Thursday night in Sudan

You know this great expression "Thank God it's Friday" or TGIF for short? Here in Sudan we say TGIT or "Thank God it's Thursday". Our weekend goes from Thursday night to Sunday morning when everyone goes back to school or work. About 18 months ago Vince was also granted the two-day weekend, so we can now enjoy two full days of rest together as a family.

Quadding on the hills near the Sixth Catarct

Now "rest" has a very relative meaning here. Last week Thursday we had some close friends over fixing the quad bikes and just generally hanging out. Friday morning we went for a trip to the Sixth Cataract and spent the day with 15 friends, relaxing, boating and riding the quads. Upon our return we picked up the kids from a birthday party where the nanny had taken them to and spent an hour chatting with the hosts. We put the kids to bed and headed out to a party, finally getting to bed around 2am. Saturday morning I went horse riding, then shopping. At 3pm we went over to a friend's house whose wife and kids were leaving Sudan and we celebrated the goodbye party until 10pm. Getting up for school on Sunday morning was a bit rough on everyone...

I must say, this is a quite typical weekend for us. Sometimes we get a little more time at home to chill out and do nothing, but not that often. As opposed to some people who like to start their weekend with a bang, I am usually very protective of my Thursday nights. We often have something low key such as dinner out with close friends, sundowners, movies or braai in our yard. This is also our potential special "Vin and me" alone time as the nanny always takes the kids for "pizza day" until about 9pm. Which reminds me, I need to go and pick them up soon.

Happy long weekend to all!