Since my last blog, I have made the long
haul trip to my new home in Delray Beach, Florida at Addison Reserve.
The day came to finally depart for the US.
I couldn’t contain the excitement at the new beginning of my life in the US.
The flight is a killer. This is the ninth time I have flown to the US and I
dread the flight from OR Tambo to JFK… 17 hours long. Thank goodness I was able
to get a comfy exit row seat with the extra legroom. This allowed me to sprawl
out and get many hours of sleep.
I eventually arrived the next afternoon in
sunny, warm and humid Florida. This weather takes a long time to adjust to. I’m
finally starting to feel comfortable, but mostly thanks to air-conditioning.
It was great to get back to work and see
familiar faces. Took a few days to settle back in, but now we’re well into the
season and the Christmas holidays are upon us. Work has been very busy in
general with thanksgiving the opening season party, all the golf events, bat
mitzvahs and now the Christmas holidays.
Some other good news is that I bought my
own car and now I have wheels to get around. It makes life a lot easier in
Florida as everything is spread out. I
haven’t had a chance yet to get down to South Beach, but that will definitely
happen in January once we’ve got through the craziness of the holidays.
Next step will be apartment hunting as I start to build a life here in the US. Details to follow…
I also got to experience a great American
Tradition, Sunday Football. I chaperoned a group of members to my first
football game at the Miami Dolphins Stadium. I was a good experience, but the
game is difficult to follow, but I’m getting the hang of it. It definitely does
not compare to Rugby, which I much prefer.
Our Xmas tree is up in our apartment and is
starting to fill up with pressies. It’s tough to be away from home for the
holidays, but when you’re with a group of people who are in the same boat, we
all come together to celebrate. I’m looking forward to spending time with my
adopted American Family and Xmas day with my housemates and the rest of the
South Africans.
