that's it....

I'm officially old. I keep walking into room's and forgetting what I came in for, I've admitted to myself that I like the smell of lavender and this week I've finally realised I actually really like Alpen. yikes

thank god it's friday

I need a lie in.

but the good news is I had haggis neeps and tatties on burns night in a lovely restaurant in stirling. it was fab. x

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It’s been a while so apologies…..
Work has been busy although more in relation to staying away than in stress and workload. It has it’s ups and downs but in general I had a good week last week and felt like I had done something worthwhile so things are ok. On top of that I should be getting my new car at some point in the next month which, for a shallow old sod like me is enough to motivate me for a few weeks more.

So whilst zipping round the country I have also had the pleasure of a curry with the Birmingham sagga crew, gone out on broad street for a night of fantastic dancing, just to prove that I’m not too old. The worst bit about that was my mate Lisa (who is exactly a week younger than me) being asked for ID in two different pubs!!!!! She was so chuffed, she’s thinking of leaving London and moving there! But a good night was had by all and we danced like young’uns in the old Walkabout.

This weekend just gone was slightly different with a family member’s 50th birthday which I dragged Paul along to -he’s being let off the 90th birthday party I have to go to next weekend!! The party was good, the food was fab and we stayed in a gorgeous little hotel in Minster Lovell near Oxford, in a lovely setting and with a nice pub attached…. Always a good thing in a hotel I find.

Sunday we walked round Blenheim Palace gardens, having found the subtle public entrance which means you don’t have to pay. In fact we may not have had to pay anyway as we were on foot but it was much more satisfying thinking that we had fooled the system. It was really foggy, to the point of not actually being able to see the palace until you were really quite close. Not great for the views but very atmospheric! We then wandered round Burford for a bit and came home via John Lewis to buy me an Ipod. Yeehaha! I’ve promised myself one for ages and finally decided to just get on and buy it (especially as I am away so much with work and get stuck in hotel rooms bored so often). So I spent all evening playing on the PC downloading my cd collections and I even tried downloading a music video from the net, the quality is amazing. I’m becoming an IPOD bore already, honestly you’d think I invented the bloody thing.

So that’s it so far. Only a short update and no real insightful comments but hell who cares. Actually I do have some comments on the world at large…

1. Why do we have to analyse the whole whale situation and try and apportion blame. What is it about our country that has to point the finger? People did their best, and bless ‘em, but there wasn’t likely to be a good ending was it? I bet Jeremy bloody vine has a phone in about it this week so people can whinge and moan.

2. How scary is celebrity BB? Words cannot express w revolting the majority fo those people are. It’s like car crash TV, appalling but you can’t help but stare.

3. If you’ve got some serious skeletons in your cupboard, why on earth would you put yourself in the spotlight and try and run for leadership of a political party? Surely you’d have a hunch that your “error of judgement(s) would come back to haunt you?

That’s it from me….. x

happy new year

Well new year, new coat, new corkscrew and new depression. Boy oh boy don’t you just love going back to work.
Christmas went by without too many traumas. Managed to be on my best behaviour with paul’s family, and coped with the claustrophobia that was 22 people in my parents living room on Boxing day. Got some fab presents (as detailed above) and gave some pretty damn good ones too. It’s funny when, out of all the wonderful things you buy your boyfriend the thing he loves the most is the £3.oo torch from Avon which shows a batman logo when you shine it. Bless…….

New year was fun, we went up to Galasheils to see some friends on the way up to Glenmore. Played an excellent game which I can’t remember then name of but it involved putting down phrases or descriptions that had to apply to an object or thing. Sounds weird but actually very good. I also drank a vast quantity of red wine. Ho hum.

Then drove on up to Aviemore in the snow, ten minutes outside of Aviemore there was no snow. Must have been the only place in the UK with no snow!!! Still, it was snowy in the right places and made for some good walking. Paul’s friends were really nice and welcoming. A couple are in the mountain rescue in the Lakes and had heard from co-rescuers that they had had to rescue a guy with a broken leg who and put his ice-axe through his tendons at the same time. Ouch. Seemed quite a good tale until I got a text from Rachel telling me Si had broken his leg in the lakes and had to be rescued. Few texts later and I was assured Si’s leg was broken but his ice axe was nowhere near….. guess he’ll fill us in on the details when he can!

So I actually managed a bit of walking, although it’s a bit harder when you’re not with your own mates that you can happily have a girlie strop with and not worry about them thinking you’re weird (my mates already thing this so no loss there really). We chilled out in the evening, watched the odd dvd and played some games. Ventured into the heady delight of Aviemore for new years eve and basically had a relaxing time. It’s just such a shame that I have to go back to work…….