Its fair to say that most of us look forward to a bank holiday weekend...( especially when its the last one before Christmas 🙈)
for various reasons...
- an opportunity to have a lay in/or just do nothing
- time off work
- spend more time with family/frends
- visit old frends
- visit one of the many events on
- eat out/barbeque
- DIY
- catch up on housework/jobs
- go to the sales
And I could go on....
so when I got invited to a barbeque/birthday party, I accepted
Lots of lovly food, few glasses of wine, and an opportunity to minglw with people that I dont know very well
And it was enjoyable
But how strange I felt... a lot like a fish out of water...
Over the last 30 years or so I have put loads of get togethers on...birthdays, christmas, baptisms, family meals etc.... and I have always been the Hostess
So it was very strange for me to sit back and, not just relax ( I'm not really very good at that ) but to watch how other people do it ( not in a critical way!!! 😉)
But an opportunity to people watch ( I love that..)
I can relate to the stress in the kitchen! from the ladies mainly..buzzing round trying to keep everyone happy...to keep everything moving along smoothly..food/drink/cups/glasses etc ( oh yes remember that only too well)
you can observe the small groups that people congregate in...ladies seem to stay in the same groups..heads together hushed talks....
men tend to mingle and seem more relaxed from my observation.... talking loudly and openly
children running about laughing eating drinking...doing what children do best..enjoying themselves
Yes it was very nice but not something I would like to do every weekend...probably because I dont know the group well..and yes I am used to being in groups of people i know very well...
after saying that it is good to go out of our comfort zone sometimes and it was lovely not having the usual stress that goes with hosting an event... ( and it was very kind of people to invite us..)
but it kind of reminds me that I have always been a bit of a control freak ( ok ..my family would say a lot of a control freak 😉) and loved all the control that came with me organising everything...
But, may be its age or wisdom or both 😉 but I am quite happy to let others take the lead now and the STRESS....SOMETIMES
Be happy
x
