A car turning into the road I was trying to pull out of flashed me out. Traffic is generally unhurried here and it's usual for cars to wave pedestrians across. Letting people out helps me feel like a good person and makes me smile.
Also team mate went into the lab (I wasn't dressed appropriately) and found me a calculator of the model I required. He's been down & done me small favours regarding the lab before too.
I've a friend who doesn't have a lot of cash and uses the large gas bottles which are about 100 euros a pop. She ran out just before Christmas. Isn't that always the way?
She still owed the gas man for the previous bottle, but he came round to drop in another. When he arrived, he swore blind she didn't owe him for the previous one, so effectively gave her a bottle of gas. This is the second time the same man has 'forgotten' her debt to him, so pretty sure this is his way of helping her out without embarrassing her.
A friend kindly sent me a link to a site called gratefulness.org. I didn't enjoy the site particularly but they've a section of blank inside e-cards which enabled me to send a few last minute Christmas cards to people I'd run out of 'real' cards for.
But they're not just for Christmas, there are all sorts of designs. So I'll make it a new year plan to send a few regularly. Everyone likes a card.
Since I've been keeping my diary by my desk for use as a daybook, I've started jotting in my student's important dates - an exam date maybe, a birthday, or someone having some medical tests. They start the top of the day's to do list, and writing a quick message takes just a few moments.
I've been really pleasantly surprised how touched people have been that I've remembered their stories.
Do love our NHS when you actually start to be looked after - during routine MRI scan the radiologist said he appreciated and liked my fluorescent green kiwi socks - how kind of him !!
I work as an online English teacher, and one of my students is preparing for a fairly high level job interview in English. Part of it is to write a report which he'll need to present and he's under a lot of time pressure.
I spent an hour this afternoon proofreading and correcting his report, off the clock as a favour, so that I could get it back to him in time for him to review before we start working on his presentation in tomorrow's class.
To be honest I wasn't expecting it to take me so long, but it was completely impenetrable text about accounting standards and I had to read it about 10 times just to understand it!
I'm not a big sender of Christmas cards. In fact I rarely bother now that my most elderly relatives are no longer with us.
But a friend has recently found herself jobless so I've done a tally up and ordered some of her homemade cards for Christmas and some for new year birthdays as well.
Now I've ordered them I'm excited to receive so I can get them in the post!
Husband was telling me about a guy with a big drive who noticed a kid on a skooter (or bike or something, irrelevant detail) riding on the drive each day when he passed with his mum. So the guy painted a course on the drive, & other people started using it too. How fab.
I took part in an online auction last night, to support refugee mums and their babies.
Absolutely blown away by the number of beautiful and mainly home made items that had been donated, and by the support that was promised. The organisers must have dedicated so much time to responding to bids and queries.
I won my bid, which is some bits to gift. So a winner all round :)
The total for my shopping came to less than the price of these. I pointed it out to the cashier who had put them in my bag & forgot to charge.
One of my friends posted me something she knew I wanted & put loads of sweet little treats in it for me.
I had a right crappy afternoon at work yesterday as my client's server was experiencing difficulties meaning I couldn't connect with my students. I wrote a rather detailed ticket to Support last night explaining what had happened and including screenshots.
This morning I had the normal automated email response crediting me with their paltry pocket money change credit for my wasted time, but on the bottom was tagged a personal message from the poor Support guy (who must have been inundated).
Also, thank you so much for your super thorough writeup on these; it is quite crazy here right now, and if all tutors wrote in with half the precision you do on these issues, we'd be able to resolve these things much quicker. Thanks so much!
I'm still hacked off with them, but his kind note has made me feel so much better about it.
A friend's car battery ran flat outside the school. Luckily my son spotted her struggling, and he and a friend gave her a push and got her going.
This sounds the silliest thing in the world, but our ordinary mugs are so big that they hide my whole face. And as I work on video that's not really ideal.
Partner spotted some smaller than average ones today, and bought me some for the office.
Can’t believe the kindness of a pub landlady at Gate Inn near Tamworth who allowed motorhome to park and sleep during lockdown in car park but also made us a spaghetti bolognese - the week before she gave me and fiancée a free meal and drinks / never met her before !!!!
Had a stinking headache at work so partner brought me up some tea and ibuprofen.
And a dandelion.
Fell in love all over again.
Great chat with an EE lady in midlands and she negotiated with her manager a £7 to £5 reduction per month for my daughters Apple Watch - I didn’t ask
Reading a story about someone whose purse was handed in intact in a shop she left it in.
Also a stranger paying for someone's luggage excess at the airport.
There are loads of kind people around, it warms my heart to read good news stories.
My parents fostered by bunny for me during our move, otherwise I'd've probably had to give her away.
I did a quick detour to pick up some paperwork on my way to town, and dropped it in to it's owner's workplace. The whole household are confined to quarters just now so glad to do what little fetching and carrying I can.
It wasn't the best of days, and when I got home I felt pretty upset. A friend listened to my grumbling and overnight I was able to gain some perspective.
I don't smoke myself, but for those who do quarantine must be a nightmare. Picked up rolling papers for a couple of local guys who couldn't get to town themselves and dropped them in. Chap was faffing with a handful of change so I told him they were a gift.
Husband offered to make me hot chocolate, he quite often does.
That the server offered me roasties since I declined rice.
Workmate took me over to the barista station in the canteen & treated me to a drink since my pass isn't activated for use in the canteen yet.
