well i didnt get enough sleep last night, and i really didnt want to get up this morning. Starting work at 8 is never a nice thought... especially when staying in bed is so much more appealing. Managed to drag myself out of bed at 7.25am tho.... so no time for a shower this morning. Thankfully my hair didnt look too bad cos sometimes its just ugh if it hasnt been washed but then there are days like today when it actually can look better than it does when its just washed... why is that?!
Anyway, work was.... much the same as it normally is. Fairly quiet morning. We have cleaned pretty much everything possible in the shop this week. Because of the new health and hygiene laws we have a lot more cleaning to do during the week of various things like the chiller cabinet, all the surfaces, the syrup shelf, the fridge upstairs, all the shelving under the counter, the ice machine, the big bin, the top of the coffee machine.... etc etc etc.... plus each month we have to defrost two freezers (we have 4 altogether so we rotate what ones we clean from month to month).... the problem has been that its been quite quiet in the mornings so we've busied ourselves with all the odd cleaning jobs that we need to do and then come thursday and friday we've pretty much done all of them or we cant do the ones we havent cos, for example, you cant exactly clean the big bin when there are customers in the shop cos you need to use it. Colleen and Mhairi defrosted a freezer this morning. It was upstairs so that was ok. No floods in the shop with melting ice... thankfully. We have had enough floods to last a lifetime in that shop! The floor is already buckling (AGAIN) and i think lib will have a fit if we have any more disasters with dishwashers. Levin (our ice machine) is doing much better in his new home upstairs in the kitchen. He seems to really like his elevated position and hasnt wet himself once since he moved. *thinks to herself*... oh that would be sooooo funny! I might see if i can do that. *is considering doing an online JK Gazette :-) - Bennett'll get what i mean* Could even have multiple authors...... interesting.... hmmmm.....
So yes, i was working at 8.... til 4. The day seemed to drag and yet now it is after 10pm and it seems to have passed quite quickly. Work got a little busy at times but nothing like it has been in the past. i even let Mhairi go for a break at 1255pm! and that is not normally recommended cos come 1pm it normally gets busy. But it was actually ok. Luke, Colleen and I managed fine... fair enough the dishes did pile up a wee bit but it was manageable.
And then when i finished work i came home, got changed and felt really hungry but didnt feel like eating. Plus i was going out to an alpha celebration evening thing at 6pm which had a buffet so i didnt really want to eat anything before i went. I was playing / singing in the little worship band and it was actually a really nice evening. Got to see a few people i did the alpha course with, plus spotted a number of people who come into the shop for coffee on a regular basis which was bizarre. It was a very encouraging evening tho. And really nice to see Colin and Fiona again - they were on my alpha course and became christians during the course. Its great to see them continuing with their new found faith and they are so fun to talk to. They shared a little about their experience on the alpha course in the meeting - kept everyone entertained!
So now i am just back home, chillin out... gonna play some "painted yahtzee" online when i finish this.... its brilliant... kinda like normal yahtzee but you get more points for other things like "rainbow" and "painted house" ... its on games.com - that's one of my links... i think its the "online games galore" link.... tho i could be wrong.
Apologies if this is boring... i'm not as naturally witty as Alastair or as random as Colin!
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Woo! there are links :)
Thanks to Alastair (or Bennett as he is affectionately known as down here) there are now personalised links on this site. More shall be added as and when i remember what the site details are! Cheers m'dear :)
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
chapters...
only as one chapter closes can another begin.
... that's what i've been thinking about recently ...
This was spurred on because of a few things that happened. The main one being Steve announcing his engagement to his girlie. He's been my standard for all guys. And to be fair, its totally unfair to all other guys. He simply was my Mr Perfect. And i idolised him. He was my benchmark for all relationships or potential relationships. Everyone was matched up to Steve. And none of them really came that close. There has always been this part of me that has always hoped beyond hope that perhaps someday we'd get back together. That everything would be able to be perfect again. Not that it was actually perfect when we were together cos we lived 300 miles apart at the time. But it was perfect in my eyes because he was everything i ever wanted. Kind, considerate, sarcastic (yes, that is actually an attractive quality to me... tho it can get taken too far), musical, tall, dark, gorgeous, athletic, strong faith in God. He made me smile like no-one has ever done before or since. We just got on soooooo well. I just felt i could be totally relaxed around him. Anything i said or did would be accepted and not judged (well, unless i was way off line or just being incredibly blonde!) and i could just be me. We could talk about anything and it was ok.
