Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Bananas
Just bought 16 small bananas for £1 at the market. That’s a saving of 92p on Sainburys price for the same weight. I think that I might need to get organised and do more of my shopping at the market. How hard can it be to spend some time working out what I need and the relative prices...?
Monday, January 30, 2006
My week
Having posted random nonsense on my blog for ages now I though I should update on the state of my life.
Can’t think of anything to say.
Hmm. Maybe this wasn’t so good an idea.
Last week was one of those crazy weeks where I just try to do all the same stuff as normal.
Monday: Went to work, then popped into Cath’s to collect rope for Youthnet on Wednesday. She didn’t have rope so sent me off to the local cub pack who looked bemused by the concept but let me have large amounts of blue rope. Perfect for tying knots in. Completely failed to make it to Red Cross. Oh. What. A. Shame.
Tuesday: Went for a 5 mile walk with Mum. We both survived but it was touch an go on the hill in Barkham… Later, Jeremy popped in for a cup of tea and to update me on Red Cross gossip. Gossip that cannot be passed on in front of various other members at meetings. Suffice it to say that the politics have become too much for one long standing member and he has officially left the society. It’s a real shame, not least because the politics were just calming down.
Wednesday: YouthNet. It really should have occurred to me that short lengths of rope could be used for whipping as well as knots. A useful lesson for future. Really not sure how much we got acriss to the Kids. A major rethink for this one group is required. No idea when that is going to happen… Then went home and tried to write a presentation on First Aid for work.
Thursday: Got sent home from work for falling asleep on the desk. Went for another walk with Mum in the evening to try and physically tire myself so that I can sleep when I’m meant to.
Friday: oohhhhh Nothing to do! So what did I do? I started reading a Papal encyclical. Think I need to learn how to switch off…
Saturday: Bought new trainers. And 2 new shirts. And a scarf. As goes without saying they were all vital. Anyone would think I’ve just been paid… Later walked to Bethan’s house for her Birthday party. Was good fun got to natter to Youthnet peoples instead of just plotting sessions. Then pootled to Wokingham for Ryan’s Birthday gathering. As I was walking past the station a train was pulling in so got the train instead of walking. Got to the pub in time to discover that all my friends are getting way to grown up.
Sunday: Got up and went to mass. Managed to get stuck in the middle of a row and had to walk along the pew itself to get out to minister. That’ll teach me for assuming I’d have a week off… I later chatted to Dave who texted me to check I’m alive. I am, and so is he. Afterwards went walking and got sidetracked exploring public footpaths. By the time I got home 6.25 miles and 2 hours later I was shattered. Having said that I discovered that within 30 minutes walk of my house there are cows and deer frolicking in the fields (a far more sensible place for them than roads north of Wokingham for example). Ended up near St James’ parish church which is quite simply one of the most beautiful churches round here. Probably aided by the fact that there were clear blue skies and birds singing in the trees..
And now it’s Monday again. Tonight is Child Protection at Red Cross. I understand that this is some sort of self defence course.
Can’t think of anything to say.
Hmm. Maybe this wasn’t so good an idea.
Last week was one of those crazy weeks where I just try to do all the same stuff as normal.
Monday: Went to work, then popped into Cath’s to collect rope for Youthnet on Wednesday. She didn’t have rope so sent me off to the local cub pack who looked bemused by the concept but let me have large amounts of blue rope. Perfect for tying knots in. Completely failed to make it to Red Cross. Oh. What. A. Shame.
Tuesday: Went for a 5 mile walk with Mum. We both survived but it was touch an go on the hill in Barkham… Later, Jeremy popped in for a cup of tea and to update me on Red Cross gossip. Gossip that cannot be passed on in front of various other members at meetings. Suffice it to say that the politics have become too much for one long standing member and he has officially left the society. It’s a real shame, not least because the politics were just calming down.
Wednesday: YouthNet. It really should have occurred to me that short lengths of rope could be used for whipping as well as knots. A useful lesson for future. Really not sure how much we got acriss to the Kids. A major rethink for this one group is required. No idea when that is going to happen… Then went home and tried to write a presentation on First Aid for work.
Thursday: Got sent home from work for falling asleep on the desk. Went for another walk with Mum in the evening to try and physically tire myself so that I can sleep when I’m meant to.
Friday: oohhhhh Nothing to do! So what did I do? I started reading a Papal encyclical. Think I need to learn how to switch off…
Saturday: Bought new trainers. And 2 new shirts. And a scarf. As goes without saying they were all vital. Anyone would think I’ve just been paid… Later walked to Bethan’s house for her Birthday party. Was good fun got to natter to Youthnet peoples instead of just plotting sessions. Then pootled to Wokingham for Ryan’s Birthday gathering. As I was walking past the station a train was pulling in so got the train instead of walking. Got to the pub in time to discover that all my friends are getting way to grown up.
