A work colleague and my husband thought it might be fun to photograph me on my lunch break last year taking city photography (what I have to endure at work!):
Caught in the Act
And the photo in question is featured in my Angular post that can be found here:
Baby asleep and totally unaware:
I’ve extended the challenge to include animals (she (Lola) was too exhausted after getting lost in the bush yesterday, my friend had to fetch the car to fetch her, she is only 8 months old 🙂 )
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Study Abroad.”
I would live in Cape Town
That beautiful city by the sea—
The home of my mother’s birth
I would live near family
And all those dear to me
Lost in the world
Not knowing where to turn
Or how to find our way back home
Time passed and with it our hope
But holding on together
We navigated our way
From being lost
To finding our
Way home
Again
What impact did your first job have on you?
I started my first job on the 2 January 1996. I was placed in a business team, which was not the correct team for my skills. I had completed a technical degree, and would have been better placed in a technical position. My mother passed away suddenly in the April of that year. I decided to leave at the end of July, and joined a small software team as a developer coding in C.
What made the best job you’ve ever had better than the others?
Having a four-day job is wonderful. Apart from that, the team I joined after leaving IBM was really great. Good friends and work. It wasn’t to last though, the division was closed a year and a half later and we were all made redundant.
Did you have a job fall short of your expectations (or, how did you fall short of your employer’s expectations?)
Between March 2000 and September 2000 I joined a startup with colleagues from the company mentioned above. It was a disaster. Very stressful and working around the clock. I eventually left and went back to my job I left before joining the startup. Thank you to my manager who offered my role back to me. As an aside, I currently work for the same company now except in different countries. My husband (whom I hadn’t met as yet) had replaced me in the six months I was away, and I met him on my return 🙂
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When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own?
I light all the candles I can find. I love candles. My son will fetch a flashlight. I don’t own any flashlights. But my children and husband own a few between them.
You are given $5,000 and the chance to exchange it for one of two envelopes. One envelope contains $50,000 and one contains $500. Do you make the trade? Why or why not?
At the moment I am not working. So could use $5000 more than $500, so would probably say thank you for the $5000. When I am working and have cash to spare, I would risk the $5000 for $50000. And would then book a family holiday to the US 🙂
What’s your first memory?
Playing with my sister, and my dad returning (or leaving) for an army camp.
What do you do if you can’t sleep at night? Do you count sheep, toss and turn, or get up and try to do something?
This happens every night if I go to bed before 11:30pm. I wake up between 2 and 3am and make tea. I read the Daily Prompt and then sleep on it till the morning.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I’m grateful that my BFF and I found our way out the bush this morning (I call it a forest, but apparently it is called the bush). I have shared a photo from this morning. We can walk there from my home. We got lost and took three hours to get back. Exercise done!
I am looking forward to practicing pilates in the coming week. Very (very) glad for extra time on my hands.
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And for all your wonderful encouragement 🙂
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Set It To Rights.”
Under pressure as only a parent can be
I said Yes after I had already said No
I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t pray, I couldn’t sleep
Until I went back and said my No means No
And when I say No, that’s what No means
I’m sorry I said Yes when I meant No
But please know that from now on
No means No
I draw open the curtains
While the rain falls its drops
Filling the hollow of my soul
With water so fresh and so pure
That I never want the clouds above
To stop their sorrow at all
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/too-big-to-fail/
If I was guaranteed not to fail
I would become a professional poet
And write poetry for all my photography
Poems and Petals 