Saturday, 7 February 2009
Ice
Not much to report really. A usual day in a night shift mode. Up after 16 o'clock and to be before noon with twelve hours at work. The streets are frozen, what was water last night became ice this morning. And the sun is shining too, It is so bright I can actually barely see this screen.
Friday, 6 February 2009
Thursday with few twists
I get the phone call in the morning: one work mate would like to swap shifts, which means I'd be on tonight. Fine. I decide to stay in bed to be in better shape over the night, which is a bad move. I get up in a lousy shape, as usual when sleeping for too long.
Have bath, the train of thoughts is on... Sitting. Being impartial is powerful, even a short glimpse of it can make a difference, like this morning.
After breakfast send few emails and go out for a walk and buy few things for lunch. The streets are more white, it has been snowing, yet again! .
Come back home, and cook spaghetti bolognese, kind of. Very relaxing to do it. After this check AAD site. Time is passing by quickly today.
After practice session (guitar - chi kung) I learn some news about a friend in Tychy, no good.
Soon to work, but first eat and talk to M.
Work goes fine. I'm asked to swap another shift, which means I'll be on tomorrow, but in turn will have 6 days off in a row! Plenty of time to complete the AAD course and prepare and record the pieces I challenged myself with.
So: a night at work, a 'day off', and six days for preparation/completion.
Home at 8.20. Usual after work catching up. It's 10.06 - winding down now
Have bath, the train of thoughts is on... Sitting. Being impartial is powerful, even a short glimpse of it can make a difference, like this morning.
After breakfast send few emails and go out for a walk and buy few things for lunch. The streets are more white, it has been snowing, yet again! .
Come back home, and cook spaghetti bolognese, kind of. Very relaxing to do it. After this check AAD site. Time is passing by quickly today.
After practice session (guitar - chi kung) I learn some news about a friend in Tychy, no good.
Soon to work, but first eat and talk to M.
Work goes fine. I'm asked to swap another shift, which means I'll be on tomorrow, but in turn will have 6 days off in a row! Plenty of time to complete the AAD course and prepare and record the pieces I challenged myself with.
So: a night at work, a 'day off', and six days for preparation/completion.
Home at 8.20. Usual after work catching up. It's 10.06 - winding down now
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Hmmm
WEDNESDAY
Not very good start of the day for me. I get up much later than planned, but then, on the other that's what I needed after the night shift and little sleep that followed. I'm identified with disappointment.
After breakfast I sit straight to maths and it goes well, I do enjoy it. At one point get headache though, not sure where it comes from. Make a cup of tea.
M. comes and we have a good talk. I hoover and go to my room for some CK practice. Good stuff.
Lunch is fish and chips. After a break: JOTD, In the meantime read Themes reports.
Then more maths, guitar and eat.
I don't feel well today, but the practice session that follows is really good, a highlight.
Relax, watch bits of Borat on youtube, M joins in. I lie down to relax, but fall asleep, so not do what I was meant to...
Not very good start of the day for me. I get up much later than planned, but then, on the other that's what I needed after the night shift and little sleep that followed. I'm identified with disappointment.
After breakfast I sit straight to maths and it goes well, I do enjoy it. At one point get headache though, not sure where it comes from. Make a cup of tea.
M. comes and we have a good talk. I hoover and go to my room for some CK practice. Good stuff.
Lunch is fish and chips. After a break: JOTD, In the meantime read Themes reports.
Then more maths, guitar and eat.
I don't feel well today, but the practice session that follows is really good, a highlight.
Relax, watch bits of Borat on youtube, M joins in. I lie down to relax, but fall asleep, so not do what I was meant to...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Steady day
I get up at 16.47. All sorts of thoughts running through my head. I sit still and let them be without pretending they're not there, but also without acting on them, so 'the rubbish bin of thoughts' doesn't have any of my energy to feed on. I need it for more important things!
A leaves to visit K, and after a cup of tea I do the sitting exercise, it's already dark.
