meeeeeeeeme. From Yves.

I want anyone and everyone who reads this to post in here something they would like to do with me someday.

Then post this in your journal to find out what people want to do with you.

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It's looking like I need to have a singing-and-cake belated birthday party (I've still never celebrated my 23rd with friends). I wonder how/when I could do that?

Maybe after I get back to Reading, and before I get too bogged down in jobs and things, I could organise something fun. It could be a picnic if the weather is still good, and that would lessen the house-panic and the issues with lack of space. We could have it in Prospect Park, and people could bring musical instruments. They could bring frisbees and boardgames and juggling balls and skipping ropes too, of course - I don't expect everyone would want to sing.

What I'd like to do is actually teach people new songs. I know a few that I think are unfamiliar to most people and should be more widely known. It's hard to teach people round a campfire, though, so I'd have to get a group of people who were interested in sharing new things. I guess it would be a 'bring five copies of the words and two of the tune and guitar chords' thing, and then we'd have a hope getting somewhere. Who's interested in singing new music?

*thinks*
So, in about three weeks I will be back in Reading. I will take some time to get used to being back at home with Robert, and I will tidy the house. As my housetidying progresses I will ask Janet over, because she has volunteered to help, and eventually I will ask Kathryn to come and do some of the ironing she loves so much :) Then I will be able to invite people round. I will get a new job and hence have some money, and I will lose some weight. I will do some new evening classes (more on that in a separate entry). It will all be fine.

learning things

Yeah, so, those evening classes. Last year I did Japanese level 1 on Mondays; the year before that I did BSL level 1. This year I am definitely doing Japanese level 2 (I said I would) on a Wednesday. Robert has commitments on Monday and Tuesday nights, so if I have classes those evenings I won't miss any time with him. I'm keen to do the BSL level 2 on Tuesdays. That's two languages on two consecutive evenings! They are year-long courses, 30ish weeks each.

I'm also interested in doing some arty stuff and some exercise. I have the Monday evening to play with, and Robert is probably going to do some proper swimming-club stuff on a Friday. Thursday, as always, is Date Night. But I don't want to be down at the adult college four nights a week!

I have been looking at the Yoga for Stress Reduction course, which is for beginners, is on a Monday at my nearest centre, and seems interesting.I'd be more interested in T'ai Chi, but that's further away and is full anyway (I phoned to check). I know one or two of you do yoga - what's it actually like? Would I enjoy doing it for a whole year?

There's also Qigong for beginners on a Friday, but I'm less sure about what that is and Fridays are not such a good day to take a class.

I'm sticking to the Wilson Centre courses because it's just down the road from our house. It's entirely possible I could end up working near another centre, but at the moment I just don't know so it's not worth the hassle.

I think I might look up some ceramics courses or photography stuff; but I might well wait and do an 11-week course on a Friday next term once I'm back into the swing of things. As it is I'm going to have to beg to miss the first week of one or two of these courses, most likely, because they're starting next week, before the funeral.

Thoughts welcome. :)