13 november 2009, it was ten years ago today

Friday 13th November 2009

I was just reminded by an email that ten years ago tonight I held a great party in the very decent little flat I had above barclays bank in east finchley. There was loud music, queues down the stairs, people from different worlds and merriment of all sorts deep into the night. The sender, a good friend, remembers this well as he met a wonderful woman there, and after several trials and tribulations went on to marry her, and have a beautiful family. That’s not all – my flatmate and cohost also got a snog that night, and went on to marry her too. I was about to write that I don’t hold parties any more, but it occurs to me that we had a housewarming just a few months ago. This though was a rather different affair, of smoked salmon bagels, kids running around the house and the cheshire balloon lady doing her stuff in the garden. I had another email today from another good friend, still living the young, free and single life in the middle of a marvellous city, when she’s not flitting around between different jobs and travelling the world. Am I upset at my lot ? The grass of course is always greener on the other side, but I’ve very much made my bed, and in fact I’m very comfortable lying on it. I think now I could not get up and go back to that other way, but no, as there’s no way I’d swap what I have now for what I had then, I am not upset. I am content.