the proms, alton towers and two families fun fun fun

Ollie and i have spent the last two weekends visiting our families together and doing fun thing.
we went to fidalio at that proms which was fantastic. on the way down we droped chris off at home and saw mum and then stayed with dad after the proms. it all went well although as with this sorta weekend it was very rushed which was a shame.
then we went to alton towers this weekend. and i met ollies family or most of them. they where all very nice and i think that it went very well genrally.

soul survour and hairdressers

we went down to ss last week with a group of young people. who where great it has to be said. it was a very laid back nice week went to some interesting seminars and feel like i have made some progress towards better relationships with the church young people. chris was with us which was also great he just mucked in with the other young people. the worship was as always fantastic there is nothing quite like 10000 people worshiping in a tent.
was really worried about the drive between here and there and back again but needn't have it was fine not saying i wasn't tired but i wasn't anywhere near dangerous which is what i had worried would happen particulary on the way up.
today have been a bit annoying and a bit relaxing this morning the fire alarms where tested so they where going off contently between 9am and 11am and i had to be up for 9 to let the man in the check mine. could have been on a better day but it only took two mins so thats a blessing
then i went and had my hair trimed which was nice i love going to the hair dressers particuly when its a chatty one came out feeling very happy. now i am watching the west wing.

day one and two of coast to coast

so we started doing the coast to coast yesterday it is not easy lol.
but then its not meant to be. we went from st bees to ennerdale yesterday chris found it very very hard and i found him very very slow but then thats life it was a good day.
we got court in the rain and got very wet. when we did get the our b and b though we found tubbledryer and food so it all terned out for the best.

today we started off really quite well made fairly good time until i triped up in a steram and lost the map ooops we ended up lost for a long time and finaly found a youth hostel and got a taxi then we came home. we are going to take a day off tomorrow then see how we go the next few days.

lalalala Lemon

so what has been going on in the last month.
well if i am being honest failing my masters has depressed me a little and i have been struggling a bit. shorter temper and being shirty being the main outworking of this. but i am working my way through it. there are so many good things in my life that i cannot ignore.
Oliver and I are going on really well although he has been away for three weeks one of which in the US so could not talk to him but thats fine he is back in the UK now and will be back in Cambria next friday.
we did Skelton show last week which went really well i am sure it has done loads to help rise the cafes profile in the community which is always good. and it was wonderfully sunny all day got a little sunburn but there are defiantly worse things in the world lol. although some of the young people may not have thought this since they where more burned than me.
this weekend is the last cafe of the school year i can't believe it i have been in this job for a full school year and i love it so much i am so looking forward to next year and all the new challenges that it has to bring.
but between now and then is the summer holidays with holiday club, chris and i are doing the coast to coast walk, soul surviour and another two weeks holiday at the end which i don't have a plan for yet other than that i am going to please my self during it.
so many wonderful,wonderful things to look forward to can't wait

soooo long

okay its been ages since i updated this lots of things have happened which mainly have been great

I have a love life again with a lovely man called Oliver. we have been dating for about a month which has been wonderful.
I have had Laberanthitest again which was a pain but got very blessed through it by lots of lovely people coming round and making sure i had food and company ect!!!!!
we had the yow service which went really well the young people who where doing the service where real pros. thats the last one for this year.
I also failed my masters course long distance was not my style it looks like.

okay maybe not much of that was great other than the young people and Oliver but they are so fantastic that everything else is fine.

life is good

life has been a little hetic over the last few weeks but not in a bad way really. although could have done with being less tired to attempt to do my assinments.
but there you go.
the most exciting thing about the last few weeks has been may day we took the cafe down the the penrith carnaval and the young people served food to the public. it was cold wet and quite good fun. i hope the next show we do cafe in will have better weather.
there are lots of ideas for the next time as well.

camp/easter

Been away on camp for a week with the local schools workers and their young people. some of whom are my young people to which is nice.
I took the cafe to it which worked really well as a suppertime activerty I was very. I took loads of games and the wii for the young people to do while they where hanging around in the evening.
I ran baking workshops through the day and then used what we made as the supper food which also worked really well.

the camp itself was great it was wounderful to work with so many gifted youth workers and young people. and it was really really nice to be around people my own age for a while.

did cafe yesterday which was amusing since I was completly out of it soooo tired. i was a completely useless youth worker but the young people understood and so did the volunteers who where fantastic at helping get everything set up.

another amusing thing was that i ended up baby sitting at a friends last min last night the kids where all in bed so it just involved lieing on the couch and watching TV. i haven't babysat for years and years which was what amused me.

today was the easter service being easter sunday that would make sence really. it was a really great service some wounderful symbolisum and great celibration music. Reminds us of how good we have it with God in our lives.

I went out for lunch and am now just hanging around thinking about doing some cleaning.

