Categories: convent
Tags: studying, swimming, worship
Date: 11 March 2004 23:25:11
If you've heard me rant about housemates before, please switch off now. The events are different but the person is the same!
I really wish some things would be left to lie. Some of my house mates I was sad to leave behind at the end of last year, others I was hoping I'd never hear from again. Even to let me know they were dead, assuming they ever are. Since then some I've wished to keep in touch with, I don't ever get round to talking to and others who I don't want to hear from are still trying to talk to me. Do they not get the message.
Last night I decided to go swimming. A good move, and I swam 40 lengths and then waited an hour in the snow for the bus. Brrrr.... That's why I didn't blog last night. I was frozen. It was a good session, and hopefully next week I'll manage 50! It had been a long day at work and I was bleary eyed from filing over 1000 sheets of paper, so I went swimming to help me sleep. When I got back I collapsed in front of the telly. It was the first time I've watched it in ages (although I watched it again tonight - shock!).
When I came up to settle down for the night I saw that I'd been phoned, and didn't recognise the number so texted to find out who it was. This was my stupid mistake. The ******* started playing silly bees with me and wouldn't give me a straight answer. Saying that it only took two replies from the other end to let me know who it was, at which point I denied all knowledge of myself. We've had big problems via electronic media twice before and I NEVER EVER want to see this person ever again. I tried to convince the person at the other end that they had the wrong number but it didn't work at all. I received all sorts of horrible message and the phone wouldn't stop 'ringing' (how can a silent phone ring?) until well into the morning. I know that this is a convent and we go to bed (comparatively early, honest) but I'm hardly going to be able to talk at that time of night! We have a time at which silence is required, and it's definately BEFORE midnight.
As a result of this **** I contacted the service provider to try and get the number barred from calling me, it upset me THAT much, but apparently they don't do that. They advised that I report the incident to the police but that seems something of a harsh response when the person was probably drunk or stoned. Anyway, the git would probably have even more of a go at me if the police got involved, so I'm left with the hope that I never hear from them again. I can dream.
On a more positive note, w*rk is going well. Or at least I think it is. I've come up with a cunning plan for not wasting so many trees, I'll make CD's instead. This proposal has gone down well. I forgot to take my timesheet to the agency today so I'll have to go tomorrow. Oops.
I also went to a good alternative worship thing this evening, complete without tv's, computers and anything particularly complicated. We had a little music, some stones, pens and paper and some sweets. It was nice. It was also in the chapel so I didn't have to go too far.
Anyway, gtg. Night all.