Day by day...

zippychick

Great news! :j:j:j:p

I'm sure you are relieved! What's the plan for today Cecilia? Why don't you do something really nice for yourself? A nice bath? Do your nails? Something simple and free? x

faithcecilia

zippychick wrote: »

Great news! :j:j:j:p

I'm sure you are relieved! What's the plan for today Cecilia? Why don't you do something really nice for yourself? A nice bath? Do your nails? Something simple and free? x

My nails used to be my pride and joy, now they are chewed to the quick!

Todays highlight will be popping up to the doctors in a couple of hours to pick up a prescription, then cooking curry for dinner - yum yum yum!!!

Odette

It always amazes me what they are like at the dole office! I think they can recognise if you have half a head on your shoulders your probably trying hard.

Good luck looking for work! Being on the dole isnt fun, I know :rolleyes:

faithcecilia

Well, been up and got my prescription, now watching 'how clean is your house' before doing dinner. Trying out the 4p Tesco curry sauce tonight!

zippychick

Good for you Cecilia! :j

Oh let us know how you get on with the 4p stuff! Not tried it myself!

Maybe you can try to grow your nails? x

make sure to do something nice for yourself today - food doesn't really count! x

carolinosourus

faithcecilia wrote: »

Trying out the 4p Tesco curry sauce tonight!

Lol I remember that from my student days (which were only 2 years ago, wow I sound like my mother)

BTW I'm not sure who the 'real life' comment was directed at but if it was at the poster I think it may have been at, I don't think she meant it as you took it, and I think she made a valid point. I was at boarding school when I was younger and hid myself in the routine, it made it much easier not to have to think about what was going on outside. I didn't really start confronting things in my past and myself until I was at uni and didn't have a routine, so it may do you good in the long run to have to be self-sufficient and form your own routine and confront what you need to.

Obviously I may have totally misunderstood the situation with your comment, if I did please feel free to ignore it!

ceridwen

Hi Faith

Just checking in to see how things are going - and see it was relatively "easy" at signing-on time today. So - that's good.

One more step down then...and it was okay..

I've been thinking on about your first post and it does indeed strike me that the life of a nun - or monk come to it - would indeed (from what I know of it - which isn't much:o) rate as "structured, quiet, calm". There is nothing either right or wrong about a way of life like that - it's just down to what suits the person concerned.

Some of us like our life to be like that - others would absolutely hate it - and most of us probably come somewhere in the middle.

One thing it seems to me is the case is that one might feel the need/wish for a more structured/calm lifestyle when things have been more chaotic in one's life....I may be wrong on that one....but it seems to be the case with other people I have watched on the one hand...and I myself want the "basic elements" of my life to have a certain degree of structure/certainty - to form a sorta "rock" from which I can then go out "exploring Life". I guess there is a balance to be achieved - and where the optimum point lies in seeking that balance varies from person to person.

Personally - I'm not happy/at ease with the sort of person who likes to stir things up in their life/thinks its "b...o...r..i...n...g" if there's not some sort of trouble/problem/hassle going in their lives - and takes no regard for the fact that that outlook tends to impact negatively on those of us who just find that attitude stressful and aggressive. On the other hand - I personally couldn't live very easily either with a lifestyle that said "at 8a.m. I will be doing this everyday/at 4pm I will be doing that everyday, etc". It varies from person to person as to what suits them as regards degree of "structure/certainty" in their lives.

We all live in a world that is currently changing at a much faster pace than has been the case for centuries and that certainly isn't easy to deal with. I often feel like turning round and shouting "WILL you just keep things the same even just for a year or two at a time - rather than this constantly having to adapt/adapt/re-adapt all the darn time?:mad:" - but that's not the way our Society currently is unfortunately (well - some people might love it that way - but most of us don't...). So I have some understanding where you are coming from.

Maybe that's one of the things your Prioress thinks might be useful from this time "out in the World" - ie having to cope with uncertainty/constant change - and trying to take the attitude of "oh well - what can I learn from this latest thing that has happened in my life?". I may be way offbeat on that - 'tis just my thoughts....

23rdspiral

faithcecilia wrote: »

Well, been up and got my prescription, now watching 'how clean is your house' before doing dinner. Trying out the 4p Tesco curry sauce tonight!

i'm glad the job centre was quick. i hope dinner was good? i'm not a student anymore, but the 4p sauce is still on the menu around here - especially when using up all the veggies from the fridge - though it is now pepped up with a little extra chiili or curry powder. what did you have in yours?

dogcat_2

Good Luck with 'everything'...hope things work out for you...I'm sure they will:D

faithcecilia

23rdspiral wrote: »

i'm glad the job centre was quick. i hope dinner was good? i'm not a student anymore, but the 4p sauce is still on the menu around here - especially when using up all the veggies from the fridge - though it is now pepped up with a little extra chiili or curry powder. what did you have in yours?

I'm afraid there was a change of plan:o My 'frandlord' had to work late so has only been home about half an hour and I just couldn't face starting cooking then, so its curry tomorrow. It will be my super-special 'all the veg that really needs eating before I go to Oxford for the weekend' curry!:rolleyes::D