How do you like THEM apples?!

The Mac is here! And after some initial "fun" is connected to the net, tho not by my doing or understanding, and is very very very cool! The switch from PC is far from over but I'm getting there, need some coaching and some spare time to work it out, have actually not had a moment to chill since I got it, with the exception of last nite where I was so tired all I managed to do was put a DVD on it and crash out. (The picture and the sound were amazing!)
This weekend see's the start of the busiest week of my life, feels like anyway. Canoeing in Wales, then having a friend from Oz for three days (!) and then have a day of rock climbing, then a pirates day, then a park party with church, then I collapse in a heap and die... fun fun!

Shattered

Lack of sleep has ceased to be something to be sought after, at least for a week or two. I am seriously tired. Tis not good. Need a couple of weeks worth of rest I think. Friday was drop in and then Sammie's birthday, which involved a posse up Chinnor Hill til 4am. Had to drag myself up for the Love China festival in Oxford a few hours later, which afforded me a couple of opportunities but also a few frustrations, not least of which was getting stuck in Oxford til 6 and missing the second leg of Sammie's birthday at Wendover Woods. I did order a laptop tho! It's a long and complicated story of frustration and heart ache, which has reasched the crucial moment of what may prove to be a rash decision. However, said rash decision will now innevitably end with a stupidly awesome Macbook in my posession and the first tick off the wish list, so I'm ok with that!

For anyone who has ever sat through a oral presentation of excessive length (anyone who has heard Geoff Blease or Mal Garvin speak about anything probably comes under this category) should go to dictionary.com and look up "prolix" for a good laugh.

Happy Thursday

I decided to ride my bike to work today. By which I mean; I missed the train and had to leg it across three fields, a hedge and a herd of sheep. Mixed day of success and frustration. Feel like I am getting somewhere with my youth work, or more accurately, have got somewhere and am starting to recognise some skills within myself that I wasn't fully aware of. A nice feeling with a double edge as I seem to find these things easier working with the church and much more difficult when working for my top secret employers. Had some good ups with planning drop in, actually managed to produce a risk assessment without becoming catatonic with boredom and frustration, we're allowed outside to play football and all sorts of other fun things (last week saw me staring out the window, shifting from foot to foot like a five year old who's been told he can't go outside to play). The big frustration of the day was that I got paid, which meant that I finally have enough money to buy the mac book I've been saving for, and so went online to check it's still there only to discover that the model I was after has disappeared to be replaced by a better model which costs an unfortunate 170 pounds extra. So annoyed it's untrue. Not sure at all what to do now and I'm desperate for my savings not to melt away as they inevitably seem to do if I don't spend them decisively on the objects of my desire. Curses. Ahh well, thought it was time for a Happy Thursday as we haven't had one of them for a while. Came into Oxford for a friends birthday and now find myself staying at Guybo's as it was a more appealing option than catching a ludicrously expensive bus home tonite. Time for bed says I.

The Wish List

I have been thinking about putting together a kind of wish list of things that I really want to do for a while now, some examples of things that make the list are: not to shave or cut my hair for and entire year, live in europe and queensland, drive a combie van across the nullabor with a bunch of friends, and all sorts of other crazy stuff. I will post it in the sidebar at some point. Anyhow, the reason I mention this is that I found something that goes straight to the top of the list this morning.

I want to do it SOOOO much!! Looks like the biggest rush ever!!
*High Thanks to Youthblog for the discovery.