Happy days indeed

I am now a little older than i was before - but am finding that i am still younger than most people I know!! Whopeee! And not a grey hair in sight! (R and O!!).
My birthday was fab with breakfast at trof, happy indeed!, followed by supper at solomon grundies (thanks to tony for that!). However somehow i managed to make it last a little longer by organising a bit of a bash with beth at trof on saturday night. That was much fun and I loved sitting in a favorite place with some of my favorite people. The suddenly hattie, a v good friend and fellow crazy person, appeared at the top of the stairs - everyone else new she was on her way except me!!! Very Happy days!!

After being sqeezed out of trof (its a little too cool at night now, and so a bit too busy) we went home for a cup of tea and a natter. Much laughter and a few 'oh i miss you guys' tears later, we had a broken bed and sore stomachs.... it seems that my somewhat creaky bed could not handle 3 little bottoms on it for so long, and so gave up trying!!

All in all i very much enjoyed celebrating my birthday, and watching as £££ miracles unfolded before my eyes. He really is the Provider (even of nice new boots and a skirt to match!). So having now worn said skirt and boots, and felt rather girly, my eyes are looking to Christmas and much family fun on the south coast.

However I am realising that a month is a long time and there are many things I could do between now and then. So the first surprise up God's sleeve is a prayer conference thing, where basically i get to hang out with Him and lots of friends for 2 days!! Not in Manchester!! (I love it but just need to get out!!). I don't even have to worry about paying for it, cause He had that covered too..... oh the fun ahead. I can feel it in my bones!!!

Still I have boring things to do like pay libary fines, so will sign off. Much love to those beautiful people who are just a little too far away to hug. boo. I love you and thanks much for the b'day love!!

under pressure

from various comments to blog..... and so i shall.

two sweet hours of uniterupted computer time, and an inbox full of emails that are too old to be interesting. boo. so blogging it is!!

Am moving house!!! Whopeee!! The beautiful Laura and i are off to the dizzy heights of Whalley Range (still manchester for those outside this bubble), to live on blair road in a lush house with ben and hannah. I am really looking forward to it as my current housing situation is ok, but am realising that sometimes God just wants to give us the best, just cause he can.

I am learning a lot about how God sees me at the moment. Previously i had in my head that he only changes/ adds things in us to prepare us for something in the future. a new job, being a wife etc. When actually He showed me that He is the ultmiate geek... He gets this old style computer, strips off the naff stuff, adds in the essentials but then decides to put all this other stuff on the computer just cause its quite cool and its fun.... how cool is that.

So I am now very much enjoying finding out what fun stuff I am to do.... like dropping the current clothes style (mainly involves hiding) and celebrating instead!! Also crazy adventures, possibly the next to be in uganda. Possible modes of transport which have been suggested include
1) the private jet (hdc airlines)
2) the camel (from Egypt with love from parents)
3) just appearing there (possibly via a toilet cubicle in terminal 4 of Heathrow!!)

I am excited about the future, even though it is fuzzy/blank at the moment. But i am also really loving the Manchester posse right now (although i do always obviously), but after what seems like a bit of a 'mourning time' or something after the departure of many fine friends, the guys here are family to me now, and i am really loving it!

Other exciting news... the german market, and therefore bratwurst, gulhwein and mince pies, has landed in manchester... oh i love it!!! However i am resisting joining the shopping throng already; one, because i have no money, but two, because it seems silly to spend more than a month on it. That wont stop me from enjoying the odd bratworst though!!

I've just got back from fun and frolicks in Greece where a good frined got married in one of the worlds best spots, on the side of a volcano crater!! ( and all the geologists go oooooh!). It was really fun to get out of manchester, to chill out and do verylittle, but in a different place, with different people.
Especially loved laughing lots more, esp with HDC.... sore tummies and all!! Met lots of sweedish people who were v funny. Made me feel very english and realise that i do enjoy a good cup of tea with cake (who wouldn't???). They have this great saying in sweeden that if a drink is really amazing that it is like "angels pissing on your tongue"... nice!!
Anyway, crashing on..... very much enjoyed the advenutre of it all, the getting lost on the wrong side of the road, finding the nunnery and the french astro-physicist, all topped off by a beautiful sunset wedding with lots of new friends and good food. yum.

SO I am now back in manchester without a job, but definately knowing that i am not doing nothing. Friends have corrected my 'oh, im not doing anything' enough to make me realise that the life i am trying to eeck out here is in fact something. The next couple of months will hopefully be ones of travel through Britain, a pilgramage, some might say.... crazy prayer adventures me thinks!!
But having been surrounded by people who think the english/british are very funny and a little odd (although the exapmles they met were not typical me thinks), I would quite like to find out what makes the british who we are... other than Heinz tomato sauce, terry wogan and the bbc...

I am also quite giddy about discovering my girlie nature, which i am realising, thankfully, doesn't have to include either ribbons or small flwoer print dresses.... urgh! Even went so far as to do my nails yesterday... well as far as buffing anyway. quite enjoying their new look...... simple things!!

Enjoying Autunm colours in the trees/ parks/ pavement depending where the leaves are, oh and my mum's bonfire toffee
Not enjoying the Christmas adverts, its not even halfway through November!!! But somehow i still fancy a mince pie.... (sick and wrong this early on surely!)