Today is my cousin Darren's 39th birthday!! Happy Birthday! I am fortunate in that I adore Darren. We had a rough beginning, him being the bully and me being one of his many objects he seemed intent on destroying. I think my cousin Warren got it worse then me and My cousin, Lisa, his sister worse then anyone. But out of all my cousins I have to say I am closest to Darren and his wife at this moment in time. There are other cousins who do not live closeby with whom I feel an incredible connection but Darren is a part of my everyday life. He has two boys a few years younger then my kids and they are just delightful - curious, kind and so sweet. Saturday we had a braai/BBQ for him to celebrate his special day. Today I spent the day riding around with him watching him work, he is also a title closer and in a league far above me. He is awesome at what he does and I am really proud of him.

After his birthday bash Josh and I went to hang out with our friends Loren and Jeff. We really treasure our times together, they are so grounded and real. Sunday Josh went off-roading with his step-brother and I went to see Brokeback Mountain. I have to say I was quite dissapointed, Ijhonestly think that if it was not such a contraversial topic it would not even have featured on the circuit. The scenery was magnificent, the cinematography - gorgeous, acting good. But honestly if the story had been about a heterosexual couple there would be no press around it.