Well, you might say we are behind the ball, but we have just started to look at flats to rent in London for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Obviously, we were in good form when we took action to obtain the tickets to the events we want to attend, but after the excitement, and disappointment regarding that we seem to have lost our focus.

I mean it seems like such a long time ago that my husband was lighting a fire under members of our family to identify what would be the event that they would most like to attend. I can remember him sitting in our living room on Boxing Day going through the choices with all of us one by one. Needless to say, I was pleased to be able to excuse myself to look after the meal cooking in the kitchen. I thought it was a bit of overkill, but in the end we did get some decent tickets, so I suppose it was a necessary madness.

Once he told me what we would be going to see a few months back, I recognised we should turn our attention to additional related matters. This clearly involved looking for a flat to rent, but life has a way of diverting one’s attention and that is precisely what happened to me. That and it still seems so far off in the future, I have trouble making it a priority on the to do list.

Now, maybe if we were only going to the Olympics things would be slightly less stressful, but we will be proudly seated at the Paralympics too and that follows the Olympic events we are attending by weeks. I imagine it is me who has added to the difficulty that may or may not be involved in finding a place as a I am the one who wants to attend the Paralympics more than anything. I think it is a very important celebration of human strength for us to participate in, and believe it will be even more memorable for me.

In reality, I have once again avoided tackling the search for accommodation, and instead filled my time with this admission of being a procrastinator. Well it must end, so I can regain my title of being super smart, and to shake this new found title of super slack. I am off to set things up. With two hundred and fifty-six days till the start of the Olympic Games and two hundred and eighty-nine till the Paralympic Games I can’t be one of the last to wrap up these loose ends. Right? Wish me luck!