Want to Lose Weight, Fast?

...Move to South Africa!
Then start having lovely dysentery/dumping syndrome/food poisoning type symptoms, and POOF, in only 4 days time, you'll lose 3 kilo's!

In reality, last week I got sick with some sort of horrid GI virus which basically led to me not keeping any food in me for 4 days. I spent those 4 days basically on complete bed rest with zero energy to even walk myself to the bathroom and back. Horrible! I have huge amounts more empathy now for anybody on bed rest... I'm not a very good patient - my poor roommates!

Luckily, I'm on the mend and managed to get back to work and the clinic this week. Still not 100%, but at least approaching 90%.

On Wednesday this week, a Dutch film crew came to film us at Rehoboth! Tamara applied for this tv program in Holland that focuses on Dutch people who have emigrated to other places and what they're doing now - and she got in! So they've been following her around since Wednesday and it's been loads of fun to have them around. When they arrived, Rahel and I had just finished eating dinner together as Tam was waiting for them, and all of a sudden there they were with cameras and everything (!). So they filmed us at the house a little bit, and my other new claims to fame/time on screen happened over the next few days at morning devotions with the whole village singing and dancing with the kids, at the preschool, and last night we were at a friend's house in Port Shepstone for a braai that they came to film as well. It's a hoot! There's more filming today and tomorrow, and then it's all over. Apparently the camera man and sound guy have both taken a fancy to me - Tamara keeps coming back to the house and telling stories about how the two were talking: "You know that nurse girl who runs the clinic? She's nice, eh?" "Oh ya ya, she's nice" "Will she be comign to the braai as well?" "She was sick last week? We could've been there to give her CPR!" TOO FUNNY. Especially since they really dont' talk to me - haha!!! Tamara, Rahel and I have a good laugh at their expense, anyway. BUT - if I have made quite the impression with the camera guy, perhaps that means I will definitely become famous from extra air time ;)

Turrah for now!
Heather, International Television Star