FIFA fever: my blood is green, and so is my pool

Dateline Jozi: ‘Parked’ in my garden, watching the kids spend their first day of summer holidays late on a Friday afternoon, brought home one of the reasons I really, really, really love South Africa – the weather. Oh yes, and the fact that in a couple of hours we find out who Bafana will play in the opening game, and our fate for the rest of the tournament.

Having just beaten my way through wonderfully slow moving traffic to get to our haven, the thought and site of that first ‘frosty’ acted as a wonderful balm.  The balm effect started this morning with the social media platforms abuzz with FIFA fever, and this wasn’t only confined to Cape Town. It was everywhere, and has been all day.

I only have one concern. I can’t find my kids in the pool. One of the problems with living in Jozi is that the alkaline levels in the pool can change overnight with the lightening and thunder storms and the pool water goes from crystal clear to amazon green. In fact the gardener may well have attempted to mow the pool earlier…