"Invite one (or more) people over for a meal with no advance notice (for you or them)."
I've no idea why Family B thought this would be stretching and challenging 😏
Ok, yes we do like to have he house in order before people come over, and true I am a planner, so spontaneity is not usually the order of the day. But I do like the idea, especially the concept of feeling led in the moment in who to invite.
So last weekend we started practicing. The Friday night we discussed some ideas, which I know is cheating a little already. Brunch felt like it hit the spot - easy to prepare, leaves the rest of the day free, gets us up & ready nice and early and so on.
Next who to invite? Well, since Family B. supplied the challenge....so the invite was sent, giving less than 12 hours between invite and arrival time, assuming acceptance.
WhatsApp sent, it was just a case of waiting, and thinking about some tasty things to serve.
"It's a yes! And we will be +1, if that's ok?" was the response. Awesome, an unexpected guest makes it feel more like we are fulfilling the challenge, so we are smiles all around.
No need to detail the brunch itself. It was great, naturally.
The questions that remain are as follows:
- Might we stretch ourselves more with a last minute, spontaneous invite (it's meant to be my challenge, but this one implicates the whole family by nature) by inviting guests who haven't been to our place before?
- What if it wasn't brunch?
- How comfortable would I be with people taking us as they find us, ie if we restricted ourselves to just basic clean up before the guests arrive?
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