"...Come hell or high water"

To those of you who occasionally check in here, i'm sorry that there's been nothing new here for a little while, there have been several distractions in this past month or so which have made blogging difficult - but now i'm back!

Loads seems to have been going on that i'd have really liked to comment on but now lots of those things have either passed or been blogged about plenty by other folk. Highlights of things i've not talked about are:
1. Kelly's nanny.
2. My assignments. They went in tentatively (and a couple a bit late), but the marks i've had back so far are ok.
3. A portion of my neighbourhood flooding in 'the great flood' (I didn't think it was that good personally). Huge devastation, great need, receded waters (and with them receded spectacle and media interest), the floods hit in one of the poorest areas in Wakefield where a large portion of that community aren't insured. A moment which makes me laugh and saddens me enormously at the same time, was when an individual who held a postion of responsibility in the situation was overheard to be talking about a holiday they had booked on the second weekend (when it was due to really rain again and everyone was desperatly anxious about it) and said, quite unwittingly, that he would be going on it "come hell or high water". There's plenty to talk, think, reflect on and, most importantly, do, so i will probably revisit this topic over the next few weeks.
4. A friend of mine, dan, is attempting to set up a project for homeless people in Wakefield (which the council's statistics say there aren't any of). The project aims, for this year, to run as a signposting and advocacy agency; but most importantly as a research project, to be able to take evidence of homelessness in Wakefield to the authorities. 'The Way Home' has been named, an account opened and funding applied for. Watch this space...
5. The devastating fire at 'the simple way'.
6. A new Prime minister.

Just to say,the scripture with which i've resonated most through these events, and my reflections on these events, has been Habakkuk 1.2-4:
How long O Lord must I call for help but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you "Violence!"
but you do not save?
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralysed, and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous so that justice is perverted.

Again, i'm confident that i'll come back to this and explain further my thoughts along these lines.

To finish on an up-note, i'm going to catch Die Hard 4.0 this week as well as go on a stag do at the weekend, which will involve that winning combination of football, steak and beer.