From Howick
29.9.86
Dear Alan,
I am writing from the farm and it really feels quite nice to
have some sort of place to call home. My mother made room in the outside room
for the dining room table so I have got
something to work on. I have just opened all the post – most of it was rubbish
– and filled in the forms for Melissa and Jolene for school. I had quite a nice
trip from Vereeniging to Jagersrust. When I left, Stacey was asleep and she
only woke up just before Harrismith and if I had known it was so close to
Jenny’s house I would not have stopped at Harrismith for lunch. When I got to Jagersrust I really felt like
carrying on to Howick but when I phoned mom, she said they had already left to
come home and so I waited for them. My mother is probably going up there this
weekend but I won’t go with I said that I will probably just got to Durban to
fetch the washing machine and desk and not spend too much time there as I
really need a break from the running
around.
While I was in Vereeniging , Aunty Maureen kept on saying
that she was probably never going to see us again and she wanted to know quite
a lot about Australia like what the houses are made of and whether they mined anthracite etc so I told her I would
find out and let her know.
The deposit of 19 Anthony Cres was in the post so I most
bank that cheque tomorrow. I want to get to the estate agents so that they will
hurry up with the money from the house and I also want to phone the Australian
Embassy.
Melissa and Jolene have to go to school in ordinary clothes
tomorrow because I couldn’t get uniforms for them today and also they need
brown shoes instead of black but they are allowed to wear brown sandals so if
they aren’t allowed to wear black shoes, I will have to buy them brown sandals.
I am going with my mother to buy some fruit and vegetables
in Maritzburg tomorrow. I don’t seem to have had any fresh fruit for ages.
When we left Jagersrust this morning, there was snow on the
higher peaks of the burg, but the weather has warmed up quite a bit. Stacey
still makes a “poo” in the toilet everyday and my mother says that Jenna also
uses the pottie.
My mother said that
Tarryn was talking about the nice bus driver that they had and so she asked her
if the bus driver was black so Tarryn hurried around and said no, he’s a human
being. My mother thought this was so
funny and she’s telling everyone. She also said that Neal was upset because you
didn’t phone him and say goodbye.
Anyway… we are missing you, and especially Melissa, she gets
quite tearful about it and if Stacey cries she says it’s because she is missing
you too.
Their coughs don’t seem to have improved at all. Stacey is
coughing right now so I will end off now and go to bed.
All
my love
Lorna
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