Things that made me feel good this week
To say the last few years have been momentous would be an understatement.
What with finally making a statement to the police on October 17th 2004 and then trying to keep my head together for the court case...conviction achieved march 17th 2006! It's been rough, and sometimes I've barely coped!
I've got a responsible job, and I think that I've burned off a lot of negative energy there!
Well on Tuesday we got the annual pay review. As usual most people got an across the board rise in line with inflation. Merit awards are as rare as rocking horse shit - this year I got one thanking me for my exceptional contribution. It as like a validation for me...that I was actually getting something right, whilst I felt that I was falling apart. Percentage wise, it wasn't that much higher than anyone else got, but it meant so much to be recognised! I didn't know at times if I'd got things right, so I obviously had!
The second instance, I found quite humourus!
My sister is a lecturer, and I live near a newish railway museum.
My sister had visitors this week, a fellow lecturer, her husband and young grandson (5). They'd come through to take the young boy to the museum.
On the day they visited, I was leaving the house, just as they were walking past on the way back from the museum.
We started talking, and the young boy asked if I was the 6 boy! Everyone looked confused, until his Gran said.."I know what he's on about, he's coming back to my house this afternoon, and there's a boy up the street that's coming to play with him! He's 6! Well at 49 years old, it was very amusing to be thought of as a 6 year old (although it's not so nice to be partially trapped as a 12 year old).
My sister will not live this one down, as some of her students once asked how her son was, talking about me... there's 5 years between us. - now it appears that there are 49 years between us!
Best wishes ...Rik
What with finally making a statement to the police on October 17th 2004 and then trying to keep my head together for the court case...conviction achieved march 17th 2006! It's been rough, and sometimes I've barely coped!
I've got a responsible job, and I think that I've burned off a lot of negative energy there!
Well on Tuesday we got the annual pay review. As usual most people got an across the board rise in line with inflation. Merit awards are as rare as rocking horse shit - this year I got one thanking me for my exceptional contribution. It as like a validation for me...that I was actually getting something right, whilst I felt that I was falling apart. Percentage wise, it wasn't that much higher than anyone else got, but it meant so much to be recognised! I didn't know at times if I'd got things right, so I obviously had!
The second instance, I found quite humourus!
My sister is a lecturer, and I live near a newish railway museum.
My sister had visitors this week, a fellow lecturer, her husband and young grandson (5). They'd come through to take the young boy to the museum.
On the day they visited, I was leaving the house, just as they were walking past on the way back from the museum.
We started talking, and the young boy asked if I was the 6 boy! Everyone looked confused, until his Gran said.."I know what he's on about, he's coming back to my house this afternoon, and there's a boy up the street that's coming to play with him! He's 6! Well at 49 years old, it was very amusing to be thought of as a 6 year old (although it's not so nice to be partially trapped as a 12 year old).
My sister will not live this one down, as some of her students once asked how her son was, talking about me... there's 5 years between us. - now it appears that there are 49 years between us!
Best wishes ...Rik