Contenders ready?

Oh My God, Gladiators is back on tv! I just foun dit on some random digital channel. I'm so excited. However it isn't quite as good as I remembered it, but still, it's good.



I'm pretty sure I met a few of them at the Truckfest one year, although I can't remember which ones, obviously didn't have such an impact.

Feeling Yucky

Apparently Mr Tumble from the CBeebies has been swearing at children in sign language, which is pretty funny. Probably the only funny thing I heard today given the fact that work has been horrendous. But that combined with chocolate chip cookies has made me feel a little bit better.

People are still living down the Friday night work do. Luckily my drunken ramblings didn't seem to offend anyone, well not that they've said anything yet! So I'm thinking we need to arrange another one soon, before more people quit and there's nobody left.

I have the starting of something, I'm not sure if its a cold or something worse, but I know my throat is really scratchy and I'm feeling queasy, which doesn't bode well as it's the busiest time of year at work. So I think tonight will be an early night with a hot water bottle. However I do have the BEST hotwater bottle. Its Babe the pig and it's huge!

The car was fixed today, so I can tell what speed I'm doing again and the engine light has stopped going on! Yay!

OK. Eastender then bed. I have such a wild life.

Weekend Fun

This weekend has been really busy. Friday night we had a work night out, I managed to avoid the people I don't like, and it turned out to be really good fun. I did learn a few things though.
1. Don't wear new shoes that you can't walk in.
2. Don't get into serious conversations with people when you're both drunk, you know you'll never quite remember what you said the next day.
3. Don't just accept drink after drink, especially from strangers, and remember to buy a round once in a while. I was really suprised that I woke up the next day and had only spent £15 pounds, and the taxi cost £12 there and back, which means I bought one drink...
4. Don't forget to take your camera. I missed some classic shots of Mark's dancing. We were literally crying we were laughing so much.

And Saturday was St Patricks Day! And even better I got to go out with Rhiannon - which was a really good surprise!
The downside of the weekend - Rhiannon broke my car. Well, it broke right after I picked her up - so it's her fault. I'm approaching a speed camera, I look down to check the speedo and turns out I'm doing 0 miles per hour. So that's not working, and then a few minutes later the engine maintenance light comes on. It leaves me with the dilema of how do I get back to Peterborough today?

In 'Training'

Things I have done this week:

1. I've been running TWICE this week
2. I signed up for the Race for Life
3. I regreted signing up for the Race for Life
4. I used the word delightful today
5. I told someone at work that I didnt like them
6. I've done sit ups every night
7. I've not tidied the house, which is making me stressed
8. I got new glasses
9. I'm running out of ideas...
10. I arranged my party, although belated.

Pretty productive week and it's only Wednesday!

Apparently shingles is going around at work. Now,I'm not sure how easy this is to catch, but I'm not a fan of being covered in a rash which then apparently leads to crusty scabs. (I've seen the fact sheet, it's not pretty.) So I think for my protection I need to take the next week off work. Anyone feel like backing up this arguement to my boss?

Also thanks to Ben W for sponsoring me for the Race for Life. Everyone else who wants to sponsor me the link is below.

Urgh weddings

The strange new girl on our team at work got engaged this weekend, which meant that she spent all this morning flashing her ring finger. I heard her mentioning it first thing and therefore decided to pretend that I didn't notice. It might be petty but it amused me. She kept waving her hand in my direction, practically in front of my face a few times and talked about it as loudly as possible with anyone in the near vicinity, before looking over to me to see if I noticed. I managed up until 3pm, when she just sat down next to me and insisted on telling me everything. I should feel happy for her but I just can't pretend to get excited about things like that. Especially for a girl who asked me last week 'if you're married does that make you miss or mrs?' Honestly, she didn't know. This is the girl who I have to train...

I went to get new glasses today. Turns out to be a very expensive thing. Still in shock over it.

Feel free to Sponsor Me

I had a moment of madness and signed up for a sponsored run....not quite sure why, but anyway, its for a good cause, so any sponsorship would be welcome!!

Today was the 25th birthday of one of my favourite Americans - Losure.

He spills everything, and was resposible for covering my kitchen, ceiling to floor, with White Lightening, he makes awkward phone calls and he has a terrible English accent, but we love him!

Cool as Ice...

Urgh, tomorrow morning I have to be up at 5am. Yes, 5am, for work, how wrong is that. All for a job I hate. I love my life.

