tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68000402024-02-28T16:58:39.552+01:00Symbolic of a struggle against realityI work in a school in Winchester. Winchester is in the south of England, and even many English folks don't actually know where it is. Get to London and keep going down. It's nice here and I have lots of friends - some of them go mad. Or maybe it's just me?
I like my job - it is nice.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-10474270468105726762009-08-03T14:49:00.003+01:002009-08-03T14:54:01.560+01:00Things have slowedSo, June 13th saw Chris ask me to marry him!What a wonderful, wonderful day.I have spent a lot of time organising things, and missing him while he was in Uganda, and now it's the holidays and I am able to chill a little.Many plans to put into action, but so excited to be travelling towards the day I get to start the rest of my life with the man I love more than anything.Only 138 days to go!WoopLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-6893936436863992552009-06-10T15:54:00.002+01:002009-06-10T16:00:11.674+01:00Still waiting...It's 3 days since my housemate got engaged, and while I'm pleased for her, I'm also quite envious that after only 2 months, she's got what I've been waiting for since Christmas. But, as a wise lady said to me, people will be more pleased with my betrothal because they've all been waiting for it too! She, on the other hand, is having to deal with the comments about how quickly it's all happened Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-78153654927785004292009-03-05T18:28:00.004+01:002009-03-05T18:35:01.651+01:00ExhilarationDear LauraI am writing to inform you that you have been awarded a GTP place with the University of Southampton in partnership with your school.That's right folks, I got in! All the stressing and worrying and hard work have paid off and they want to let me be a teacher. I am excited.God is good!I thought maybe I didn't really want to be a teacher after all, but I do, I really do. It was the old Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-4239544071207391542009-03-04T19:23:00.002+01:002009-03-04T19:56:01.322+01:00Missed me?I have returned. It's almost 4 and a half years since I last wrote on here. And I've missed it.So, a basic summary of my life since September 2004:- My best friend became a Christian.- I went on holiday to Ireland.- I worked for a year at Christ Church, doing Student work, Youth work, a Day Centre, admin and general dogsbodying.- I went to Berlin with my family.- I got a job as an LSA in a Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1096473065250040322004-09-29T16:51:00.000+01:002004-09-29T16:51:05.250+01:00World of SvenAha, World of Sven, a very funny blog I was introduced to by a good friend of mine. Well, it makes me laugh. Especially the Dear Pat letters. Don't read this if you have no sense of humour though - you might get mad!
And Sven, if you ever read this - I like your blog :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1096372954681818462004-09-28T13:54:00.000+01:002004-09-28T13:02:34.680+01:00The Prodigal ReturnsHello!!!!!!
I'm back!!!!
I got lost a while, in the confusion and busyness of the real world, but now I have returned to you my precious.
Am I welcome? Or must I do penance? I promise I shall make every effort to write at least every other day.
Forgive me.
Please?
Thank you :)
So, what have I been up to?
Interesting question.
I'm a grown-up now. Supposedly. I have a real job in any case which Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1092001576637101152004-08-08T22:33:00.000+01:002004-08-08T22:46:16.636+01:00Long time no post!!!Wow, I am useless. I've been back from Soul in the City for over a week now and I haven't posted. Throw things at me, go on...
Ow, not sharp pointy things!!!
Nothing that exciting has happened though so I can be forgiven.
Soul in the City was really good. I enjoyed my project which was cooking for the kids who came to clubs at a church. Cooking for 75 everyday!!! Wow, tiring but good fun. AndLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-109061138559909242004-07-23T20:29:00.000+01:002004-07-23T20:36:25.600+01:00CampingI've not had any lighter thoughts. Hmmm, makes it difficult to write anything that won't depress you. I've got a case of the middle of the summer holiday blues I think. Missing my friends, bored of home, no job, feeling unappreciated no matter how hard I try. Sigh.
Well, Soul in the City starts Sunday. That'll be good. Six nights camping. Woohoo. (Did you hear the note of sarcasm?) Too many Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1090447514146840672004-07-21T22:55:00.000+01:002004-07-21T23:05:14.146+01:00HonestySo, I just watched a programme called Super Nanny on tv this evening. It's all about how this woman who's been a nanny for 15 years helps families with badly behaved children. Quite good - I'm trying to train myself in preparation for when I have children. (Yes, I know, I have to find myself a man first and train him to marry me...) But one thing struck me. The dad of this little boy told Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1090330482869662932004-07-20T14:32:00.000+01:002004-07-20T14:34:42.870+01:00Woohoo!!!I got a 2:1!!! Very very happy. :) So know, I can officially put BA Hons after my name - a 2:1 degree in Drama with honours. I am proud.
Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1089991777082365682004-07-16T16:30:00.000+01:002004-07-16T16:32:31.110+01:00WeatherSt Swithin’s Day, if it does rain
Full forty days, it will remain
St Swithin’s Day, if it be fair
For forty days, t'will rain no more.
Yesterday was St Swithin's day. And it didn't rain. In my opinion that made it a 'fair' day. Don't you agree? And yet today it's raining, buckets. So the rhyme's wrong. And I don't have anything else to talk about so I'm resorting to the old talking about the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1089807696671578672004-07-14T13:01:00.000+01:002004-07-14T13:21:36.670+01:00RamblingsWent to London the other day and had a nice jaunt around the National Gallery. The reason behind going to London was that mum needed to get to Westminster but she doesn't like going on the tube. I was designated carer for the day - taking her on the tube, getting her to Westminster Abbey and then collecting her again and taking her home, via Covent Garden. Poor dear. I had a nice afternoon thoughLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1089400201841207502004-07-09T20:00:00.000+01:002004-07-09T20:10:01.840+01:00A ThoughtEven Little Miss Voldemort can get a boyfriend!!! And I'm still on the shelf. Various friends disbelieve this allegation - we only have her word for it - and that's via msn.
