Mid- Life Crisis!

Great so the years are creeping on and we start itching! The kids have fled the nest or are almost ready to flee and it's time to do a re-con on life.

This is more predominant in men, they celebrate their midlife crisis in rather expensive ways - have an affair or buy an expensive toy - if they can afford it they will most probably get a Porsche, Ferrari or a Harley Davidsson. What do woman do???

I mean yes we all know about the night sweats, hot flushes, weight gain and goodness knows what else but that is all 'normal and boring.'

I am at that crossroad in my life, not quite sure yet whether it is the mid-life crisis or the Prozac that is causing all the symptoms since I have had night sweats since I was 40 - so that's almost a decade! In 2008 I started studying Wine, it was a lot of fun and kept me busy and my brain sharp and active and of course my liver started cursing me. It's not everyday that one has to taste and evaluate almost 40 wines - and as my friends know - I can't spit! Blame that on my Mummy - we were taught that spitting is rude!

This was a fun period in my life, sad too as it was also the final months of my mothers life.

Now it is 2012, for those who know the past 2 years have been a roller coaster - a time when life was testing me to the limit and reminding me on the lessons on Impermanence. I guess I became a stronger person as well as had an experience of a lifetime! It was also a difficult time for all of us as there are human beings on this planet hell-bent of trying to destroy peoples lives just because we were not corruptible. Karma will however take care of these people so I have let it all go as I human it just takes a bit longer to really forget. I am sincerely hoping that we can put the witch hunt behind us and concentrate on living.

So back to the future. Next year in June/July we should be heading back across the pond to Pretoria. Of course this is bitter sweet as I love our apartment and our neighbourhood - wish I could just transplant it back with me and all the friends I have made. I will however not miss Sao Paulo and it's traffic, traffic jams, pollution and cost of living!

Most of our moves have been rather 'normal' yet somehow this time it feels as it it will be more than just a move across the pond but also a life changing time for a lot of people, not just Frank and myself. So in all this thinking my brain has become rather hyper and suddenly it decided that it should do something crazy.

Sometimes my mouth just blurts out an idea which isn't quite from my own mind and it sort of surprises me - well it did this time too - mind said - go and study winemaking full time at Elsenburg College!