I'm not getting better at this

Life has been busy, and I haven't been blogging. I'm sorry, I owe you one. So much has happened!
I don't recall plenty from last week, just because it was so long ago. What I do recall is Thursday we went on a field trip to a wetland and a mangrove sanctuary. The tide was down, so we got to walk through the sand bank that was covered with an inch or two of water. It was pretty great, and we made a plan to have a soccer game there at some point.
Saturday was a ridiculous thing. It was a long day that started out with uShaka Marine World. It's a solid sized waterpark. I would compare it to Waterworld, except without the lifeguards. There were lifeguards, but they really didn't care what you did. For example, one conversation:

Me: Are you allowed to go down headfirst?
Lifeguard: You go so fast if you do!
Me: Sweet! So we can?
Lifeguard: No, you're not allowed to.
Me: Damn.
Lifeguard: But if you do, I won't tell anyone. And there's no one at the bottom watching. So no one would know.

Musa and Me

And that's essentially the way it went. So much fun! Pretty much no rules. There was one ride that was a giant slide, and a raft of up to 8 people would go down the slide and it would be great. There were 12 guys in the group, and a girl tagged along as well, so we decided to get a little creative. They wouldn't let us all go on a raft, so we decided to bend the rules. First raft: 6 guys. Second raft: other 7 people. The first raft got off halfway through the slide and tried to stay in place. They then jumped on the second raft as it came down. The first raft popped out at the bottom with no one on it. The second had 13. It was great.
After that little excursion was lunch, and 2 hours on the beach. I had a nice little mudfight with Musa, and the water was so warm! Like, the warmest ocean water I have ever been in by far. Thank the Lord for the Agulhas!

This wonderful afternoon was capped off with Rugby. Have you ever been to a rugby game? I hadn't. So, to make an event of the first one, most of the guys decided we would really show our support for the Sharks. They're really good, they won the Currie Cup last year, so we had reason to cheer.

The Sharks won 24-9 over the Free State Cheetahs. I got on the jumbotron on a nationally televised game, and started the "Mexican Wave" in a crowd that was very unmotivated (1. I would think if I loved a team and went to a rugby game, I would be going crazy. 2. Mexican Wave? I'm pretty sure that's from the US guys.). It was an all-around enlightening experience. That day was so ridiculous, and probably the most fun I've had since I've been here. I only lost my voice a little bit, and it only took a week to get the paint off my chest! So much fun. And I must go now, because I am going on a canopy tour of a forest by zip lining. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes, and fill you in on this last week soon enough.
Happy Birthday Dad!