Now, that chapter of my life has to end because he's getting married to Elaine and i have to move on. And only once i have put that to rest can anything be done about any other potential relationship. He was an unreachable target. And there are a lot of other guys with very good qualities and different qualities to Steve. And i shouldnt be limiting myself to a specific ideal. God has the perfect guy for me. And i just have to face the fact that its not Steve. But whoever it is will be just as perfect for me as he appeared to be. Am feeling a little gutted tho.
But i surprised myself because i actually managed to put my feelings aside on Thursday night and say congratulations to him over the phone cos he called me up. I'd been avoiding the issue for about a week and a half because i couldnt bring myself to actually say "congratulations i'm happy for you" when inside my heart was breaking and i was actually not happy for him at all. But i have got that initial congratulations thing out the way, now i can move a bit further forward. I will phone him sometime this week to talk to him properly because i didnt get the chance on Thurs as i was round at Al's setting up for her massage.
So, roll on the rest of the book.... i wanna read the next chapter!
... that's what i've been thinking about recently ...
This was spurred on because of a few things that happened. The main one being Steve announcing his engagement to his girlie. He's been my standard for all guys. And to be fair, its totally unfair to all other guys. He simply was my Mr Perfect. And i idolised him. He was my benchmark for all relationships or potential relationships. Everyone was matched up to Steve. And none of them really came that close. There has always been this part of me that has always hoped beyond hope that perhaps someday we'd get back together. That everything would be able to be perfect again. Not that it was actually perfect when we were together cos we lived 300 miles apart at the time. But it was perfect in my eyes because he was everything i ever wanted. Kind, considerate, sarcastic (yes, that is actually an attractive quality to me... tho it can get taken too far), musical, tall, dark, gorgeous, athletic, strong faith in God. He made me smile like no-one has ever done before or since. We just got on soooooo well. I just felt i could be totally relaxed around him. Anything i said or did would be accepted and not judged (well, unless i was way off line or just being incredibly blonde!) and i could just be me. We could talk about anything and it was ok.
Now, that chapter of my life has to end because he's getting married to Elaine and i have to move on. And only once i have put that to rest can anything be done about any other potential relationship. He was an unreachable target. And there are a lot of other guys with very good qualities and different qualities to Steve. And i shouldnt be limiting myself to a specific ideal. God has the perfect guy for me. And i just have to face the fact that its not Steve. But whoever it is will be just as perfect for me as he appeared to be. Am feeling a little gutted tho.
But i surprised myself because i actually managed to put my feelings aside on Thursday night and say congratulations to him over the phone cos he called me up. I'd been avoiding the issue for about a week and a half because i couldnt bring myself to actually say "congratulations i'm happy for you" when inside my heart was breaking and i was actually not happy for him at all. But i have got that initial congratulations thing out the way, now i can move a bit further forward. I will phone him sometime this week to talk to him properly because i didnt get the chance on Thurs as i was round at Al's setting up for her massage.
So, roll on the rest of the book.... i wanna read the next chapter!
Monday, January 09, 2006
Rough Stones, Smooth River
title for my blog came from an idea in a song i heard by a woman called Nichole Nordeman. She has a song on her first album (Wide eyed) which was called River God and its lyrics were along the lines of:
"rolling river God,
little stones are smooth,
only once the water passes through"
and so i pinched it for my blog title. i was gonna have just roughstones.blogspot.com but someone had already knicked that.... might have to check who that was / what the site is like....
"rolling river God,
little stones are smooth,
only once the water passes through"
and so i pinched it for my blog title. i was gonna have just roughstones.blogspot.com but someone had already knicked that.... might have to check who that was / what the site is like....
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