Bookclub discussions....

I was explaining to the ladies at bookclub last night (who had read my Facebook status) that I was a little hurt / pissed off that I had not had anything from my youngest nephew or his girlfriend to say happy new year / shot for the Christmas presents. He was in Jeffrey’s Bay with abovementioned girlfriend so he didn’t spend Christmas with us. I took ages to decide on a present for him and eventually settled on two little boda-boda figures (like the picture except one had a goat on) for him which I then decided were probably a bit lame for a 21 year old and I gave them to my Mom and Dad so he ended up with just a t-shirt from the kids and I was going to organize something else for him online however….I’ve not heard a WORD from him or girlfriend since he left for Jeffrey’s Bay. No wait….I lie - he sent an e-mail with a link to a cycling website with his wishlist for his birthday on it.
And then…..a friend of mine had a baby and the only photo’s that I got of the baby were via a mutual friend of ours so I was a bit hurt by that as well. The Mom has since sent pics and e-mailed me etc but my point is, if you aren’t in someone’s immediate reference circle you tend to get overlooked and last night at bookclub everyone was saying that they sometimes feel like they’re being forgotten by friends and family as well and they are always the ones making the effort to stay in touch. The reason that I started this blog was to stay in touch with friends and family but it seems like only my Mom and Dad and one or two friends read it. Oh and the millions that Google “Malan Family” (weird!!). So we had a bit of a “pity fest” last night. I feel MUCH better for it though and I’m not going to go all Std 5 and not talk to people for the rest of eternity but I feel like now I have had my say…..

And yes….I did pick a book to read :-)