I went to visit an old lady in a home and asked her carers about her, hoping that they would give me something I could use as small talk, an ice-breaker. "Well", they said, "although she's 92 she goes swimming every day". That was a great bit of info, I thought, and I decided to use it when I met her.
"So, I hear you go swimming every day", I said, "I hope I go swimming every day when I'm your age".
She looked at me sternly and asked "do you go swimming every day now?"
I was slightly taken aback, and said "no".
"What makes you think you'll go swimming every day when you're 92 then?" she asked.
The rest of the presentation was okay, I suppose; it was a bit corporate-y, but that scene-setting encounter stuck with me.
I do want to keep my blog up to date with thoughts on current events and family happenings, and the tale above jolted me somewhat: how am I going to do it in future if I don't start doing it now? And I know that yes, I often write at the start of the year or at various points that I am going to update this blog more often but I think this is a real "paradigm shift" to borrow a phrase. How long it lasts is anyone's guess; this will probably be my last blogpost until September :D.
But this might be the start of an outpouring of daily gibberish, so I'd watch out if I were you...
TTFN.
