Smat was a Grown Up
albeit briefly. Yesterday was Verity's National Conference and AGM, and in my role as Treasurer, I had to stand up and present the accounts to the members. Fortunately Mr Smat had prepared my powerpoint slides, so all I had to do was read them out. Even more fortunately the woman who noticed that the figures in the Annual Report were £20 different to the actual accounts didn't mention this during my presentation. Whew!
So there we were, running a national charity, hosting top expert speakers and published authors (as well as an amazing yoga woman*), being praised for changing the lives of hundreds of women, and I suddenly thought "hang on a minute, this is me, Smat! How did I get Grown Up?" It's quite worrying really as I don't feel old enough to be a Grown Up. I know I have the Baby Smats and the mortgage and the people carrier and the total lack of interest in partying all night, but it's about time I started behaving a bit more age appropriately.
So what do 30-somethings do these days?
*who has inspired me to "love my spine" and do the Salute to the Sun every morning without fail.
So there we were, running a national charity, hosting top expert speakers and published authors (as well as an amazing yoga woman*), being praised for changing the lives of hundreds of women, and I suddenly thought "hang on a minute, this is me, Smat! How did I get Grown Up?" It's quite worrying really as I don't feel old enough to be a Grown Up. I know I have the Baby Smats and the mortgage and the people carrier and the total lack of interest in partying all night, but it's about time I started behaving a bit more age appropriately.
So what do 30-somethings do these days?
*who has inspired me to "love my spine" and do the Salute to the Sun every morning without fail.
5 Comments:
At 8:21 PM, patroclus said…
What did you spend the £20 on?
At 6:55 AM, Smat said…
nothing exciting I'm afraid - it was on depreciation, so not actually a real £20 at all, more a fictional accounting-type of £20.
Ought to have been champagne and chocolates really.
At 7:34 AM, patroclus said…
Congratulations on standing up and presenting though, Smat. I'm very impressed. My litany of phobias means I can't do that any more. How many people were there?
At 11:52 AM, Smat said…
about a hundred - fewer than the first year I had to do it, but more than last year. It does get easier, honest!
At 2:42 PM, patroclus said…
Blimey, I don't think I've *ever* presented to that many people. Wow. Respect.
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