through the door at 3:30am and fell asleep on the couches at around 4am....

7am and the family are all awake. I guess, you could say that’s all the sleep we’d be getting! We celebrated with more cake for breakfast before venturing out to the mall. I bought Kendra a huge foil balloon with “18” on it and a whistle. Why a whistle, you ask? Well, I thought it would be fun. Every time I blew the whistle Kendra had to shout out : ”It’s my Birthday!” I must say it probably would have worked out a whole lot better if Kendra’s voice hadn’t died.

In the end it was one awesome weekend!

I promised Kendra that I would write her the longest Facebook wall post she’d ever seen. I’m sorry to say that I didn’t get online to fulfil that promise, so that is why I’m writing this. It sure is longer than a wall post and makes up for my lack of time.

To My Sharky:

Happy (belated) 18^th Birthday!! I hope that this year will be one to remember (key word there is “remember”).  Life begins here, and I just know that you will make it truly epic! Good luck for all the hurdles that will come your way, your amazing strength will see you through. And if it’s not enough, I’m always there. You are the most special friend ever!

“Everything is funnier when you’re with your best friend” – I read this quote the other day and thought about you.

Love you millions!!

Dear Readers...

Is it just me, or does life seem to be over-taking me in the fast lane? I cannot believe it’s March already! It feels as if yesterday was Christmas.

Anyway, let’s get right to the point. I have decided that once a month I’m going to have a blog post dedicated to you, my readers. Why? Because you’re special! (I mean it!). So, here’s how it’s going to work: I want to write about topics that you are interested in and want to read about. Whatever it is, I want to know. How do you do this? Leave a comment at the bottom of this post, Facebook me, Tweet me, or email me with your topic. You are welcome to keep it anonymous if you wish.  I think it could be rather interesting to see just how much I really know, and a cool way to voice my opinion on different topics. So, readers, are you game?

I had another idea, a way to make my blog more interesting. If any of you are interested in submitting posts to me, I am willing to feature your writing on my blog as a guest writer once a month. You are welcome to write about absolutely anything!! (Within moral context, of course). Simply email your writing to me at nikkinuu@gmail.com and I will take a look at it and consider it for posting.

All the crazy ideas have got me super excited. And talking about excitement: it’s exactly 4 weeks until the end of my first university block. Which also means 4 weeks until I’m road-tripping to the South Coast? I simply cannot wait to put my feet in the Indian Ocean. It is literally all I can think about at the moment. On the other hand, however, the workload is picking up. Even as I type this post, I should be working on an assignment. But, I thought a blog post would be a whole lot more interesting to you than one of my assignments would.

Here’s to you, my readers

Until next time,

<3 Nicole_Kayley