Date Night - 11/01/12

GABBY - We all woke up a little worse for the wear after our Halloween night of drinking games.  What better to cure a hangover than to sand and repaint door frames.  Sarel, Kait, Ben and I began sanding each of the inside doorways in order for them to be repainted.  Cheryl said, “It’s been 18 years, I’d say it’s about time.”  We sanded, painted and rocked out to the entire CD of Mumford and Sons until we called a quits for lunch.  Ben and I decided to make a dumbed down version of our intense-avo sandwiches.  We made ones with egg, cheese, and sweet Thai chili sauce.  We continued to work on the doors for the rest of the afternoon until about 5:00.  We went with Sarel to grab some gas for the Condor.  We made it to the parking lot until Sarel shouted that we had run completely out of petrol and that he hopes we make it to the pump on the last bit.  We didn’t, so he told Ben and me to hop out and push.  I jumped out first and began pushing the truck with all my might.  Ben came to join me.  While both of us were pushing, Sarel stepped on the gas and went speeding ahead to one of the pumps.  The idiot really got us good.  There was a huge line of people waiting for the ATM, that found his trick most amusing.  We have to get him back somehow.  During the day, Ben had the idea of going on a date tonight.  We don’t really get too much of our own time here anymore, and we both miss just being together sometimes.  The only place we can really go to is Hazel’s Organic Kitchen, which is just next door.  We can’t drive anywhere because neither of us can drive manual.  It’s been a real pain in the ass to not have that skill.  Anyway, we informed John and Cheryl that we were not going to be joining the family for dinner, so we each took showers and I got into the only dress I brought.  A real treat!  I also put on some make up and looked like a totally different girl to the one who had paint in her hair, and sandpaper in her hands only a couple hours before.  We walked into the restaurant (I sneakily made a reservation before) and sat at our reserved table.  Corinne was our waitress and started us off with a bottle of wine.  We also went with the hummus and homemade sweet potato bread starter, which was to die for.   I plan on going back just to order that again.  The restaurant serves a lot of different local meats such as kudu, impala, ostrich, warthog, chicken, and springbok.  Corinne highly recommended the Thai curry, so we split that and the ostrich steak.  Holy yum city!  Hazel has a serious gift for cooking.  Everything tastes so fresh with the vegetables picked directly from their garden outside and is cooked to perfection.  The ostrich was not over or undercooked, but was tender and lean.  The Thai curry was just spicy enough for me and Ben.  We continued to gorge ourselves on the apple cake dessert.  We ordered everything for $40.00.  A bottle of wine would be that much in the States.  We enjoyed a romantic meal filled with lively conversation and frequent laughter.  It’s good to know that our date nights are fresher than ever.