Lazy Sunday

when my alarm went off at 10am all i could think was 'please just 5 more minutes' but i knew i had to get up, even though i had only fallen into bed at 6am from a long Saturday night at work. I had an appointment to keep.
An old friend who i have not had the pleasure of spending time with in about 7months because he had been off in the UK playing cricket was going to meet me at 10:30 at my church and then we were going for lunch.

the friend is Ryan Brewer and we have known each other for about 12 years but only in the last couple of years have we gone from knowing each other to good friends and there was no way (even with the lack of sleep) i was going to miss this chance to hang out.

I crawled out of bed, freshened up and i was off, the plan was to catch the 10:30 service at Godfirst church, a church i have come to call home in the last year. I was half way there when my phone rang, it was Ryan asking where to park, so i gave him the low down and told him i would be there in 5 min.

when i arrived at Ferndale High School (where the church meets) i could see why he had called as the place was packed and i remembered that this sunday there was a guest speaker Terry Vergo from overseas and the parking was crazy. I managed to squeese my Hyundi Getz into a spot and steped out into the south african sun which at 10:30 was already shinning at about 21'C (for those in amarica its about 70'F). Exited to see my friend i headed up into the school, it was good to see him even though he was sporting an england cricket shirt he he he.
We did a quick round of introductions and we went into the service to find a spot, luckly we found a seat next to my brother and his wife (its still a little hard for me to imagine him married, but i guess miracles do happen)

the service was good, even though i was fighting to stay awake not from being bored but from lack of sleep... although i was also a little distracted as there is this girl (but that is another story)

after the service we headed out to lunch, sitting outside the spur at the randburg waterfront, the cool breeze on my back we were already deep into conversation and catching up on old times, new times and plans for the future.
after ordering our food i pulled out some Al Capone cigars which i had won a few months back and had held onto for just such a time as this. we sat in the warmth of the south african sun and puffed on our cognac dipped cigars, it was good to spend time with my friend again.

unfortunately our time had to end as i had to head off to work, so we parted ways and i headed home to shower, change and head off to work (something i look forward to not doing on a sunday once i start my new job)

work was chilled and boring, i spent most of my time reading the paper. Ryan popped in to confirm a booking for his school reunion thing but that was about the most exiting thing to happen.

I got home at about 1am, spent a little time online chatting with another good friend who is on a journey of his own (check it out at http://whereintheworldismojo.blogspot.com/) , my internet failed and we lost contact so i saw it as a sign to get some sleep. i rolled over, closed my eyes and ended my lazy sunday