From despair to raputre.... and all stations inbetween!

At 7.45 last night, I was full of anticipation, excitement and nerves. However, by 8.30pm I was contemplating suicide. At about 9.05 I was feeling delirious, which turned into nerves by 9.30 and around 10.15 I was in shock and having minor heart attacks. By the time we got to 10.45pm I was over the moon and on cloud 9 (if cloud 9 is over the moon!).
You might ask the reason for this. The answer is that at 7.45 Liverpool kicked off their Champions League Final against AC Milan, and for those who were on Jupiter last night and have not read papers this morning here’s what happened.
At about 7.46 we were already 1-0 down and by half time (8.30) we were 3-0 down! (hence the suicidal feelings). By 9.05 we had clawed our way back to 3-3 (hence feeling delirious). However at the end of normal time and knowing that extra time and penalties were on their way, the nerves set in. During extra time I just had this feeling that we would have to go to penalties, hence shock and minor heart attacks.
Extra time came and went with no goals, so it went to a penalty shoot out.
Then came the penalties themselves! Each time a player stepped up to take one I had a minor heart attack. When Dudek (Liverpool’s goal keeper) saved that last penalty the pub went wild (myself included). The jubilation carried on, particularly when Stevie G picked up the trophy, which was about 10.45.
This morning, still feeling elated. Funny game, football. It can alter the mood of a person in the matter of seconds (or 6 mins to be precise). I still hate penalty shootouts, they are just so nerve raking and that’s just for us fans!
Now I have just got my voice back having been shouting and screaming at the tv all night.
I just want to say this LIVERPOOL ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!

Mixed emotions

Well, today started out well. Got home from church to find out that Kimi "Ice Man" Raikkonen had claimed pole for the Monaco Grand Prix. Over lunch I watched the race and he completely dominated and decservedly won. After seeing him collect his trophy, I went onto teletext to look at the scores from Scotland. It was half time at this point, and Celtic were 1-0 up and Rangers were only drawing, so Celtic would win the championship if the scores remained the same. I had already had a text from Ben "Rangers fan" Kay to say well done for winning the title. At this stage, as you might imagine I was rather happy.
However, at about 5 to 4 I get a text from O2 to say that Celtic lost 2-1 and Rangers had won and therefore had won the SPL! At this point I did text Ben and say he spoke to soon and well done for winning the title, but it would be coming back home next year! He had also send me a media message which O2 wont let me look at due to the fact that they didn't send me the pin! My earlier happiness had been wiped out and been replace with being totally gutted.
What a day of contrasting emotions!

For your amusement and entertainment

Have wanted to put these on for a little while. You may have already seen these, but if you haven't they are very funny, childish and you will need volume, and not to be around anyone serious! Take a look at Magical Trevor taking a bow, Magical Trevor 2 sawing a pigeon in half with a stick and take a trip to Kenya, but beware of the badgers, especially those playing football.
Enjoy.

Eurovision!

Well, its that time of year when we see how badly England do in the Eurovision Song Contest. I have to admit to being a closet Eurovision fan, and tomorrow I have a mate coming over come to watch it. My Spanish housemate will also probably watch it with us, and we are already having a bit of banter about who will do better.
Come on Javine, do England proud!

Prayer Request

Got told this morning that my funding from school has been cut, which I knew was coming, and I will actually still be on more then I was for the whole of last term. It still sucks though. I’m meant to be saving up for my Argyle season ticket, for next season (obviously!).
I would appreciate your prayers for money – to survive really (and not just so I can spend £373 on my Argyle season ticket), but so I can afford the little luxuries like, um food and things like that.
Also I would be grateful for prayers for my future. I would ask you to pray that God shows me the plan He has for the next stage of my life, what job I’m meant to have, where I’m meant to be living (if its not in Plymouth, and if not, then where and which house etc).
As I get nearer the end of my year at school, I get increasingly concerned about where I’m heading in life, and where I’m meant to be. I know God has a plan for me, I just wish He’d show it to me. Any other Christian’s get the same?

Forgive and forget?

If you can not forget have you truly forgiven?
I ask this becasue someone who was supposed to care about me made a really harsh, well supposedly a joke, way back in January. They have apologised, we have talked about it, I have "forgiven" them, am happy to talk to them and we do get on as friends (or at least I thought we did), but I can not forget what they said, and how it made me feel.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think about it all the time, but just occasionally it pops back into my head, and with it all the feelings of anger, hurt, wanting the ground to swallow me up, and in a way betrayal come flooding back.
It just made think, have I really, truly forgiven them if I can not forget about it?

Lest we forget

Today marks the 60th Anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. Take a moment today and think of all those who died during World War II, on both sides of the conflict, and thank God that we no longer live in a time where there will be war in Europe.

To encourage you

I have had the song “Nothing shall separate us from the love of God” floating around in my head this morning, and then it turned into the verse from Romans 8: 38-39 which says: “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
I guess I just found that such an encouragement, that nothing can separate us from God’s love, so I thought I’d share that with you all.

Enforced day off! YEAH!!!!! Bored already

As our school is closed for the election I had to take the day off! Some may think lucky so and so, however, it is now 3 pm, and I am bored out of my mind. I got woken up by the postman delivering a parcel at some hour before 8, (luckily it was for me and not any of my housemates or I really would have been annoyed). Then, I got up and eventually went out at about half nine, went to vote and then went into town. When in town I bumped into one of the children in my class at school, and he was being as good as gold. It made me realise that he isn’t like that at school – ever!
After that I came back, watched a repeat of Without a Trace, and then while I was eating some lunch, I watched one of my Friends DVDs before watching Neighbours and Doctors.
Now I am writing this post!
Soon I may even end up trying to put some order into the pigsty that is my room. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s the second day off this week and it’s a complete nightmare! At least I will be able to go out and watch the Argyle reserves tonight, before staying up till, heaven knows when watching the election results come through tonight.

General Election

Just a reminder to all of you in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales that (if you had possibly been on planet mars for the past few weeks and only just got back) that there is a General Election – so if you have a vote GO OUT AND VOTE AT SOME POINT TOMORROW (or today if you are reading this on Thursday)!
Sorry, it’s just that particularly as a woman, women died for me to get the vote – so the least I can do is turn out and put a cross in a box. Also, you see in countries that are only just becoming democracies people are queuing for hours to vote, and we in this country just take that right for granted.
For our last election, less then 60% of the electorate voted, and only 24% of those people who could vote actually voted for Tony Blair.
You may not think that your vote counts, but just remember the 2000 American Presidential Election, only a few hundred votes swung the result for Bush (whatever we think of him).
I guess what I’m saying is that you have the right, almost duty to go and vote for the people who will govern our country for the next 5 years, so don’t wasted it.
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!

Did it really happen?

I still can’t believe it! I’m still in shock. Did it really happen? I woke up this morning with the biggest smile I ever have (oh apart from the day after Argyle beat Peterborough 6-1, and the day after they won the Div 2 championship).
I may have be a little bit crazy last night – especially after about 9.40, but I seem to recall watching Liverpool beating Chelsea 1-0 last night, therefore going in to the final of the Champions League. Hang on – no, am just checking my sources. Yes it did actually happen – I can see it in the papers and on various websites.
BRING ON THE FINAL!
I have had some of the guys at work saying – Someone must be happy today, etc, and my fellow Liverpool fan and some of the kids that support Liverpool congratulating each other, and discussing our lack of fingernails! I can't wait to get to Kidz Klub tonight and talking to the Liverpool supporter on sound.
By the way – it was a goal!
Come on Liverpool, we can do it!
PS James - please please please can we not have Home Group the night of the final?