what now?

This is me, treading lightly over my future.

I lie here, entirely unemployed, and wonder what there is to write about now that my travels have come to such an abrupt end. Although 'end' is a word I find safe to use only in moderation at this point, for this is merely the beginning. As we near the fifth month of the year two-thousand-and-ten, I realise that, indeed, I have the whole year ahead of me, brimming with shiny beautiful opportunities.

Unfortunately, with them all laid out ahead of me like this, like bright pebbles on a endless beach, it is difficult to see the horizon, and the sun shines so brilliantly opon my future that all these shimmering possibilities are quite blinding. They are also difficult to judge from this distance. Once a particularly bright opportunity is reached, I may find that it is broken, or flawed, and does not in fact shine as vibrantly as it had appeared to from a distance. No matter – I tread lightly over the surface of my future, and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts

A few of these glamorously gleaming granules of potential I can foresee and I will be listing them, so as not to forget them myself, but also to remind whomever might be reading this little titbit of contemplation of my plans for the short-term. The list begins:

- Cape Town, the city by the sea. This is where I plan to be for an indeterminate amount of time, weighing up my options, sorting through my opportunities, tossing those that are dull, pocketing those that glimmer. Of these opportunities I am certain I shall pursue these few:

1. Open Water Diving course (with the possibility of following through to Masters)

2. Vega (or other such institution, where I intend on discovering the joys of professional photography beginning 2011)

3. Job agencies (or other form of assistance to the unemployed where I will be trying my luck with the qualifications I possess, if nothing else but to see what is on offer)

4. Yachting schools (my dream has not fallen through yet. It may still be pursued in the future, when in need of a ‘little bit’ of extra cash)

I also believe that I may involve myself in the transportation of 2010 World Cup soccer fanatics around the Mother City, if the conditions are right and the requirement are fulfilled before the onset of the month of June. Contribute my little bit towards making it ‘A’yoba!’ and so on and so forth – [insert patriotic statement here].

Writing this piece also serves to inform those that do not know what my plans are of what my plans are. When asked, my response will now simply be, "Check my blog", because, frankly, I’m tired of talking about it! I love you all dearly, friends, family and lover (singular, of course) who are spread out across the country and, indeed, the globe, but if I get asked one more time, "So, what are you doing now?" I might lose the plot and write more ridiculous blog posts such as this one. Faytjie over and out - for now... dun dun dun!