Thursday night - Time to challenge myself
Well lets see now. I started my evening off with chicken & mushroom sauce with rice - a rather odd concoction from my bizarre but lovely girlfriend.
Then I decided to dive into the deep end & volunteer at a different youth group. I've considered doing this before but the time just never seemed right because of my err anxiety issues. I did attend before but no one turned up which, to me, felt like a sign. Nevertheless last Thursday I went along to a Film Night at the Youth Group (My speciality if I do say so myself) so I brought along some DVDs & see what I thought.
The youth aren't really my cup of tea. I mean they're not the sort of people I'd hang out with regularly. I suppose if I were to stereotype them (which I try to avoid doing) I'd call them "chav". This doesn't mean I dislike them. Far from it. It just means they may find it difficult to relate with me if that makes sense?
Anyway... moving on...
They all started watching a film & I stayed in the kitchen talking with one of the Ladies who runs the Youth Group to find out more about it (because I'm a nosey sod). I have to admit it does sound really good. One of the youth came in & started talking with the Youth Leader about all sorts of gossipy stuff & I loved it. I didn't say anything because they didn't know me & I didn't feel it was my place but I did love hearing about their lives (& while this was going on I was enjoying the most amazing sweet popcorn EVER!!!).
By the end of the evening I really did feel like this is something I could try to help out with... this is something I want to give a go. Sure it may blow up in my face (like the Prince's Trust Programme) but if I stuck at it... Maybe, just maybe, I could make some positive difference to these Youth's lives. Time will tell!
Friday - Fright Night @ Chessington
Such a busy day! I woke up at 6:30am so I could have a shower & relax for a little bit (some time on the Xbox too hehe) but then off I went to Chessington for a day out with my regular Youth Group.
Because it was Fright Night & Halloween was approaching - the Theme Park was PACKED! Not joking... We had to park in a field because their normal car park was overflowing that much! (My SatNav was not amused). Then into the Theme Park we went.
I was put in charge of my own little Youth Squad. The only little problem with my Squad was one particular young person who I shall call... Tarzan :) Tarzan is a very impatient person. He decided that 30 mins was far too long to be in a queue & so he complained. & complained. & complained. But he soon learnt that 30 mins in a queue... is a blessing compared to the other queues that day.
All in all it was a great time at the Theme Park. Many people conquered fears. One youth went on a ride for the very first time! One youth leader decided to headbutt a sign. Two lads dressed up in a shirt & tie as a statement - oh dear. But what was the most pleasant part is that I got chatting to the Youth & the other Youth Leaders & it was great. I began to feel so comfortable with them & loved hearing everything they'd talk about. It was great.
Not only that but... Chessington was the first Theme Park I went to where I could actually go on the rides (my family used to go to Alton Towers but I was always too young) so it was strange walking around the place remembering being there going on the rides for the first time over a decade ago!
The only downside to this time at Chessington was...
Getting a phone call at 6pm asking me to work a 12 hour shift the very next day!
& the last ride...
Quite a lot of the Youth & Leaders went off around 6pm - a nice sensible time. But one group wished to stay to go on the Vampire Ride which I decided to go on as well. How foolish of me! The queue time said 100 mins... It felt so much longer. Sure the ride was fun to do in the dark... but the queueing was murder! Each time we believed to be getting closer to the ride... we discovered we were still aaaaages away. This did not bode well... Especially as the Girlfriend & I had a dinner appointment with some people at 9pm & we were still queueing at 8:30pm lol
Friday Night - Dinner with the Peeps!
Once we eventually rode Chessington... I had about 15 mins to travel 43 miles... Yeah that was impossible. My SatNav was no help either. I was in a queue of cars on our way out of the car park (the only way out) & my SatNav wanted me to do a U-Turn... Oh dear!
But I would not give up... & I did end up late... but only by 15 mins. I had never concentrated on driving so much in my life!
By the time we reached Frankie & Benny's the peeps were already in convo & laughing together. The girlfriend & I sat down but I already felt so out of place. I know I should have made the effort & talked but it was so difficult to do! Why? I had spent a whole day surrounded by people & I was just so... tired. Not only that but do you ever feel like you just need some time to yourself? To mellow? Well that's how I felt. I hope I didn't spoil any one's evening - there's always that fear.
Saturday - The most boring day at work ever!
After 4 hours sleep I woke up at 5am & headed off to work for 6am. At work in a cab firm... You can have so many different type of days...
You can be busy where the phones are constantly ringing & you just want to yank your hair out.
You can have a steady day where the phone rings here & there... The cars are moving to-and-fro...
Or the most boring shift imaginable...
Where the phone is hardly ringing... you have 10 taxis sitting outside the office... & you have taxi drivers moaning on & on & on.
The only blessing about Saturday is because I felt so unbelievable tired... for some reason... time seemed to be moving quite steadily.
So my readers! That was my weekend. Sunday isn't worth mentioning because I spent the day either at the Pub with Girlfriend & Dad or on the Xbox.
I hope you found it riveting!
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