Giggles

AOP is pritty much done although i didn't get it finished on the day i said i set aside for it but there you go. lucky really since its due tomorrow yikes i am going to get someone down south to hand it in for me hopefully.

last week was a the Methordist youth and lay workers conference. which was great lots of intresting stuff, a few kindred spirits and lots and lots of sillyness. just what i needed. this is not mentioning the swing ball lol.

commers are not the same as full stops hehe

I have had a great time since I last blogged :D and i know everyone is like oh my life miss pesermisum is starting a blog without the doom gloom tiredness stress bit but nar nar nar nar nar i can be possitive sometimes lol.

i have been working on my Anti-oppressive practice essay which is really intresting if really hard. i do need to get it finished tomorrow though so its a no holes bared assult until it is done.

we had the youth club lock in which was fantastic. got to hit young people over the head in the gladiator duel although i was an easy oponant but hey what do you exspect. made pizza from scratch which reminded me of happy memories of ICC and maybe the early days of a relationship that recently ended. and got loads of time to hang out with the young people and chat it was great.

then went home slept till twelve and went back in to cafe hehe how hard core am i! basicly watched a film and let the vol get on with the hard stuff hehe poor vol.

sunday was good although a bit of a blur the yow service this week is gonna be good if your someone in or near penrith then come!

been doing assemblies this week yikes. so not my strong point but have found that i am getting better as the week progresses. still scary.

future week well youth club on friday sat cafe and fair trade ceilhd hope people are aware its the last week of fair trade fortnight this week.
next week we are away to the lay workers conference :-S should be intresting

STRESS!!!

last few weeks have been really stressful! which is life but there you go. went down to DMU for one of them which could have been better concidering the large amount of snow the inapropreate footwear and other clouthing not suited for snow. my cousen put me up on her floor which was great and we had some really great nights out the lectures themselves well went about 50 50 as to good and bad which is okay i guess but all very tiring.
oh lost my purse on the last day as well big stress.
back up and back into work and i got the essay back it did fail which is was exspecting but it failed by more than i was exspecting! this is because they have decided that they in their infant wisdome are not going to make my essays with my dylexica in mind. we will see about that believe me!
this is not mentioning the brocken computer! the one mum sent me without power cables that she later sent my brother with and told him to set up but he didn't so i found out that it was the wrong keybord and i needed a driver for the wireless thingy on my study day arrrrrrrrg.
but now its all sorted have a desk top for the first time in a very long time which is kinda nice.
and i am really looking forward to this week in work.
there have been good things about the past few weeks as well like the new members lunch on sunday it was really nice to see a few of the other people who have joined in the church recently. i should really think of a few more good things but can i be bothered not really.
love you all

Dog sitting reflections

as we enter my 2nd or is it 3rd week as a dog sitter i have some thoughts on the process of getting to know the dogs i am looking after.

hehe

its been a good few weeks so far and have a while to go yet i am very tired though which is mainly due not getting into a routeen to begin with we are now in a bit of a routeen which is much better.

they are also starting to listen when i give them a row which means less stress which is good.

have let them both of the lead twice (near home and in broad daylight) the first time was fine with slight naughtyness when other dogs where brought into the equation but only slight which was sorted in minets. the second time was no problem at all though i would not let them off in the dark would scare me to much.

i think it must be much easer to look after them in a cupple though because without easy access to the garden they are quite wearing particualy since the weather is going for muddy at the moment so i am walking them rather than just letting them out in the garden.

but all in all its been nice looking after them so far they are demanding in a good way.

although i think my grils will be glad to get home since they are feeling the strain of being in the cage for a bit to long at a time.

work is good a bit behind because of the routeen thing but getting there.

Penrith in all its glory

so i am back in penrith and have been back for a week now yay.

I have had some fun and games at the start of the week but all sorted now.

Carl and Rachel are away in Patagonia so i am Dog sitting for them but when i reurned on monday the heating in the bridge and their flat was broke so i couldn't stay here and neither could the dogs. i left them in the kennels for an exstra day while it got fixed.

now we are all hunky dory and i am enjoying the central heating while i have it lol.

first week of work has been okay although been a bit strange with all the groups not startig back till next week. you would think i would get more done at these times but it never works like that does it lol.

saying that cafe was great loads of people came and we had the YOW serivce tonight which went really well and i feel i am starting to make some head way in getting to know the church young people.

it snowed 5icnches on wenesday and some of the lakes where so frozen some people went ice skating on them! although the police where not having that hehe. I love that i live in a place where it snows in the winter and you can build snow men its great.

Christmas and so forth

been home for the past two weeks which has been lovley. we have actualy had one of the most relaxed christmases and so nicest christmases i remeber!!

so came down for christophers birthday which was nice although we went to see the day the earth stood still and that was rubbish. then hung out at home putting decorations up and stuff and avoiding the sick people or at least the air around them untill christma came.

we went to the christingal at the mission which was lovley as usal it gets better every year and i don't care what anyone else thinks!!

have spent some time with Ant and his girlfriend Claire with Chris
with Jen and Dan and Aron

went down to see dad although he was stressed because of work I had a nice time and got loads of work done on my essay which was good i wish he would stop worring about weather i had a nice time though.

went to see a really good play that Diana was part of called Well go and see it its at the Appollo although was souly tempted to go next door to see bill baily i was good though.

go back up to Penrith Tomorrow and am really happy about that i am so looking forward to work you would not beleive i have missed it loads.