Norman Ralph

Today has been fun, I say fun, I mean wierd.

Started off with a telephone call from my Mum, who has agreed to finance me until my next student loan comes in, which is always a good thing. Then had the thrill of a meeting with someone from the NHS who decided that I was relatively fit to look after myself, which is also always good!

Ended up in the Terrace with George, Kara, B, Maths Chris, Kat, Matt, Si, Izzy, Chris and Michelle over the evening – there was much coming and going! I hadn’t been out drinking in ages, so decided to quaff a few pints of Guinness as it is still £2 a pint after St. Paddy’s day. As I got tipsier and tipsier I started to chill out quite a lot, which I have really needed after all the stress of the last few weeks and months. Michelle, Chris and I ended up back at Chris’s as usual, with guest appearances from a drunken B and a seriously pissed off Maths Chris.

The topic got onto freewill, something I feel very strongly about, especially as I do not believe that it is possible to have an omnipotent “creator” and free will. Hence my atheism! After a long debate and various metaphors ranging from breakfast cereals to video players we eventually agreed to disagree. Me and Chris still maintain that free will cannot exist within a theistic belief system and Michelle still thinks it is compatable – although I think we raised some very interesting points for her to think about.

As it got to 3am (having been in the Terrace since 5pm) I called it a night. Just got to grab some sleep ready for my adventures tomorrow – me and Kat are off to Sarann’s for a bit of a holiday.

Night all.

A post for all you milk lovers out there….unfortunately not. Although milk is a highly nutritious, versatile and immensely delicious soft drink, I do rather like the quote.

This blog post is about my Mum, who although I rarely agree with and barely get on with some times, has once again proved that she is an amazing person. I have been feeling really down recently, I have had a lot on my plate with one thing and another and have felt more and more isolated from my friends – not because I don’t think they can help or that they care but because I didn’t want to burden them with a lot of my crap – and so have become more and more insular and isolated. My mum phoned me this morning just to say hi and that she had sent some post over to Leeds for me. This doesn’t sound like much but as I was feeling really low when I woke up this morning after about three hours sleep and this little phone call really made my day!

It is the little things that make your life worth living. The phone calls just to say “hi”, the pat on the back when a person deserves it, and sometimes even if they don’t! My thought for the day then….ring someone you care about and just say “hi”. It will make their day.