And after breakfast I attend to JOTD exercise and Chi Kung - keeping this regular is probably one of the best things I ever done to improve my health and well-being. A joy to do it...
Before leaving I play few pieces from the old times: Deep Purple (Anya) and Uriah Heep (Easy Livin, Gypsy). 12 years seems like a long time!
Go to visit Karolina. The snow is still there, but most of it already melted. Nice visit and quite a good thing for not that much social creature.
Back home. Play guitar, chi kung, post the journals.
Steady day, kind of transition one, after the nightshift.
0.46 now
A leaves to visit K, and after a cup of tea I do the sitting exercise, it's already dark.
And after breakfast I attend to JOTD exercise and Chi Kung - keeping this regular is probably one of the best things I ever done to improve my health and well-being. A joy to do it...
Before leaving I play few pieces from the old times: Deep Purple (Anya) and Uriah Heep (Easy Livin, Gypsy). 12 years seems like a long time!
Go to visit Karolina. The snow is still there, but most of it already melted. Nice visit and quite a good thing for not that much social creature.
Back home. Play guitar, chi kung, post the journals.
Steady day, kind of transition one, after the nightshift.
0.46 now
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Everywhere white
Yesterday (Sunday) was a day for socializing. In the afternoon Karolina, Grzegorz with their little boy visited for lunch. Marek prepared a 3 course Thai style meal - very colourful and flavoursome. A good time together and there's some Sangria too And later in the evening go to the friend's daughter birthday party. Polish food, Polish drinks, yep, all attending were Polish...
... and today, get up at 10.30. I take it slowly, have bath, warm drink, then morning sitting.
It's white outside, can it be real? Snow in Yorkshire?It looks and feels feels like Christmas, and I keep thinking it's Sunday.
Then afternoon of some personal practice related work.
A nightshift is peculiar tonight - all six staff are Polish and 5 of them were actually at the party yesterday. I'm working with Ania downstairs, she knows what she is doing there. A quiet night which accelarates at the end (around 5-ish)
Walk back home is laborous because of the snow. A stays at my place today - back at work tonight. I take shower, catch up with journals, JOTD. It's 11.06 when I post this.
... and today, get up at 10.30. I take it slowly, have bath, warm drink, then morning sitting.
It's white outside, can it be real? Snow in Yorkshire?It looks and feels feels like Christmas, and I keep thinking it's Sunday.
Then afternoon of some personal practice related work.
A nightshift is peculiar tonight - all six staff are Polish and 5 of them were actually at the party yesterday. I'm working with Ania downstairs, she knows what she is doing there. A quiet night which accelarates at the end (around 5-ish)
Walk back home is laborous because of the snow. A stays at my place today - back at work tonight. I take shower, catch up with journals, JOTD. It's 11.06 when I post this.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Station North
Today wasn't very much different from yesterday, at least as far as activities were concerned. Usual stuff, like sit in the morning, chi kung, Maths, AT work, guitar, Jotd, some food to keep me going, even the same movie watched as yesterday, just the second part - Pirates of Caribbean. This time watched in a company of Belen (and later Marek) How fast 140 minutes can pass? Well, very fast with this movie.
It was a pretty good day, well balanced.
As for the Maths, I still don't think I could stand in the front of the class and teach in English, but noticed the progress today and I know most of the essential vocabulary now. I'm getting there, and with more confidence for sure!
And in the evening I talked with my parents and sister on the phone. Our family is a little bit scattered around these days. Parents in Silesia and children in Yorkshire.
I also visited GC Aphorisms site and found this: Health is a measure of our wholeness.
Very appropriate one for now.
It was a pretty good day, well balanced.
As for the Maths, I still don't think I could stand in the front of the class and teach in English, but noticed the progress today and I know most of the essential vocabulary now. I'm getting there, and with more confidence for sure!
And in the evening I talked with my parents and sister on the phone. Our family is a little bit scattered around these days. Parents in Silesia and children in Yorkshire.
I also visited GC Aphorisms site and found this: Health is a measure of our wholeness.
Very appropriate one for now.
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