To all those united in distancing
During a now traditional Sunday catch up with friends I reached the pinnacle of British emotion; a unique blend of pride and embarrassment. It came as we started with how our weeks had gone, everyone had some highlight such as a family hot tub party to celebrate what should have been a graduation day or the talel of how someone wasn’t fired as their company downsized. Then I began my list of highlights, a dinner party with my uncle and aunt, drinks out with my brother, making Baklava, playing giant Jenga with family friends, problem solving for my radio show which this week required plan E… at which point I realised I had a more eventful week than the rest of the group combined, which is confusing because I also spend most of my time listening to audio books and last week the cricket was on. This brings me to a rather startling question am I a go-getter? Because I’ve always wanted to be a go-getter but never quite known what it takes or how one goes about go-getting. I hope it does mean I’m a go-getter, because the alternative explanation is that I just appreciate what has happened to me and enjoy telling people about it, which makes me a boaster. What do you think? Am I the kind of person who tells everyone about the tiniest details of my week like I’ve actually achieved something whether people want to hear about it or not? Given the fact that you are reading this, that might be an easier question to answer than I would like.
I think my favourite bit of the week was playing with the giant Jenga bricks. Jenga bricks are tremendous fun if you like engineering, seven foot tall towers, domino runs, bridges and even a chair which inevitably left me with a saw backside surrounded by a spray of bricks and two families laughing at me. We even played some actual Jenga which I’m pleased to say I didn’t lose.
How have you been keeping busy? Are you a go-getter and what have you gone and got?
With love and best wishes
Richard
Richard Wheatley BSc BPBH