Sunday: Got up and went to mass. Managed to get stuck in the middle of a row and had to walk along the pew itself to get out to minister. That’ll teach me for assuming I’d have a week off… I later chatted to Dave who texted me to check I’m alive. I am, and so is he. Afterwards went walking and got sidetracked exploring public footpaths. By the time I got home 6.25 miles and 2 hours later I was shattered. Having said that I discovered that within 30 minutes walk of my house there are cows and deer frolicking in the fields (a far more sensible place for them than roads north of Wokingham for example). Ended up near St James’ parish church which is quite simply one of the most beautiful churches round here. Probably aided by the fact that there were clear blue skies and birds singing in the trees..
And now it’s Monday again. Tonight is Child Protection at Red Cross. I understand that this is some sort of self defence course.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Teabags.
Teabags come in individual packets. What are the chances of managing to tear the teabag in half as well as the packet? Grrr.
Fortune Cookies.
Last night we went to a noodle bar as part of the leaving drinks for a colleague. At the end of the meal you get a fortune cookie. Everyone else got nice little random comments. I got told to work harder. If it wasn’t for the fact that I had a pretty good performance review I’d suspect my managers of fixing the cookies…
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Which Firefly/Serenity character are you?
You scored as Simon Tam. The Doctor. You have a gift for healing that goes beyond education. You took an oath to do no harm, even when your patients have tried to kill you. You are out of place where you are, being used to refined society. However, if you take that stick out of your arse you should be fine.
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I'm kind of glad I'm not much like Jayne to be honest...
Monday, January 16, 2006
Update
ok. so I've not updated in a while. I've not been able to think of anything that really seems that interesting to report to the whole world. I've been to the cinema, done red cross, been to YouthNet... Lots of stuff that I've enjoyed doing but somehow nothing that is that exciting to write about.
I seem to be trying to do so many things at once at the moment, and they’re all so important. But I’m spending so much time trying to balance them all I just don’t seem to have time to get my priorities straight. What is most important; Work, Red Cross, YouthNet, Church? Which sets of friends do I see? Why can’t it just be simple?
But if it was simple then I’d complain that I was bored.
I guess the problem is that I just don’t seem to have time to listen . Every time I try something comes up. God tells me to spend time with him and I try but have you ever tried praying about what you should be doing whilst in the midst of it? It absolutely does not work - there’s just no time to listen. Although having said that he is showing me more and more of the beauty of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eucharist at the moment which can only be a good thing. That helps me to at least stay more or less grounded.
It’s just hard to be happy being grounded in life when you really just want to fly.
I seem to be trying to do so many things at once at the moment, and they’re all so important. But I’m spending so much time trying to balance them all I just don’t seem to have time to get my priorities straight. What is most important; Work, Red Cross, YouthNet, Church? Which sets of friends do I see? Why can’t it just be simple?
But if it was simple then I’d complain that I was bored.
I guess the problem is that I just don’t seem to have time to listen . Every time I try something comes up. God tells me to spend time with him and I try but have you ever tried praying about what you should be doing whilst in the midst of it? It absolutely does not work - there’s just no time to listen. Although having said that he is showing me more and more of the beauty of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eucharist at the moment which can only be a good thing. That helps me to at least stay more or less grounded.
It’s just hard to be happy being grounded in life when you really just want to fly.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Well that's that for another year
Once again I appear to have survived the excesses of Christmas and am back at work (And I'm very pleased to be here. Honest.).
Where is the full stop meant to go when using brackets? The above looks very wrong.
I spent much of my two week break catching up with people, eating chocolate and occasionally even exercising. Unfortunately the ratio between chocolate eating and exercise was a tad unbalanced. This means that I'm going to have to do some more of this exercise thing for a good while to come.
So do I have and new years resolutions? No. I'm too lazy to come up with any. I'd never stick to them anyway.
Here is an interesting article on the BBC. For all those who have ever wondered how wet you get in the rain. An ever important query.
Where is the full stop meant to go when using brackets? The above looks very wrong.
I spent much of my two week break catching up with people, eating chocolate and occasionally even exercising. Unfortunately the ratio between chocolate eating and exercise was a tad unbalanced. This means that I'm going to have to do some more of this exercise thing for a good while to come.
So do I have and new years resolutions? No. I'm too lazy to come up with any. I'd never stick to them anyway.
Here is an interesting article on the BBC. For all those who have ever wondered how wet you get in the rain. An ever important query.
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