Well, misery and self-pity were off the charts this morning. But fortunately getting out and working helped me simmer down, eventually.
Another cue-card I had out today, was ‘Calm Down’. And, oh boy, did I ever need to!
Initially work wasn’t actually helping, but was aggravating. I’ve had a dip in my ‘standing’, which is the Amazon Flex way of rating performance.
Although I think my record should remain perfect and unblemished – as it had been for a good while – apparently one or two packages were not received. I’m questioning this.
But it seriously bummed me out.
My shift started with delivering in an area with extremely poor – for which read basically nonexistent – network coverage. This makes delivering much harder. And I was starting to get anything but calm!
So I checked into St Leonard’s, Glapthorn, for a five minute cool-down (whilst re-setting the app). It didn’t have the most potent effect. Not being the most glorious of churches. But it did help. I think?
Not much interest in the way of woodwork, or stained-glass. Mildly interesting mix of Anglo-Saxon style curved and Norman/Gothic pointed arches. But prob’ the best things are the font, some remnants of wall painting, and a few carved stone corbels..
I couldn’t linger long.
And to follow, a few pics from out and about, in the pretty countryside…
On the outskirts of the village of Woodnewton, I espied an unusual sight, in someone’s front room… organ pipes.
I knocked on the door and enquired. The gent who lived there very kindly showed me his massive organ (titter). He even sat down and played with it…
I thought my drums were loud. This thing was pretty damn powerful.
Sadly the short video I took totally fails to capture the sound in the room. In fact it sounds pretty poor, I think. Pity!
This unexpected encounter did more to lift my mood than the church visit, which surprised me. I think what I liked best about it was just how out of the ordinary run of things it was. And that the guy was friendly enough to share his front room and his music with a complete stranger.