A radio presenter asked this week "if you could spend an hour with anyone in the world, who would it be?" I can - to a limited extent - see the appeal of meeting up with someone "famous" for being inspirational, with the hope that in asking them for tips, I'd come away all buoyed up. But an hour is just an hour, and the people I'd most rather spend an hour with are those I have ongoing relationships with. As you'll probably know, I dislike the celebrity culture that gets much lauded. Just because someone's story - or just a part of their story, perhaps packaged, certainly twisted - has made news, doesn't make them more interesting or important than any other person I meet/already know.
So the people that immediately came to my mind were my besties - the people who I love dearly but just don't get enough time with. So I've decided that I will definitely try and make time this weekend to ring a couple of them, just to remind them how much they mean to me. The other people who came to mind are my children - which is good 'cos it's easy to take for granted the time I have with them. We watched Children in Need together last night - we very rarely watch TV together cos I'm not a TV person. It was good to snuggle on the sofa, me bawling my eyes out, and feel appreciative that we are so lucky to be able to spend time together. And I managed to donate without giving away more than I'd earned this week (just).
So today we have the whole day together - I have no doubts there will be arguments and times when we wish we were doing anything else! Especially as the fun planned for today is a bit tenuous. Next weekend we'll be celebrating my daughter's birthday so not only will it be full on, but lots of her new friends will be stopping over in the house. So whilst we don't want to overdo it energy-wise this weekend, we do need to tidy and clean the house. That is no small undertaking. My plan is - when they wake up - to see if we can draw up a room by room list, detailing all the tasks required there, and asking what treat we could have once we've completed them (mine will be to phone friends. I suspect theirs will be more costly).
Today has 24 hours in it. I hope you get to spend some of them with those who mean most to you. Even if it is with your hand down the toilet...
So far so good! The list was a good idea, motiviating us all as team JAM, putting our initial next to which tasks we opted to take on. We're taking what I hope will be a short break after a good start. We're all working differently - I (M for Mum) flit, starting on one task and as I take some stuff to one place spot something else to do there. J is similar, only his distraction takes the form of discovering a half finished titanic model and so completing it. A is being very thorough and so is doing that worrying thing of making the place much much less tidy before it hopefully becomes ultimately a whole lot better. We've taken before photos. I've just taken a during photo. I'm hoping we get to the after stage!!!
ReplyDeleteThere was a definite low spot when it was all far too overwhelming. But we're over that now. There is still is a great deal to do but we have certainly made progress. So I phoned two friends which was lovely. Can't help but feel sad tho - I miss my friends.
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