Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Such a Girl...

It has been brought to my attention in the last few days how much of a girl I am. (No offensive/ derogatory intentions present... I can assure.)

So apparently I, when referring to make-up (which is bad enough in the first instance), use terms that a girl would use- such as freshly applied! I don't know whether to be proud or disappointed in myself.

Then yesterday I find out that it's more of a Brown thing. This, I am not disappointed about. In my first post I mentioned how much admiration I have for my father, and there surely is no better man that I know. We are very similar (not meant as an arrogant building up of ones-self) when it comes to our emotions, and keeping them that way. As I called to discuss further the news of Elizabeth's job success, we both unashamedly admitted we both had to leave our desks to have a weep. Neither of us could contain our joy.

Like father like son? Certainly. And it's a fact that I'm proud of.

June...

June is, right now, my favourite of 2008.


June has brought genuine excitement to me in many forms already- and we’re only on the 5th day!

Firstly, Liz (my dream woman- I love making her feel uncomfortable when she reads these!) has just gotten her dream job. This was just the best news I could have had and made a great week turn into an excellent one. It has taken many a burden off of many parts of our shoulders. It was an answer to many people who were praying and fasting for us and in particular this job. I like things that make me so happy I can weep for joy (not cry!)… and this was definitely one of them!

But alternatively, and in my own blighted eyes just as exciting- the Euro’s are here! I’m not talking about the currency- which is getting ever stronger, incidentally- but the football tournament!

A month long of the 16 best teams in Europe (England didn’t make it) playing some of the best football I am ever likely to see. The first two weeks bring along with them two games a day. A day. So bored have I been at work, that the entire fixture list is now written in my diary, and my date nights planned around them! Players of such a high caliber that only the presence of Brazil and Argentina could make it a more attractive affair.




Not only that, but it brings back magical memories of 1996- when the same tournament was played in England, when my first real interest and passion for football was born. I made posters of our starting XI, banners for each game we played, mocked my Dutch teacher endlessly when we beat Holland 4-1… it was a magical time, and a time when England were genuine contenders to perform on the big stage.

Still, in the midst of this, I have the excitement of purchasing a new compartmented-bag and coffee date with my beautiful fiancée to look forward to sum the end of this most grand event.