Having Fun

Vonita

imageThis morning I read a post by the happy Quitter. About making new friends and having fun. I love fun. I love people. I love friends. But I don’t seem to have too many of any of them. My life generally consists of work (in a technical role, so not too much social interaction there), traveling to and from the city, spin class and Pilates on Mondays, and home time. Blog writing to keep myself sane. I have a few friends in Sydney, my BFF close by (thank goodness for her), and a couple of other friends that I see every few months. I would not know how to go about changing my life to include more #fun. Fun for me is socializing, spending time with friends, listening to music, dancing. My BFF went to a fifties party last week. We are not in that social circle, so were not invited. It sounded like they had a great time.

My oldest friend in South Africa is of African descent. We used to have heaps of fun together. Laughing and joking and being silly. Something that I appreciate from spending time with her growing up, is that in their community, they are very welcoming. No airs and graces. They will accept you for who you are. I have found that social circles in Sydney and even in South Africa can be very closed. You are either part of the circle or you are not. I reached out to her last week. Oh my friend, I really miss you, even though distance may separate, you are still in my heart. She responded by sending me the image above “The most valuable antique is an old friend”. I told her, my friend, I am not that old yet. So she sent me another one. Bless!

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19 thoughts on “Having Fun”

  2. It’s nice to have lots of friends close by I’m sure (I have very few friends up here or in Cornwall, so I’m not the best judge of this), but to have a very close friend in Sydney and in South Africa is very important, and special!!!! 🙂 And both images your South African friend sent you are wonderful, I’m sure she doesn’t think of you as an antique just yet!! Lol! 🙂

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    1. Both my friends are older than me, so if they think of me as antiques, then they are even more so, lol! Every friend is special and a blessing! I was in Johannesburg for my fortieth and spent the evening with my friend mentioned here, and her family, it was a wonderful privilege xx

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      1. That is wonderful Vonita 🙂 (not that your friends are ancient relics, but because you spent your fortieth with your best friend and her family!). BTW I can’t believe that you are that age, I guessed you were thirty or younger!!

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  6. My mom used to say that if you have two true friends in life you are doing well. She also said you are better off with a good book than a bad friend. You’re too talented to be hog tied in some snooty little group anyway. They’ll do nothing but bring you down.

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    1. Oh Laine, thank you, your response has made me smile! I am so glad for WordPress and the world it has opened up to me, including wonderful people and writers like yourself!! Thank you for reading and commenting 😊 Wish you a wonderful Sunday, it is evening here, and after writing this post this morning I decided to invite our one set of family friends over (we knew them from South Africa, 22 years already), and shared a lovely day with them! Xx

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