Happy Norwegian day!

I saw Beethoven and The Blues Brothers singing Buffalo Soldier in the Punch, in cOVENT GARDEN.
i CLA]EARRLY CAN' T TYPE, NOW.
i', M TOO DRIUNK.
NIGHT

Coughs and sneezes spread diseases

I've had a cold for the last week or so, and off work with it for the last two days. I felt alot better this morning, but as I was rota'd on the phones I decided another day in bed just to make sure would be a good idea.

Work sucks. I want a new job!

Damn you facebook

it's a blessing and curse. I've finished all the work that I've been given to do for the day and I want to play on it-do some quizzes, write on walls, update my status telling everyone how cushty my job is.
But I've gone and added all my work colleages, including two of my direct superiors
Fucksocks.

At least they don't know about my blog. Infact nobody I know knows about it, let alone reads it!
I've been getting a cold steadily for the last four days now, scratchy throat, bunged up nose, stuffy ears. I'm hpoing that the paranoia about swine flu will mean I get a week or so off work. Not because I have anything to do, just becuase it's boring me and getting up in the morning is starting to get on my nerves.
Holiday, as I have said is booked. I should be looking forward to it. I am looking forward to it. The whole "I will be sweetness and light until we come back" went right out of the window, but I don't feel as bad about it as I used to. I think I'm losing interest in this relationship. I spent two days evicting Mark from my dreams and future plans and now I don't even miss him in them, although I might miss him in day-to-day life I know longer see a future for us. I should just stop being so serious and enjoy what's left. I won't, I know I won't. I'll stress and fret and push him away, but at least I have a direction to aim for that's totally my own.

HIGNFY

I saw it filmed last night!
It wasn't as awsome as I thought it would be but I suppose I'm used to the fully polished version that appears on the telly. It was an experience and, as I don't have a telly at the moment, it was good to see the show again!
I won't retell the jokes as I probably wouldn't do them justice and I'm sure it would infringe the terms and conditions of my entry. But Paul Merton said we were a sarcastic audience (highly complimentry coming from the king of sarcastic comments) and commended out ability to take the piss out of the panalists without resorting to heckling. It was also the first time they'd recieved a standing ovation.
I went with Miranda who's an old frind-I'm talking nearly 15 years or so. We were in a band together in our early teens, she's continued in music more than onyone else in Caddis Flae, which is probaly best as she was the only one of us that had or has any musical talent.
You know how when you meet old friends that you haven't seen in years you usually reminisce over old times, discuss mutual friends then the conversation dries up and you make an obvious effort to rekindle some commonality? Well it wasn't like that at all. We had a slight bitch about a mutual 'friend' that we've both fallen out with then talked about our current lives and all the happenings there of. We gave advice, laughed, made comparisons, ate, drank, chatted and resloved to meet again in a fortnights time. She even shocked me a few times. Oh, how the worm has turned!
I think we have more in common now than we did 'back in the day.'
I think I'll enjoy making these meetings a more regular occurance, so let's drink to old friendships that reanimate effortlessly and bloom fuller and more brightly than they could have been before.

Healthy, plus obligatory quit smoking lecture

At work today there were free health MOTs so I took one.
My blood pressure is 84/121 (textbook normal)
My cholesterol is 4.2 (under 5.2 is good)
My blood sugar was a little low-but it was just before lunch time so that's normal.
My waist measurement was in the healthy range for my height.
So it looks like I might be around for a while to come!

Of course, I was told I should stop smoking and I am still trying. But I begrudge giving up my fag breaks. I should time them and just go out for a quick stroll around the carpark. I've been thinking that for quite some time. Somehow I don't think it will be quite as satisfying.

Dinner's burning-gotta go

captains log supplimentry

I also found a fiver on my way to the shops during a fag break at the pub job and go a £2 tip from an Austrailian girl.

All in all it was a lucky day yesterday. And a fellow county person rdeemed the Aussies a little.

:)

Huge box of popcorn!

I just stood under popcorn rain, the salty kind. No, I'm not being rude and this is not a euphamism. It's Orange Wednesdays 5th birthday and they hid prizes in the popcorn so I was first in! I didn't get a big prize, but I came away with two cinema tickets and two Orange sim cards with £10 credit on each of them. So all in all it was quite a productive lunch break!

There's a video of it here. There are no pictures of me (I successfully avoided the cameras) but you can make out my yellow skinny jeans for a milisecond in the video!

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

I'm going on a camping/walking/birding holiday to Wales!!!
It's booked (virtually) there will be puffins and seals and choughs and bluebells.
And a pub.

Looks good. I can hardly wait, my first holiday in about 8 months-the last one was camping too and involved an off shore British Isle. Not as much wildlife spotting, but tonnes more walking. I promise that there will be pictures and I will keep a written journal so that I can post all about it on here.

And here's a promise I'm making to myself, I will be smiles and sweetness and not throw any tantrums until after then. I'm weaving majic-no, not the card game!

I can't help myself singing "Solitare" by Deep Purple.
It's been in my head for days.
I think I'll take the album to work and get it out of my system.
Or at least replace the song!

one, two, three... ..hang on, we'll get there.

I got some good news as I left work last night. My leaving date no longer stands my boss and three of the supervisors couldn't count to ten. It turns out that with all the temps staying on and all the staff returning (from sabbaticals or long term sick or whatever they're doing) we only just get back up to a full deck.
Well I, for one, am glad. I wouldn't want to be looking for a job in the current climate-I'm not sure I understand the "current climate" it's just a term I've learnt to use in the correct context without really knowing the meaning of it. I've got the jist, it will be a bastard to find a job because everyone wants one at the moment.

That's one less thing to worry about. The sun is shining and it will be lunch time soon. I'll wander around St Katherines dock-I might even treat myself to ice cream!