Archive for February, 2009

Aid!

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Today I did my Appointed Person’s first aid course. It was terribly thrilling. We watched poorly produced and hilariously acted video clips of people having heart attacks in Marks & Spencers, or alternatively maiming themselves with suspiciously rubbery looking bits of machinery. And we all remained calm and attentive and did ourselves proud, and knocked off an hour and a half early because it was Friday.

We also did quite a lot of palpitating each other (for no real reason I could see), rolling each other across the floor into and out of recovery positions, checking that everyone was breathing by invading their personal space with our cheeks, and wiping down plastic men with antiseptic wipes.

Rest assured that I am now fully prepared for any eventuality. Fully.

Crazy Japanese

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

This makes me incredibly happy.

Papa knows best

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

The ‘little something’ my dad got me to cheer me up after the snow arrived today. It’s this. And it’s fantastic.

It’s about a giant panda who moves into a new neighbourhood and meets three children and teaches them how to see the world differently. The artwork’s amazing and the stories are really sweet. It’s one of those books that you’re supposed to treasure.

I think my dad is trying to tell me to set things down. And maybe think a bit more about all the cuddly pandas dancing on my roof.

Sort of…

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

There’s an exceedingly irritating woman at work who uses the phrase ‘Sort of’ constantly. She just had a sort of phone conversation where she was trying to sort of direct someone to another sort of department.

There’s a sort of woman there…yeah, she sort of deals with this sort of thing…she’s sort of called Gemma.”

Argh! I know I have rather a lot of difficulty in getting my words out, but for God’s sake! Think about the words before they leave your mouth, it might help with that little problem you have of being so desperately annoying.