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Repose
Friday, 22 August, 2008
Monday 11/8/08
We slept in. A lot. We woke really really really late. Ben was feeling sick. I did some laundry, then we walked to Enmore in the sunshine, went to Man^oosh to get lunch. Ben goes there so often, the owner now knows him. We each had a Zaatar with ricotta, and then got baklava to round things off.
Left here to linger
Friday, 15 August, 2008
Monday 4/8/08
Back to work. I would have taken the day off because Saturday was really a work day for me, but The Briefing was going to layout on Tuesday. I was in at work around 8. I ate breakfast and got into it: email, Sola Panel and the all-important Bible brief. I felt depressed and angry, and I knew why I was depressed and angry but, really, knowing only goes so far in helping you; it doesn't always help you to get out of feeling depressed and angry. I whinged to Bec and Guan on IM.
Rewrite
Thursday, 14 August, 2008
Monday 28/7/08
I woke around 6:15 but couldn't make myself get up. I stumbled out of bed, got myself some breakfast and then was out the door by around 6:35/6:40. I was in at work by 7, and I ate breakfast, read my Bible and prayed. Then I powered through my To Do list: email, Sola Panel, doing the final check of the Faithful Writer booklet (sent through by Bec) and calling the UNSW Bookshop to check that everything was right for the conference bookstall (they said they'd check and give me a call back). I had also hoped to start editing Briefing #360 (September) but instead ended up doing the layout—something I'd never done before.
Stamina rose
Tuesday, 12 August, 2008
Monday 21/7/08
I was up at 6:45, I jumped in the car and went straight to work. I felt tired. I did breakfast/Bible/pray at work; thanks to Dave (at least my memory tells me it was Dave; I can't actually find the post), I've discovered For the Love of God by D.A. Carson online. I don't think God cares whether I read my Bible at work or at home.
Dralion
Tuesday, 22 July, 2008
Monday 14/7/08
I went in to work around 9:30/10 am feeling very tired. I dealt with my email and Sola Panel things and my children of divorce article (I hammered out an outline). I had lunch at the Tea Inn with Elsie (BBQ pork and won ton noodles, with an almond milk tea with coconut fruit) as I hadn't brought any lunch. We didn't end up reading the Bible and praying, but we talked a lot about stuff—the theology of wealth and possessions, and how that squares with the temptations of the world. In the afternoon, I had my 15 minutes of fame with Tony and mentioned the whole home loan thing to him. It's good to know that other people also freak out slightly about borrowing enormous sums of money.
Blow, Gabriel, blow!
Saturday, 19 July, 2008
Monday 7/7/08
I was in at work at 7:30 but realised that Tony had been in on the weekend and had already seen my prank so I missed his initial reaction. Oh well! Work was more fighting foo: email, Sola Panel (you wouldn't think one little blog would be so much work, would you!) and Faithful Writer things. I was going to have lunch with Bec as Elsie was away but then Tony sprang on us a surprise GAFCON report plus slideshow so I had to cut my lunch with Bec short.
“Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless”
Saturday, 19 July, 2008
Monday 30/6/08
End of the month. I'd completely forgotten I needed to do all the current issue Briefing stuff. I was in at 8 and got the prime parking spot in the alley near work (yes!) Guy had laid out some sticky cockroach traps the week before, and I came in to find a whole bunch of cockroaches stuck in them, frantically waving their antennae because they couldn't get free. There were also several mothers in one of them (you knew they were mothers because they carried egg sacs on their backs which, Guy assured me, would eventually burst and all the baby cockroaches would come tumbling out and get stuck in the sticky traps too. Hope you're not eating anything as you read this ...) (By the way, did you know cockroaches are cannibals? Another reason to hate those disgusting creatures ...)
Custard house
Saturday, 19 July, 2008
Monday 23/6/08
It was very hard to get up at 6:15. I managed 6:30. I also read my Bible over breakfast and prayed. I was in at work at 7:30 but the prime parking spots were already taken. It annoyed me; where did all those cars come from, and why was I having this problem now and not six months ago? Where did that rubbish come from—that roll of carpet and those tins of paint??? I know it's ridiculous that such little things should cause me such stress but they do. I suppose it's an indication of how full my stress cup is.
Yarn to thing
Thursday, 17 July, 2008
More craft bragging:
Henry scarf
Henry scarf (from Knitty) made with Bendigo Woollen Mills Colonial Navy shade 007 dyelot 279 5 ply 100% wool. 580 metres per 200g ball. $10/ball.
No sunrise
Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
Sunday 15/6/08
I woke up, had a shower and then got distracted by Ben so took a long time getting ready because I had to print stuff. While I was online, Guan asked us if we could pick up Bec as she had no wheels. That wasn't a problem; the problem was we were running late and it was raining. Oh well! So we ended up getting to Guan's at 11 instead of 10:30. We had been planning to walk to The Spot but it was sprinkling so we drove and got a good park.
Current:
read: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree (Nick Hornby) {27/02/2008}
Bible: Matthew (ESV) {26/02/2008}
Bible: Joshua (ESV) {25/02/2008}
seen: The Jane Austen Book Club {22/02/2008}
seen: August Rush {20/02/2008}
Bible: Psalms (ESV) {18/02/2008}
seen: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 {17/02/2008}
seen: Whisper of the Heart {08/02/2008}
seen: Kung Fu Hustle {08/02/2008}
seen: Extras: Season 2 {06/02/2008}
read: Whatever You Think Think the Opposite (Paul Arden) {05/02/2008}
seen: Sweeney Todd {03/02/2008}
seen: Howl's Moving Castle {01/02/2008}
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) {31/01/2008}
seen: Juno {29/01/2008}
seen: 27 Dresses {26/01/2008}
seen: Serenity {23/01/2008}
Bible: Deuteronomy (ESV) {22/01/2008}
listening: Trigun: The First Donuts (Tsuneo Imahori) {22/01/2008}
listening: Cowboy Bebop OST 1 (Yoko Kanno) {22/01/2008}
seen: Firefly {19/01/2008}
seen: Enchanted {16/01/2008}
seen: Amazing Grace {15/01/2008}
seen: Whisper of the Heart {11/01/2008}
seen: Extras: Season 1 {10/01/2008}
read: Boy Meets Girl (Meg Cabot) {09/01/2008}
Bible: Revelation (ESV) {07/01/2008}
seen: Sex and the City: Season 1 {05/01/2008}
read: The Dreaming (1-3) (Queenie Chan) {01/01/2008}
read: The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger) {01/01/2008}
seen: The Golden Compass {30/12/2007}
seen: Pride & Prejudice {28/12/2007}
seen: I'm Not There {27/12/2007}
seen: Elizabethtown {27/12/2007}
seen: Atonement {26/12/2007}
seen: Mirrormask (director and writer's commentary) {22/12/2007}
read: Civil War: Front Line (Book 1) (Paul Jenkins, Ramon Bachs, Steve Lieber et al) {15/12/2007}
seen: Finding Neverland {15/12/2007}
seen: Suddenly 30 {15/12/2007}
seen: The Muppets Take Manhattan {14/12/2007}