A.Mixed Couple of Weeks With Some High Points

The last two weeks have been a very mixed bag. Work has been tough and stressful, with heaps of donations pouring in every day.  All I could do was my best.  We've got few volunteers and no interns at the moment, so some things just don't get done.

I had some abuse at work a couple of weeks ago, from a member of the public, who spat at me outside the shop. It wasn't even a customer. I didn't actually notice him doing it, it was my daughter who had just arrived to meet me from work and a volunteer that observed him doing it, I must have been looking the other way.  Disgusting behaviour, especially in front of my child.  I didn't even do anything to prompt it, save for saying that the shop was closed, as we were just leaving.

I also got abused in the street around the corner from where I live, on the same morning.  A man tried to bully me into picking up someone else's dog's poo, from outside of his house, by insisting that my dog had done it, when I knew she hadn't. He even got his wife to swear and abuse me from their flat window.  I refused to pick it up and informed them that I'd call the police if they didn't stop shouting at me and then went on my not very merry way.  Not a good day on the whole.

This week has been marginally better, but not much. An incident in the middle of the night on Tuesday upset me and I got little sleep, so work the next day was gruelling.  I'm now finished for the week though and things have got better.  LB got her GCSE results yesterday and passed all of her exams.  We're so proud of her. She did way better than we expected, not because we don't think she's capable, but just based on her reaction to the exams she took.  I thought that maybe she might fail one or two, but she didn't.

Now, I just have to find the £100 I promised her if she got more GCSE's than I got O Levels, which she did.  OH took us out to lunch at the local Italian restaurant to celebrate which was a nice treat. Drinking a glass of Prosecco at lunchtime wasn't such a good idea though, as I spent the afternoon on the sofa sleeping.  It's so good to know that she's got those qualifications under her belt and has met the conditions required for her to go to her 6th Form College of choice.  She's got her interview there next week. It's an exciting time for her moving on to a new educational institution.

This morning OH cycled off up to Yorkshire with his friend, so I've got a couple of days to myself to do as I please.  LB is meeting up with friends and partying after her exams, so I probably won't see a great deal of her.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, probably just tackle the ironing pile. The dog is still here with me though, so I know one thing, that it'll be double dog walking for me.

I hope you've had a good week.