New Endeavours ⅓

Hey, you made it. Glad you're here, but don't worry about how you got here right now. Today, there's something that needs doing. We're going to be lifting and carrying something together. What is it? It doesn't always have a name, different people call it different things. You can call it whatever you want, but in the end it's always pretty much the same old thing... which right now needs lifting. Sorry for rambling, you know how I get. It's right over here, come on, I'll show you.

Alright, there's a few things to keep in mind here. This item we're about to carry together is pretty heavy. You definitely can't carry it all yourself, neither can I. But it's also as fragile as an egg, a baby, or a wannabe rock-star's ego. We have to carry it together and keep it balanced. If either of us tries to take too much or too little of the weight, it could tip and fall, and you don't want to know what would happen then. Especially with so many people watching us, or waiting to.

Here's the problem, though. I'm really rather used to carrying things myself, you know? My back hurts from trying sometimes but, well, I've tried carrying these before with others and after getting them dropped on my feet a few times, I can't go into something without either getting ready to get right underneath and try to hold it all up myself, or without having an exit strategy subconsciously forming in the back of my head. Six months at a stretch is all I've apparently been able to manage in the last while, but you can always argue whose fault it was after the fact. What? Oh, yeah, we'll be carrying this for awhile, it's not a one afternoon "come help me move my apartment, I'll give you a two-four" type of setup here. Sorry, didn't think I needed to warn you.

Alright, we've got it going. It doesn't get any lighter, but we'll get stronger so it will get easier, in a sense, along the way. All I can say is we'll have to see how it goes. I know I'm not the strongest guy, but I'm holding up my side as best I can. I have been going to the gym lately, remember?