Doesn't time fly??

Bit of a random one today.
September was my last post.... I fell foul of my usual habit and got totally distracted by other stuff.... next thing I know, its June, and my intentions of having a really well updated (and totally cool) Blog went clean out the window.

So what has happened since September? I mean its not even been a year, right?

I had my 35th birthday. In Mozambique. It was easily the best birthday celebration I have ever had, with good friends and a LOT of luminous paint!! We all drove up across the border and 4x4'd it across the dunes to our 2 wooden lodges, just off the beach. We braai'd, we drank, we laughed a LOT.
As much as I miss getting dressed up every now and again to doa swanky London bar, it all nonsense really. This birthday weekender was the best because there was NONE of the usual drama you get in London.
We were all in slops (flip flops) and shorts the whole weekend... some of the guys dressed in luminous fishnets and shocking pink t's (even the guys!) and no one cared what we looked like. It was all about the experience.
I've had many a swanky night out in London- they all blur into one mediocre night where everyone panics about whether their hairs looks ok, whether the money they spent on a dress was worth it, and we (as girls) spend the evening preening our feathers in the hope that some guy will notice how pretty we are etc etc.... its a mission and it gives me a headache just thinking about it.

This is what I've come to realise in the 2 years I've lived in SA. I love my life. I love it even more now that I can enjoy it without being afraid of what anyone else will think of my appearance, my behaviour, my status.
If you take off the blinkers that London life puts on you (which eventually morph into a full sized gladiator helmet) you will realise that there is more to life than the superficial, and what's important are the people you have around you and the experiences you have.

That's why I made the decision to stay.
I've told my boss, and I'm going back to London this weekend to tell my friends and my mum.
I've hinted to a few of my friends, a couple of whom were a bit upset, a couple who didnt really believe me or seem to be hugely bothered... and therein lies the next part of my ramblings....

Time flies...and it waits for no one.


xx