Making mistakes is my higher education. :yes:
Yesterday I was telling a friend that I'd been putting a task off for several months. Imagine all the time and energy wasted :roll:
- Now tomorrow - you just go ahead and do it , says my friend
- Right. I shall do that, says I .
So I set the alarm . Alarm goes off in the morning and I snooze for another ten minutes before I can work up enough energy to drag myself out of my cosy bed.
Next , morning rituals, which now include inflating and deflating Bootsie ( foot brace ) for a snug and safe fit and after that breakfast. About two and a half hours after the alarm , I am ready to go out .
First mistake : Choosing a rainy day . It's actually raining quite heavily
Second mistake : Ruling out my new purple plastic rain poncho in favour of an ordinary jacket that had been waterproofed.
Third mistake : not waterproof enough . Very soon I am soaked to the skin.
( Can't have an umbrella as I need one had free as the other is for the crutch )
Four mistake : On arrival at my destination , I see from the notice pasted on the door that the company have moved about a mile away , Nothing for it but to hobble along , 'singing ' in the rain while muttering swear words all the way. Could they have chosen a more remote new address :roll: ?
Fifth mistake : I am told I need not have come in personally ,
The learning:
There comes a point when you are soaked to the skin that you cannot get more wet if you tried and there is a weird pleasure in that. It is too absurd . You need not care any more; you surrender and even start to enjoy the rain and the fact that you can now return home feeling a sense of achievement ....getting something 'done ' even though it didn't need doing in the first place and being able to laugh at your own stupidity .
Back home , I notice that water has seeped into Bootsie and the inner sock is quite wet.
I'm also very tired by now after such an early start so I jump into bed for a 45 minute snooze.after which I set to for dinner ready for myself and three friends.
On the menu :
Cream of Jerusalem artichoke soup ( made from scratch , frozen and heated up. )
Warm Smoked Salmon with new potatoes.
Yoghurt dill and chive dressing
Huge mixed green salad.
Home made raspberry ice cream.
AND .. it turned out to be an absolutely DELIGHTFUL evening!
:wave: night night x