The best fun you can have with an After Eight

I just logged onto my Open University site to check to see if my assignment had been marked. Nothing there however I was not disappointed as this video had been posted by some of the staff.

I’m off now to give it a go. Will update you on score when I’ve stopped laughing.

Back off you’re standing in my aura

Unfortunately I have spent much of today interacting with very negative people. You know the kind of thing. Not only is the glass not half full but the glass is too small and, oh look there’s a little chip on it. What energy it takes to be so negative!

Or of course you could just call me and have a right good moan about it

I’m usually a fairly positive person, which is a bit of a bonus if you factor in that I am all that’s left of a bizarre childhood.  Today however it was a challenge to stay positive.  I’ve noticed you see that when I’m around negative people they steal my energy. I call them ‘light borrowers’.

Now I’m sure light borrowers cross your path every now and again. How do you deal with them, or not as the case may be?

Are you one of these focussed people who are able to stick to your boundaries, not get drawn into negativity and certainly not agree to take on a task that you don’t have time to do?

Are you the sort of person who can look at your caller id and decide not to answer but to call back later when you have time and energy?

Are you the sort of person who is able to help people turn their negatives into positives?

I could usually say yes to most of the above but today those sneaky light borrowers just slipped in under my radar.  So now I’m off to finish my drink of water, from my glass that is half full, do some deep breathing and repeat my mantra ‘everything will be fine’.

Maybe what I need is to adopt a bit of the attitude this guy clearly has, despite the fact that his house appears to be on fire.