Busy Weekend Ahead
So, it looks as if it’s going to be a busy weekend ahead, starting on Friday! The big boss of our department in Cisco is over from America for the next two days, so today we had to have a big tidy of the office. He’ll be in the office from early tomorrow, then joining us on Friday morning before flying back to America. On Friday, we have a team day at the Ascot racecourse, for the Watership Down Stud Thoroughbred Breeders Day, whatever that is! There’ll be a conference in the morning where the boss will talk to us all, at the Ascot Conference Centre. Then a day of racing, which to be honest, I find quite boring.
But… on Saturday I get to see Annie, and meet her family, Karen and Alan (and maybe Amy, though I don’t know if she’ll be coming). Annie’s been staying with them this week, and they’re bringing her back to Portsmouth at some point on Saturday. Chris is kindly giving me a lift home after Ascot on the Friday evening, where I’ll have a meal with the family friends Celia and Alan, then on Saturday travel into Portsmouth to stay with Annie!
Saturday is also Ruth’s 22nd birthday, so we’re going out for a meal in the evening, then back to the Sarahs’ and Paul’s house to chill until we all get tired! Looking forward to that, it’ll be good to see everyone again.
Sunday is also busy - well, I expect I’ll have a lazy morning with Annie, but in the afternoon is the Student Welcome BBQ at Blade’s house, for all the students going to King’s this year. Obviously I won’t be going to King’s, but I’ll be going along to the BBQ nevertheless, as I’m sure Adam wouldn’t mind! It’ll be good to see everyone there, as well as meet the new people. It’ll also be really strange, though, to see everybody getting excited about King’s, knowing that I won’t be going there this year. I’m really going to miss it - I miss it already, and I haven’t really been away that long. I’m really really looking forward to the service in the evening, even if I do have to cut it short to catch a train back to Reading ready for work Monday morning.
It’s quite depressing to think that every Monday to Friday between now and Christmas Day I’ll be heading off to that office at around 8 and returning at around 5… But I guess that’s what having a full-time job is all about, eh? I’ll get used to it one day. Don’t get me wrong, I do really enjoy the work, and the guys I work with make it a laugh. But going to the same place all day (practically) every day could get tedious!
I just hope I can get settled into the church here, give me something to do in the evenings. But it’s nowhere near as handy as King’s - it’s quite a way from the house (you couldn’t walk it, for example), and it didn’t seem anywhere near as friendly or welcoming, so there seems to be less opportunities to get involved.
This coming year will be interesting, to say the least.
Surprised you didn’t find it as friendly and welcoming, I guess it’s not the same as King’s though. When we first went there it was all planned and there were various welcome events going on, perhaps this evening will give us a better idea as well?
I’ve got a feeling that will help with opportunities to help out with stuff as well, there’s a homeless giving out food type of thing this evening which I got invited along to and I’m guessing/hoping more beyond that.
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