Smörgåsbord of thoughts

This is going to be a bit hectic, but there is no singular thought or event or topic on which to focus. I just need to write it down before I forget.

• Enough is enough. I'm so sick of complaining about the office and my frustration over not professionally benefiting from my time here. I'm giving the boss the option of either having next week be my last week volunteering OR reducing my schedule to only two days a week for the next three weeks. I'm going to spend the rest of my time here (before travel and being a tourist with Ari) conducting interviews and writing the articles I've been meaning to write for the past two months.
• I just got home from seeing 'border/clash,' a one-woman slam-poetry show by Staceyann Chin. It was spectacular and entertaining and emotional and intense and now I need a hug. And not just a quick embrace, but the kind of hug that says 'I am your friend and will support you emotionally; Lean on me.' And I have no one to get that kind of hug from here. Blerg. Oh, and you should definitely look Staceyann Chin up. Do it.
• I went to the beach! I went to Camps Bay with the two newish interns - K and ChuckNorris (his name is not really that, but it's what I've been referring to his as based on a joke he made) - G, the former organization project/office coordinator, G's roommate, and G's student journalist friend. We sat at a seaside cafe, ate lunch, basked in the glow of the glorious sun, walked along the water, and then sat on some rocks to watch the sun set. It was excellent. 

• I'm loving the time I've been spending with ChuckNorris and K. They're both nice, funny, relaxed people, and as a bonus, they can relate to the chaos of the office. The three of us are planning on hiking Table Mountain on Sunday. If this is successful, I can check off one of Cape Town's three mountains. Fingers crossed the weather doesn't mess it up.
• I got a cupcake from another place listed as having one of Cape Town's top ten cupcakes. I've decided that I'm going to try them all before I leave. This new one was Florentines, which is in Kenilworth just a few minutes from where I'm staying. I got the lemon meringue cupcake - light lemon cake with a dollop of lemon curd in the middle and topped with fluffy meringue. 'Twas delicious.

• Looking forward to yoga tomorrow morning. Then lunch with K. Then finding and writing postcards to those I promised I would while hopefully sitting in the sun at a coffee shop.
• I'm on my fifth book of the trip - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. I'm about a third of the way through it and loving it. So far, I haven't read anything about him murdering anyone, but I've got my eyes peeled for that tidbit.

I think that's everything. Thanks for listening. Hopefully my next entry will be more coherent and fluid.