Its been a while since I’ve written anything substantial here. Please don’t take that as an apology, it wasn’t intended as one. It is simply an acknowledgement of the fact.
The last month and the upcoming 4 - 6 weeks or so have had and will have a lot in store for me. I am certainly going to be kept busy. At the start of September I found myself in Estonia; a country that 3 years ago I didn’t even know existed. I was hanging out with my girlfriend, Riina, as she visited home. I met lots of new people, some who spoke English, some who didn’t. I made lots of new friends, met lots of incredible people, and explored a beautiful country.
I returned from Estonia, only to return to the busiest week at work that I think I have ever had at since I started working there. It required staying getting in to the office as early as 6am one day, and 7:30 - 8 most others. It was to launch a charities website (afghanheroes.org) that is aiming to help the families and troops out in Afghanistan. It was due to be a very big launch, all over the national media, so the pressure was on! The following two weeks at the office where also rather stressful, with a blue-chip client of ours coming to us saying they needed a site done in 3 days time. We did it, but I was somewhat stressed.
During all of this also, I was trying to sell my car. Yes, my 1972 VW Beetle just had to go. It was simply too unreliable, expensive to run, cold and drafty, and well, simply not quick enough! I was having a bit of a problem selling it though, so I decided to use my last resort, eBay. I put it up there, and ended up getting my Buy It Now price, which was well, a miracle to say the least. The buyer flew down from Scotland (about 500 miles away) to pick it up, and then drove it back. I haven’t heard from him since, so I still don’t know if he made it, but I pray that he did! The next day, I went out and bought a new car, a 1996 VW Golf GTI, 8v. Its very nice! I know I shouldn’t get too attached to an object, and after all, it still simply gets me from a to b, but it certainly makes a difference when you have things like heaters that work, electric windows, brakes that don’t have mood swings, etc etc. Western luxuries eh?!
After all of that, I also started back at university. My final year, so the big project is upon me, and ohmygosh, the project management methodology that we have to learn simply seems ridiculous. I have to create 18 documents before I even do any design or programming work. Pointless to say the least. The reading I have to do for uni this year is more than both of the previous years combined, which will be awesome, but very busy.
Work is bringing up some very exciting prospects also… There is a project that I can’t talk about at this stage, but it should be freaking awesome, and is likely to be a real blessing if it goes ahead. Although it will mean a lot more work for me over the coming months, it will be more than worth it in the long run.
I have also pretty much gotten myself, by the grace of God, out of debt! I only owe a couple of hundred pounds, which is amazing compared to the level it was. I’m on target to have paid off the entirety of my debt by Christmas, rather than just the 2/3 I was aiming for before!
Anyway, I have classes early tomorrow, and a lot more reading to do before then. If you are the praying type, I would really appreciate some prayer for my time management, energy levels, that my brain would be able to retain some of the information I’m cramming into it, and that none of my relationships would suffer due to my being so busy.
Harry
