Bridget McNulty

What can you do?

// March 10th, 2009 // Cape Town, Durban, Life (and the living of it)

Sometimes things just don’t work out in your favour… like my mom and me skydiving.

We were booked to go on Thursday morning, but when we woke up it was cloudy and raining and we had to reschedule… The next few days were similar weather, so we booked again for Monday lunchtime. Monday dawned bright and clear in Durban, but not in Pietermaritzburg, 45 minutes away, where the skydiving was.

We waited in hopeful anticipation all afternoon, but alas! No break in the weather. And this morning I flew back to Cape Town. How disappointing!

The thing is, sometimes things just don’t work out the way you want them to. And you can whine and complain and bash fists against foreheads (if that’s your vibe) but it won’t change anything. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to happen now – for any number of reasons.

Acceptance is sometimes a bitter pill to swallow, no?

So Durban was lovely, as always, although much of it was spent in hospital with my dad, poor guy, who had a horrible back operation and is slowly recovering… I really do have the most extraordinary family, you only really notice when things are difficult, hey?

And now I’m back in Cape Town, with my lovely man. I think I need some kind time for myself, and I know I need to put my head down and get some work done! I’ll be back blogging soon, though, never fear…