Posts Tagged "work"

The Things You Do When You’re Bored

So, don’t judge me from my sketches. I am by no means an artist. This is what heppens when it’s boring at work and no calls are coming in.

My attempt at a Boeing 747

It’s Arrived

Finally, the elusive disc for work has arrived. Only took them 2 weeks to get it to me. Better late than never, right?

The disc I need for work

I’m finally writing again

So, I decided that it would be time to write on my blog again. I know, I know – I haven’t written for a while.

So much has gone on these past few months that I decided to write about them.

So, this is what has happened in the last few months:

  • Church has moved to Peterborough
  • We went to London with a cool Californian family
  • I have a job
  • I got teeth taken out – and all that comes with it

OK, I guess it wasn’t that much. Well, these are the main things anyway.

Church moving to Peterborough

We moved from our home at the special needs school – Marwick Centre – to a chapel in Peterborough. It is a proper chapel, purpose built for worship. It is nice to finally meet in a proper church building. Our meeting times are from 1:30 – 4:30 in the afternoon. It is a long drive from where we live – about 30 miles. It’s OK though. The chapel compensates for the distance.

Going to London with Californians

We had a missionary serve in our branch by the name of Spencer Jernigan. We had a fun time while he was serving in our branch. I sent his family pics of one p-day that we had at the local bowling alley. We kept in contact with his family throughout the rest of his mission. The emails from his family were always good to read and were funny. The Jernigan family decided to meet up with Jamie & I in London (we owe them big time for their kindness too) It was so much fun to see them. His mom was definatley the kind of person she came across in the emails. His Pop and brother were cool too. I had so much fun being tour guide to them for the 2 days they were there. It was an honour to be able to do it too. I did make one mistake – we stood on the platform of Baker Street tube station waiting for a train and what I forgot to do was look at the board that said trains had been cancelled. Oops. Sorry Jernigans. It was awesome to meet up with you guys.

I’m finally a working man

I got a job working from home. I work for an outsourcing company called Teletech. They are a Colorado based company. I have been outsourced to work for Sky Broadband. I love being able to go from the couch to the bedroom for work. A nice short commute. We had to move the computer from the living room into the bedroom. That was fun! I work providing technical support for Sky Internet. I like the job. I like being able to help people. A lady asked me yesterday whether I liked my job. I do like it. I like the satisfaction it brings when customers say my internet is finally working.

The wonderful NHS dentist

I went to the doctors with severe face pain (cue Jamie with her is your face killing you joke) The doc couldn’t figure out what was wrong so I decided to call the dentist (I was in agony the whole day) The next day I went to the dentist. She had me have an x-ray of my mouth. It turned out that I had an abcess and had a wisdom tooth that was protruding. I made an appointment for the same week to get them out. I went to the dentist and got numbed to the hilt. She managed to pull out 2 teeth that needed to come out. She tried as she did to get the wisdom tooth out. She had to drill away at the bone. It turns out that the wisdom tooth is fused to the bone. I have to see an oral surgeon on Nov 9th to have it taken out. So, after 3 days I had to go back to the dentist because I have dry socket. It hurts like crazy. He gave me some antibiotics for it. It seems to have sorted itself now. Not in so much pain anymore.

Other than these, not much else has gone on. Until next time – hopefully not too long this time.

An update of sorts… well, kinda

So, Jamie has rebuked me for not writing more on my blog. Truth be told, I lead a very uninteresting and boring life so there is only so much I can write and only so much that happens when you don’t work.

Since I last wrote, the only exciting thing that has happened is that it snowed at Easter. I know, Easter. In all fairness though, Easter was earlier than it has ever been before. It is usally a month later than what it was this year.

We had the missionaries round on Sunday for lunch and while lunch was being prepared, they took great pleasure in building themselves icy white companions. I’ll attach some pics so that you can see.

As for anything else fun that has been going on – I can’t think of any. Life really is boring when you don’t work. Oh, I did work for about 3 days then this dang government decided that it wasn’t for me. What the heck is that all about!!!!! I was a cleaner. I know, I know, I can hear you saying now that you would love to see me as a cleaner. Well, you missed out on that opportunity. How sad for all you guys.

A month already!

Well, what do you know. It’s been a month already since my last post. It has been quite a month too.

My job did end, I am at a loss. I have no clue what to do now. I figure I could sit in front of the TV or computer all day. What would I accomplish though? Apart from a few aching bones!

I am looking for a job, so sitting in front of the computer can be excused on those grounds.

My health is generally good. I went to Ely, Cambridgeshire on Wednesday 27 June to see the ENT specialist. I went to see him because of my snoring. It’s apparently bugging the wife and tempting her to smother me during the night. (J/K) The doc said that there was nothing that could be done right now.

We also visited Ely Cathedral. It was £5.20 for admission but £4.50 for concessions. I cheekily asked if I could get a concession as I was unemployed. It worked a treat. Still not sure if it was worth the £4.50 though.

We had a good wander round and took some photos. It was quite ornate and different to anything you would see in a Mormon chapel.

Wall Carvings
Ornate wall carvings

Cathedral Nave
Cathedral Nave. Look at the ceiling!

Road To The Cross
I know where I need to go now!

On our way back, we drove through a town called Welney, Cambridgeshire. It scared the pants off Jamie. You will see why from the pics.

Welney Sign
Think, don’t sink. What the hell!

Welney Water Depth Marker
Look at how deep the water can get. 8 ft. Not for me

On Saturday June 30th we went down to London to see one of Jamie’s (and I guess mine now) uncles and his daughter. It was OK. We waited in Covent Garden in the pouring rain. We found them after half an hour and trundled on down to Leicester Square where we ate at Planet Hollywood (Ridiculously overpriced I might add). I was absolutley soaked when I got there. I still wasn’t dry an hour later.

Jamie was quite apprehensive about going down to London after the discovery of the car nail bombs in Piccadilly. We got home to discover that Glasgow Airport was attacked with a flaming Jeep. It was to be expected I guess.
London Terror Attacks
Glasgow Airport Terror Attacks

That was the fun that was our last month.