Imminent 38

A week today will be my Birthday Eve! I really should start planning how to celebrate, and think about what I might like as a pressie. Philippa hasn’t asked yet, which probably means she has taken a chance and picked me something that she thinks I will like. Which is a worry, as she is notoriously bad at working out what I might like. What’s potentially worse is that she may have decided to get me something that she thinks I need, which means my present will be something like a tool that I’ll never use or something that she wants for the house disguised as something she ‘thought you’d enjoy’. Now I understand why people give each other Christmas lists.

Anyway, the important thing is that I find a way to enjoy a whole week of festivities, using my birthday as a centre date and a justifiable excuse. I think a cinema trip is an absolute definite. I think a nice meal out, or even a hotel stay, with my wife would be a delight, as we don’t get to do that these days (other parents will sympathise) and there are plenty of willing relatives who will take on babysitting duties. In fact, I might try and do ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING that I wasn’t able to do for my birthday last year, due to the lovely lockdown, even things that I wouldn’t have been interested in doing even if I was allowed to. So that’s scuba diving, street parties, close contacts, hugging, indoor mixing, a swimming pool and the theatre on the list for starters. A trip abroad, a day at a gym and maybe a driving lesson. I might even pop into a school unmasked, if that wouldn’t get me arrested.

God, don’t I go off in weird directions at times??? Maybe planning these blogs in advance and then reading and editing as I go would be a good idea after all. Nah, sod it, I’ve been at this for 15 years now, it’s too late to learn new habits!

RC 12-1-21