Family Affairs

It’s my birthday tomorrow (YAY) and this is the most grown-up I’ve ever been about my birthday in that I haven’t gone into a huge decline about how a lack of partner = rubbish presents. I have bought myself two presents on the basis that I am not expecting presents from anybody else – this divorce thing is a real bummer when it comes to gifts. Almost worse than any other aspect- it’s very depressing not having anybody to drop major hints at for a whole year who then buys you something entirely different that you don’t want and you can’t quite believe that they can have got it SO WRONG.

I have learnt over the last few years that it is quite satisfactory to cut out the middle man and buy yourself something you really want. It leaves no room for disappointment.

This year I have bought myself two things.

The first is twenty two sets of football kit to be sent out to Lusaka via an airline pilot for the Bank of Zambia’s two football teams and the other present I will show you tomorrow….

Off to teach now.