...But I've got the milk...

On Monday England came to a halt... we were so shocked to see some strange white stuff on the ground which we were informed was called snow.

Apparently it necessitated shutting the country down...

Sadly a few of us didn't receive the message and made our way into work.

There our receptionist told us that she had heard them say on the radio that you should only drive if your journey was absolutely necessary...

So why was she in work?

..."but I've got the milk for the office!"

A new definition of an absolutely necessary journey is born!

I told you there was a reason why I hadn't blogged!

As some of you may know (or not as I haven't got around to telling you!), at the start of November I started work as the Bible Tutor at the ADC office in Watford. My task is to mark all the bible courses (paper and online) and to then process them.

However after two weeks, on the 16th November this happened!













This was the view the next morning
















The ADC was in the bit on the left. Structurally it is the least damaged part of the building and apart from smoke and some water damage we're not too badly affected...

except we are now homeless.

Last week I marked courses from home, this week we are using a room in the Stanborough Church and hopefully we'll have a home soon as its quite hard to operate without access to the net, our printer, stocks, telephone, etc!

So as I said before, normal service will be resumed... but it might take a while!

(more pictures can be found here)

Its been a while... and its not all good...

I haven’t felt like writing much recently- I’m sure you’ll see why if you choose to read on- but this is what’s been happening since I last checked in.

I went to Denmark to take part in a children’s camp (run the climbing wall, meet & greet, etc), and had a really enjoyed it. It was fun and good to meet some old friends too. However, I started to feel ill- I was very tired all the time, felt dizzy and had difficulty concentrating and even went to see a doctor. The following week in Sweden I was still ill, my coordination suffered and I started getting pins and needles in my fingers and toes- I saw two doctors, was admitted to hospital and stayed overnight.

When I came back I saw my specialist again and they changed their opinion about what was wrong with me. Before they had said that I had had a bad viral infection and that time would heal me- now they say that I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (also known as M.E.).

This means that I’m in no position to start a new job, especially one which involves a lot of physical exercise, so the pathfinder position in Denmark is having to be rethought. It also means I have to look at ways of altering my lifestyle and trying to build up my strength over time. It means that I’m still not working (and therefore not earning anything).

I’ve good days and bad days... I’m trying to stay positive, but its not easy to do...

I’ve got an appointment with a new specialist (there aren’t any in Fife so I have to go elsewhere) in November! and have been told that I’m on the (very) long waiting list for the ONE nurse in my area who is trained in this area!

I’ll leave it at that for now...

New Job!

I'm really excited to announce that I'll soon have a new job.

I'm going to be the new Danish Pathfinder Director.

You can read the full details here

We're still working on the details, but I should be at some of the camps in the summer and then I should start in the Autumn.

So its going to be a really busy couple of months, going to the camps getting reday to move (selling the flat, the car, packing, etc), starting to learn the language, etc, etc,

another step on the journey!

(now where did I pack my old pathfinder sash?)