Embracing your Weirdness

… roadworks, and lots of them!

Last night I drove through four differnt council authority areas. There were do many roadworks, closed roads, and signs warning of roadworks and road closures. There are a multitude of new speed limits and road crossings.

Its the same every year, in so many cases, council budgets have to be used up before the end of the tax year, causing no end of chaos in

This blog seems to be turning into a rant against all that is wrong in the world, but I just read something that really annoyed me over on the BBC website.

How unfair is that. How can the BBC not show a decent amout of coverage (look at the Winter Olympic coverage over the last two weeks), when the team is just as worthy of recognition.

In some respects it is an even greater achievement to compete if the athlete is overcoming a difficulty. Just consider the number of injuries that the average football match brings? Those people wouldnever dream of competing unless they were fully fit.

Kinda makes you think a little differently doesn’t it?

I’ve just managed to get a website up and running for the Explorer Scout unit that I am involved with.

All the programme and activities are now in one place, and we have an up to date presence on the internet again.

WooHoo

I have lots of goals in life, but I think this new one may actually suit me and I may actually achieve this!

I am going to … Write Every Day!

Funny incident of the day:

This morning, all the sales staff at my office decided to pull a little pratical joke on their manager.

They all, one by one, phoned in sick. The manager was going frantic trying to cover all their appointments.

Thing was, most of us knew it was a joke, because we had seen various staff arrive before the manager.

Then they all walked in. I think it was perhaps the best practical joke I have ever seen pulled.

Maybe you had to have been there.

Guess what…

I actually got up early and went running!

I signed up over at 43 things yesterday. I know a complete timewasting exercise, but it goes right back to a piece of work I did in my last semester at university (funnily enough around this time last year) about goal setting and it made me realise how many of my goals I have yet to achieve (or even start on)!

I need to get another job, or do something else with my time because I realised how much time I have wasted since I left university. Yes, its paid the bills but it isn’t stretching me at all. I need to do something else.

I have to knuckle down and work really hard for this selection. Its only something like 64 days away and at the moment I really do not feel ready for the fitness element of the board.

Only one thing to do.

Run More.

I finally decided that I am never going to get along well with Geocities (that blessed adsquare thing in particular) and sorted myself out a web domain. I know its still a free one with adverts on it, but at least I know where the adverts are going to be and design accordingly.

I’ll still be blogging here of course, and my photos will stay over on Flickr, but at least I’ll have somewhere to put the stuff that doesn’t really fit into a Blog or in Photo album.

So, with out further ado, I proudly announce the arrival of My New Website.

I know there isn’t anything there at the moment, But at least it will be there when I need it and there won’t be any silly adsquares or anything like that.

Off I go to play…

There are some really hard things to do in life, some are bad things, and some are good.

I am stuck with one of the good ones at the moment. I have to write a personal statement about why I would make a good Camp Cousellor on a Scout Camp.

Funny, I write about things all day both on and off line, but I find it really difficult to write about what I am good at and what I can bring to something so important. I know I can do it but how do I go about saying it?

Plenty of other people manage to do it – so why can’t I?

I’ll start with a list here I think…

• Good Organiser.
• Flexible.
• Keen to Learn.
• Take advantage of opportunities.
• Practical.
• Logical.
• Team player.
• Use Intiative.

Ok, so I know what I can do and recognise my strengths. Perhaps I’ll give it another shot?

Must go write now…