This month has just flown by. All the good intentions to get out and about, record it and do some blogging have gone by the wayside.
The apparent onset of ‘mid life crisis’ seems to have taken away any ability to concentrate and get on with things. The realisation that one is too old to be ambitious but too young to give up, grind it out and wait for the gold watch, pipe and slippers causes a significant amount of cognitive dissonance. My brain is convinced that I’m still twenty-something and all is still possible, whereas the vicious, heartless mirror in the bathroom taunts me on a daily basis with the irrefutable evidence of the inexorable passage of time.
Anyway, now that that’s off my chest, what has happened this month? The only major event happened mid month when a letter informing me of my elevation to full membership of the golf club dropped through the letterbox. My joy at being able to get out and play weekends and in the monthly competitions was tempered somewhat by the accompanying bill for additional green fees and the extra charge in addition to the joining fee already paid. Seems a lot to pay out but when counted against the amount of time spent on course, maybe it’s not such a bad deal. It can do no harm to body or spirit to get out in the fresh air and lose some of the negative effects of sitting in the car or office for the majority of the week. Needless to say I am praying for great weather this summer.
Walking the dog and trying to encourage the better half to keep to her ‘training schedule’ for the Belfast marathon (Team relay for charity) on May 4th and starting to get the garden sorted has been the sum total for the month.
Apart from that, not a lot else happened. Really must try harder in May.
