Thursday, March 30, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
How long is a piece of rope?
Very long if it's the length of a three month notice period. Veeeerrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy long and really quite painful at times.
I feel like I've got to the stage where you're walking somewhere and you're still a fair bit off although you know you've got far more behind you than ahead of you, but you've run out of energy and you're dragging your feet and each step that you take you're amazed that you've taken it because you didn't think that you had the energy. And sometimes if you wonder if the only way you're managing to move forward is gravity pulling your foot down each time.
I know that God will carry me to the end of my notice period but it's very hard work and I have coompletely, utterly, totally, comprehensively run out of steam.
Poof.....
I feel like I've got to the stage where you're walking somewhere and you're still a fair bit off although you know you've got far more behind you than ahead of you, but you've run out of energy and you're dragging your feet and each step that you take you're amazed that you've taken it because you didn't think that you had the energy. And sometimes if you wonder if the only way you're managing to move forward is gravity pulling your foot down each time.
I know that God will carry me to the end of my notice period but it's very hard work and I have coompletely, utterly, totally, comprehensively run out of steam.
Poof.....
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Pardon?
The Scene:
Sunday morning at Phildelphia and they're trying to teach us a worship song in a foreign language. Liz arrives a few moments late with Josh and sits down next to us.
Liz looks up at the foreign words on the screen, I lean across Chris and Josh:
Me (to Liz): It's Iranian...
Liz: No, it's snowing!
Maybe if you say it out loud it's funnier. Possibly it was more funny at the time. But it was classic anyway!
Sunday morning at Phildelphia and they're trying to teach us a worship song in a foreign language. Liz arrives a few moments late with Josh and sits down next to us.
Liz looks up at the foreign words on the screen, I lean across Chris and Josh:
Me (to Liz): It's Iranian...
Liz: No, it's snowing!
Maybe if you say it out loud it's funnier. Possibly it was more funny at the time. But it was classic anyway!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Frustrated
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Two by two...
Two months ago I prayed that I would gain further experience at drafting witness statements ("WS's") before I left my current job.
Two weeks after that I was volunteered for a job in Leeds that might involve W.S's but was likely to settle.
Two weeks later I started working on the matter although everyone was absolutely sure it would settle and wouldn't get to the W.S's stage.
Two weeks after starting working in Leeds I started drafting the largest witness statement I've had to do.
Two weeks after that, I finished my time in Leeds.
It's been a good month or so. As I've said in previous blogs God's really blessed my time in Leeds and in particular relationships there, in addition to giving me the experience I wanted. It's also been more enjoyable than it would have been had I stayed in Sheffield. And less than a week after I started getting tired of the commute, He's brought me back to Sheffield.
So I've felt really watched over by God and really blessed. Which is additionally good going into a new job, a new area of law, a new workplace with new colleagues and new challenges.
Two weeks after that I was volunteered for a job in Leeds that might involve W.S's but was likely to settle.
Two weeks later I started working on the matter although everyone was absolutely sure it would settle and wouldn't get to the W.S's stage.
Two weeks after starting working in Leeds I started drafting the largest witness statement I've had to do.
Two weeks after that, I finished my time in Leeds.
It's been a good month or so. As I've said in previous blogs God's really blessed my time in Leeds and in particular relationships there, in addition to giving me the experience I wanted. It's also been more enjoyable than it would have been had I stayed in Sheffield. And less than a week after I started getting tired of the commute, He's brought me back to Sheffield.
So I've felt really watched over by God and really blessed. Which is additionally good going into a new job, a new area of law, a new workplace with new colleagues and new challenges.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Christmas!
This weekend was Christmas for me. In true festive spirit God blessed us with snow too!
It was actually Christmas because for my birthday Chris gave me tickets to swan lake in York, and the performance was last Saturday. So I'm going from Christmas this weekend to my birthday next weekend.
It looks like I am back in Sheffield tomorrow. And it's exactly a month tomorrow that my notice period ends.
I have a three month notice period. The first month went by really quickly and it didn't really sink in. The second month's been characterised by working outside of Sheffield.
Am hoping the last month is a quick one. It's been very tiring on the whole.
It was actually Christmas because for my birthday Chris gave me tickets to swan lake in York, and the performance was last Saturday. So I'm going from Christmas this weekend to my birthday next weekend.
It looks like I am back in Sheffield tomorrow. And it's exactly a month tomorrow that my notice period ends.
I have a three month notice period. The first month went by really quickly and it didn't really sink in. The second month's been characterised by working outside of Sheffield.
Am hoping the last month is a quick one. It's been very tiring on the whole.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Tired...
Tired...
of working at a place I am leaving in a month
of three and a half hours travel each day
of crammed railway coaches and cut-throat passengers
of working for an urgent deadline
of working for an urgent deadline but not being given the information I need to achieve it
of people expecting me to do the same hours as them despite the fact I've got another hour and a half to two hours before I get home after walking out of the office
of going straight from the station to things in the evening and therefore doing all my social stuff in a suit
of not having the usual office banter and chats and being lonely
of not having my own mug... or telephone
of diet cokes on chilly platforms
of sitting in a room resembling a goldfish bowl
of knowing that I'll be in Leeds on my birthday
of not being able to meet people in Sheffield for lunch
of feeling like I never stop
of struggling to get the chance to rest
and of being tired as a result.
Recently God blessed me in a way that I couldn't fail to see. Right now I need his faith and I need him to carry me. Because I'm tired.
of working at a place I am leaving in a month
of three and a half hours travel each day
of crammed railway coaches and cut-throat passengers
of working for an urgent deadline
of working for an urgent deadline but not being given the information I need to achieve it
of people expecting me to do the same hours as them despite the fact I've got another hour and a half to two hours before I get home after walking out of the office
of going straight from the station to things in the evening and therefore doing all my social stuff in a suit
of not having the usual office banter and chats and being lonely
of not having my own mug... or telephone
of diet cokes on chilly platforms
of sitting in a room resembling a goldfish bowl
of knowing that I'll be in Leeds on my birthday
of not being able to meet people in Sheffield for lunch
of feeling like I never stop
of struggling to get the chance to rest
and of being tired as a result.
Recently God blessed me in a way that I couldn't fail to see. Right now I need his faith and I need him to carry me. Because I'm tired.