This week definitely has to qualify as ‘one of those weeks!’ I realised that I had double booked myself for two things that I really wanted to go to, I lost my car stereo face plate and I took being early to a whole new level...
Firstly, I decided to leave my car stereo face plate I don’t know where, so I had to spend the whole week travelling to work in silence. Secondly, on Tuesday night I took being early to a whole new level when I arrived one month early for my staff training session with the enquiry unit! I’d even changed my daughter’s school parents evening slot to attend, so felt rather silly when I realised my mistake, and had to endure much hassling in the office as a result!
In my life, months go by and nothing happens, then by some strange happenstance two things happen on the same night! It seems like a long time ago that my friend asked me to come along and support the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity event that she was organising in Rochester. I happily agreed and thought no more of it until the date of our CRS firework party was set. As I am feeling a pang of conscience, I think the charity event will have to win out though. Two of my great-grand fathers served in WW1 (one in the trenches and the other in the Royal Air Corps), plus two grandfathers and a step grandfather fought in WW2 (in the Canadian Artillery, Home Guard and Navy respectively). In addition, we cannot forget the contribution made by women in my family, my great-grand mother worked manufacturing munitions at the Woolwich Arsenal, while my grandmother was a nurse treating the injured in hospitals around London.
On the whole, I am a pacifist and always hope that conflicts can be resolved peacefully, but, at the same time I feel humbled by those who were willing to make such huge personal sacrifices to protect others.
One thing I always ask myself at this time of year is... If I had been there at the start of WW1 or WW2 would I (or any of my generation) have been able to cope with the choices they faced?
In my life, months go by and nothing happens, then by some strange happenstance two things happen on the same night! It seems like a long time ago that my friend asked me to come along and support the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity event that she was organising in Rochester. I happily agreed and thought no more of it until the date of our CRS firework party was set. As I am feeling a pang of conscience, I think the charity event will have to win out though. Two of my great-grand fathers served in WW1 (one in the trenches and the other in the Royal Air Corps), plus two grandfathers and a step grandfather fought in WW2 (in the Canadian Artillery, Home Guard and Navy respectively). In addition, we cannot forget the contribution made by women in my family, my great-grand mother worked manufacturing munitions at the Woolwich Arsenal, while my grandmother was a nurse treating the injured in hospitals around London.
On the whole, I am a pacifist and always hope that conflicts can be resolved peacefully, but, at the same time I feel humbled by those who were willing to make such huge personal sacrifices to protect others.
One thing I always ask myself at this time of year is... If I had been there at the start of WW1 or WW2 would I (or any of my generation) have been able to cope with the choices they faced?
J’s record of the week:
You're still a young man.'
by Tower of Power
After a few days of silence in the car, I managed to find my car stereo face plate in one of my daughter’s toy boxes... Not sure how it got there ?! To be honest I was torn between the first few songs that came up on my iPod, because it was just so joyous to have my music back again! So really it was a hard choice between ‘I’ll take you there’ by the Staple Singers; ‘The revival’ by Martine Gerrault; ‘Reasons’ by Earth, Wind and Fire; ‘War’ by Bob Marley and ‘You’re still a young man’ by Tower of Power, though eventually I settled on the latter for no particular reason.
Actually, I just love Tower of Power - They are one of the most underrated soul bands out there, and their sheer wealth of quality material is staggering. ‘You’re still a young man’ was the first Tower of Power song I ever heard, back in the year 2000, only about 28 years after it was first released in 1972... Enjoy ! Jerushah X
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