Rainy days

I am a big fan of rainy days- I very rarely complain that its miserable weather. I dont know why really. I like being able to stay in and snuggle. I guess it may also be because I am not exactly Miss outdoors.

When I was younger I tried every sport my 11 schools had to offer. Most of the time I came up short but I definitely get an A for effort. When I was about 11 I told my mom I wanted to do ballet, so she enrolled me in a ballet class and after about a month it became clear I was not cut out for the grace and agility required for this art form. my mother, rather than allow me to embarrass myself at recitals etc. encouraged me to try netball instead.

I was very pleased with myself when i made the under 12A team as goal defense ( I have a whole host of thoughts on this sport but its not for this particular blog) anyway I practiced my little eleven year old heart out until our first match.

I was defending the goal in that ridiculous way you do in netball by standing on one leg waving aimlessly at the ball, when the goal shooter took her shot. We all leaped in the air to get the rebound (she missed)- when I heard my mother say quite loudly " Now why couldn't she be this graceful in ballet?" Her rhetorical question was answered almost immediately as I land not so graciously on the goal shooter and fell twisting my ankle so badly I missed the rest of the netball season.

Eventually I found a sport that I could do that meant very little injury and no need for grace ( at least nothing you could see above the water). I swam throughout my school career and even swam the Midmar mile twice. which brings me back to rainy days...

Thunder showers, the sea, long swims and getting caught in the rain definitely some of my favourite things.

Defining me

I have started many blogs and have never gotten past the third entry. my hope is to not do that this time.

I decided sometime over the past month between having surgery and fearing that I might have cancer -which thankfully I do not - that there is little sense in doing something everyday or at least five days out of your week that you really dont enjoy.

The strange thing is is that I dont hate my job and most days I actually like what I do. Its exciting and can be challenging. You see I am in advertising!

I think the most interesting thing about any day at the company I work at is seeing what outrageous thing any given person I work with will do that day.

Its almost guaranteed that someone will do something that will leave me utterly flabbergasted and completely unsure as to why I continue dragging myself out of bed every morning to be subjected to this madness.

The point of this blog, however, is not only to give me an outlet to the stress caused by my occupation but also to give me practice on a daily basis with the thing that really does make me happy.

Writing...