A Lesson

As I clock up another birthday it would seem that the accumulation of years has taught me very little about my own capabilities. I have a propensity to overreach and overestimate, believing I am possessed of a super human capacity for lack of sleep, furious multitasking and when all else fails a belief in miracles and Elf intervention. Not so! I really believed that I could make my all singing,all dancing birthday/spring week happen as I envisaged it, a little silly perhaps not to take into account the fact that my beloved friend Karin and Evie Leigh would be here and that I would naturally want to spend as much time as possible with them. Of course, also, when you have children you have to allow for many, many unscheduled occurrences. I have been a bit of a silly. I am going to stop making big announcements of what is to come in case I am unable to deliver. I hate to put anything out that is half hearted, I can’t master the art of the meaningful one liner, in my emails or anywhere else. I am not pleading a lack of time, I am pleading bad planning on my part and perhaps an excess of enthusiasm that turns my head at times. So, I am extending my spring celebration for another week, it is all there, the content just needs putting into a bloggy format. I will be creating a little timetable and allowing a whole day to catch up with all of the wonderful correspondence I have received, Oh, I am making pronouncements again! Yes, yes, yes, my special birthday interviewee is coming up today. I need to place the images perfectly is all (little miss anal!hmm, please don’t misconstrue!). I have the house to myself (this never happens!), I am feeling meditative but also so very full of enthusiasm and ideas, I am trying to keep it all a little more grounded, I don’t want to burn my wings or let anyone down. Now I must fly at a low-ish altitude to pick up my little boy. Until later my kittens.

Excellence above from Robert Ryan.