A reunion and realisation

Took myself off to Durban this past week to meet up with a blast from my past - an old schoolfriend whom I haven't seen for 20 years. Yes, its been 20 years since I matriculated, and along with the horrors of grey hairs, fading memory and realising that I am old enough to remember stuff my teenage cousins call history as something that happened to me!! I must admit I was quite nervous and apprehensive as I met up with my friend, after all I haven't exactly turned out the way I thought I was going to, and some of my decisions - well lets say they were not exactly "intelligent ones"!

I need not have worried though as it was like we'd never ever been apart - we just clicked and fell right back together. Landed up having a real blast - doing things I haven't done for years - singing karaoke and flying a kite on the beach and just laughing. Awesome!!! Best of all I realised I wasn't the only one who'd made bad decisions with their life -in a twisted way it made me feel better as I realised that I wasn't the only one out there who'd made really dumb decisions. It was great to feel as if I was a "youngster" again - even if only for a bit as we discussed what had happened to our crushes, our less than perfect love lives and we gossiped like mad. A few bottles of wine, the best pizza south of the Zambezi and lots of laughter - and you have the perfect recipe for the weekend.

Realised that hey life ain't perfect, I must stop putting pressure on myself to live the life I think that others want me to lead - I have to do it for myself and that is the most IMPORTANT thing! My life is not perfect - hope it never is, because then it will be as boring as anything. I just want to live - run down the beach and feel the salt on my cheeks and laugh until I ache - that is my realisation and well it might've taken me 20 years to get to this point but now I am here!