But it makes you think. Can I blame my singleness on the way I look? Because I think I'm quite an interesting, kind, funny, lovely person - maybe I'm not modest, maybe I'm misguided. So, if I lost weight and became Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1089207321193618822004-07-07T14:26:00.000+01:002004-07-07T14:37:28.380+01:00ExcitingI had nits. Yes, that's right. And it was exciting. Well, to be honest it wasn't. It was, however, the most exciting thing to have happened to me or my ex-housemates in the past week and a half. I win.
The Evil landlords are planning on charging us for the cleaning of the oven! I know, I can't believe it either. The oven was the one thing that was cleaned a number of times over the 2 years we Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1088758524337979672004-07-02T09:50:00.000+01:002004-07-14T13:23:18.756+01:00MotherMy mother is out for a fight today!!! Everything leads to her shouting! And having a go at me. I have to zone out - it's way easier.
"Mhm."
"Yes, mum."
"I know."
"Ok."
"Yep."
All that and I have no idea what she's talking about. Probably asking me to empty the bin or clean the house or something.
She is a woman of extreme reactions. She said earlier that the untidiness of the house makes her Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1088720251922014792004-07-01T23:00:00.000+01:002004-07-01T23:17:31.923+01:00It's official - we are living in a State of Emergency after Anna and I came to blows last night. At least that is how mum described it. I call it being shouted at and being shoved by a stroppy 16 year old and then retaliating. Something I wouldn't have done if I wasn't so darned PMT-ey! Well, mum phoned the housing blokey this morning and told him that we need a bigger house and soon. We've been Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1088434991301375572004-06-28T15:58:00.000+01:002004-06-28T16:04:01.366+01:00BoredI swear, if my mum tells me one more time that she's a Cambridge Graduate now, then I shall kill her!!! It was funny the first few times, now it's bugging me. And I have 2 months of it. Hahahahaha. Sorry, lapsed into hysterical laughter there. I'm not the only one. All the friends I've spoken to are going through the same thing. We're all too old to be at home now, but our parents are still Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1088267551913056632004-06-26T17:24:00.000+01:002004-06-26T17:32:31.913+01:00Long Time, No Post!!!I realy am hopeless, aren't I! I'm at home now. My housemates walked me to the train station yesterday morning and the girls sang beautifully to me from the platform. "I've been to Paradise, but I've never been to me..." It was truly lovely, and I cried, because I shall miss them all so very very much. My room was spotless when I left, walls scrubbed, windows cleaned, and the floor hoovered Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087550003344784122004-06-18T10:10:00.000+01:002004-06-18T10:13:23.343+01:00End of an EraLast day of term. We have a week left in our house, but lots of my friends are off for the summer today and tomorrow. I'm never very good with summer holidays - too long, too many people in our too tiny house, no-one replying to my emails etc. Dad's coming to pick up all my stuff this evening when I'm out so I'll come home to an empty room. However, in order for him to be able to take all my Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087292068657372002004-06-15T10:31:00.000+01:002004-06-15T10:34:28.656+01:00DucksThere were only 10 ducklings yesterday!!!!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087291830609773342004-06-15T10:12:00.000+01:002004-06-15T10:30:30.610+01:00Last WeekCried on Monday at the Graduate BBQ and I'm coming back next year - how deranged is that?! Saw Angie though, and that was cool.
In a funny mood on Tuesday, so I snapped at Andy, whinged at Steve and stayed out for most of the day - it was easier than going home and having to try to explain why I was miserable.
Didn't really do anything for the rest of the week. Was still grumpy on Wednesday. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087290685677233562004-06-15T10:06:00.000+01:002004-06-15T10:11:25.676+01:005th June - Birthday Party Day!!!!Was sooooooo stressed in the morning - cried when mum said she couldn't find my red wrap! Did the final bits of shopping with Nic and Jen, and tried to ignore how much money we were spending. I didn't really get a chance to chill out - had a half hour nap, but wasn't doing well.
The party however, was brilliant. I had a really fab time. My shoes killed me, but they looked good. Everyone looked Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087290399119544452004-06-15T10:02:00.000+01:002004-06-15T10:06:39.120+01:004th June - First Party of the WeekendHanded in my critique, written yesterday. Impressive, even if I do say so myself. It was weird handing it in because it was my last piece of uni work ever. Felt a twinge of sadness as I filled in the cover sheet for the last time. I have really enjoyed my time here and grown so much in my faith and in who I am. Oh well.
Went to Gemma and Steve's BBQ. All the house except Nic came and we had a Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087290142320032252004-06-15T09:58:00.000+01:002004-06-15T10:02:22.320+01:003rd JuneSpent the morning with Grandma and Granddad, showing them around Winchester and taking them to the Church I'm working in next year. Grandma was very impressed with Christchurch. Who knows what Granddad was thinking?! They could both see what I love about Winchester and why I want to stay here. I'm so glad that God has plans to keep me here, and I get the feeling it's not going to be short term...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800040.post-1087289874797602532004-06-15T09:42:00.000+01:002004-06-15T09:57:54.796+01:002nd June - Clare's Birthday Day of Fun!!!What a fabulous day!!! We took Clare out for her surprise. Intech Science Museum just up the road. Hands on exhibitions - we really enjoyed ourselves. It was so lovely to watch Tom and Dave playing together, and Dave made a little friend with a kid that was on something he wanted a go with. We had a lovely picnic lunch and Clare smiled all morning.
Then it was a quick bus ride back and a fast Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371043447711018516noreply@blogger.com