Monday Musings – Don’t Sit Down

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Don’t bother to sit down, there is no point in getting comfortable as you are bound to have forgotten something and will have to get up again.

Whether you have sat down purposefully in your snug office to get on with some super creativity or are settling down with dinner on your lap tray to watch your favourite programme, you will have forgotten something.

Ready for a nice cup of tea/coffee or a cooling beer? Planning to look at the newspaper, check your emails or watch TV? You will forget a pen for the crossword, your phone or the TV remote. Conversely you may sit down prepared for every eventuality then realise your drink is still sitting in the kitchen.

Here is a helpful list of items you may need before sitting down for a tea break or a cosy evening with Netflix. Select according to your interests, hobbies, age and health.

Smart phone, house phone, iPad, TV remote, knitting, tablets ( the sort you swallow ) , glass of water for said tablets, wheat bag heated in the microwave for your neck or any sore body part, ice pack for knee or any injured body part, cutlery for your dinner, beanbag tray for your dinner, notepad and pen in case inspiration strikes, hankies/tissues if you have  a streaming cold, throw for snuggling under…

But don’t think you can relax, even if you have checked the list. Do you need to let the dog in, feed the cat? Have you closed the curtains/blinds? In the northern hemisphere days are drawing in and ten minutes after you settle down passers by will see a brightly lit tableau of you lounging on your sofa.  I know this because I love to see front rooms lit up and have a peep at people’s décor and what they are up to.

Even when you are organised and comfortable there are events beyond your control, like your Amazon delivery arriving…

Have a nice evening.

18 thoughts on “Monday Musings – Don’t Sit Down”

  5. Hi Janet, you can’t look into peoples houses here without scaling walls and risking a shock from an electric fence. It is true that at least two or three trips to get things are usually required before a wife and mother can settle down for an hour. Somehow, it doesn’t seem to work that way for males who just lie on the couch and ask for tea and biscuits.

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  6. I can add another one to the list, something that happened last night. Dinner over, wahing up done, settling down for the evening in front of the TV, and a neighbour knocks on the door. She just wanted to pop in for a ‘chat’. 🙂
    Best wishes, Pete.

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