Number Two

New Activity Number Two: Getting High

Yes that's right, I got high.. I climbed up high on the roof of the house to clean the gutters for Mum and Dad.

OK so it's not an explosive beginning to the new activities list, but it does have its high points. First of all being high up. Being high up is a high point.
Seriously when was the last time you stood on your roof and had a good look around your neighbourhood? And I don't mean in a creepy bedroom peeper kind of way, but more like the way you probably used to as a kid from either the roof or a monster of a tree.

Secondly cleaning your gutters before it rains is way more convenient than doing it when it rains. I know this because when the thunderstorm hit this morning and rain drops started trickling into the ceiling, I remembered my months of empty promises and ended up cleaning the gutters in the pissing rain. But by the time I was soaked to the sphincter in rain and mud, the clouds passed and I was left standing on the roof overlooking quiet suburbia.

Thirdly it's good to get your hands dirty. Not just like the sweaty grit that is always on your hands after six hours of intense Xbox controller useage, actual squelchy and sodden dirt. It makes you feel like you've achieved something manly. And if you don't scrub under the nails, you can claim to have done a variety of outdoor manly activities for days to come.

Immediate impressions/sensations: Well I'm not hugely fond of heights so that's a downer, but as long as I wasn't right on the edge I didn't feel as though I was risking fatal injury. And when you're a storey higher than everyone else it's like you're in a different world. Okay so it's not an extreme activity, and it is akin to standing on a second story balcony, but it was an old school way of looking at things from a different angle. Just don't stare into someone else's backyard for too long.

3 stars