Anyway, I havent blogged for a bit, mainly becuase nothing is going on in my life, I work, sleep and eat. That's pretty much it. My main achievement for the week has been realising that I still remember all the words to Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby. But then that kind of makes me sad because I realise how lame I am.

My Favourite Version of this Song

I have scary neighbours

Apparently Stacy and Kate aren't the only ones to have freaky neighbours. I got a call from my nice neighbours today to tell me that the rubbish collection this morning had been 'sabotaged' - their words. Apparently the neighbours the other side had put polystyrene in my recycling bin so it was sticking out of the top, so the rubbish men wouldn't take it. The wife doesn't like me and my housemate because we are young women. She thinks we might try to steal her husband... Seriously, what kind of psycho does that? She actually waited for me to go to work before she did it this morning! I'm kind of freaked out that she put so much thought into it, and also that she has reverted to going through my rubbish bins. I'm a little scared she might kill us in our sleep....

Even colder

I am so cold, My toes hurt and my nose is numb. I don't like cold. I just want to hibernate!

The Forecast
Thursday:
Cloudy with outbreaks of sleet or snow spreading north giving significant snowfall in places, especially on hills, the snow petering out towards evening. Cold with frost and risk icy surfaces. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

On the up side...
Who's up for a snowball fight tomorrow?

Brrrrrr!

The highlight of the year is getting closer, the 21st July is the new Harry Potter book release date. I've already pre-ordered it. I am sooo cool. I even have the day planned out. I'm not working so I'll be at home, in bed, reading all day. Do NOT disturb me that day.

It's getting close to that time of year again, that day all single people HATE. So far I've managed to ignore all the Valentines cards in the shops but I think by the 14th I'm going to be seriously pissed off. Up to two years ago I had never not had a Valentines day card/present/(or in Andy's case - a petrol station brand teddy and an email card..such a romantic). Now the highlight of the holiday is whenI rent a movie and eat chocolate on Valentines day night. Alone. Urgh.

I just have to thank Kate and Stacy for the amazing birthday prsents they sent, especially the chocolate, I ate all of it last night. And felt sick after, but God it was worth it.

It was the hotel staff party on Sunday night. The was dancing, there was drink, there was some random naked guy...

25 sucks

Twenty five isn't as good as I was hoping. The birthday was distinctly lacking in presents from family, brother No 1 was the only one to get me a present. So well done Alistair. (I'm hoping the naming and shaming will get the others to get their act together).
Being twenty five is kind of depressing. Its a whole quarter of a century. And also closer to thirty than twenty, because youround up from 5. Urgh.

Edinburgh was fun though. We climbed the Scott monument all the way to the top, 287 stairs. And I got a certificate.



The view of Mum from the top of the tower!

Monster Love

This is a show I would love to watch. Who else but the Dutch would come up with a dating show for the visibly disfigured. Genius. Unfortunately they've changed the original name from 'Monster Love' to 'Love at Second Sight.' The first was definitely better.

1 week today... the event of the year - my birthday!

I've just booked my flights for Scotland and I'm starting to get excited. Mostly because it means that I have a three day week at work next week, but also because it's my birthday a week today and I'll be in Edinburgh. This trip came around because the parents had a conference there that weekend, and I think Mum felt guilty that it was on my birthday, so she booked a holiday for me there too. I like guilt presents. You get a lot of them in my family.

Anyway, it's now turned into a whole family holiday/business trip, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. I can see it has the potential for disaster. Mainly because nobody likes my parents business partners, one is an accountant, need I say more, although I have plans to be spending a lot of time in the bars demanding birthday drinks from them. Other than that, apart from the one or two compulsary dinners I have to attend I can escape from them. The hotel is right next to the castle so I'm excited about that. This is the hotel.

Hint:
Those of you who need to post my birthday presents might want to do that early next week so I get them before I go away. And for ideas look at my wish list on Amazon or just get me something amazing/expensive.

Fat Cat

I've been addicted to a video of a walrus working out today. Its hilarious. I can't get a video link of it to put on here, but it's on the bbc news webpage for anyone who's interested. Apparently people are worried that these animals are too fat, which is strange because I thought that was how they survived and kept warm in the sea. I guess all these ones in captivity don't need it so they put them on a diet. Sucks for them, but funny for me.

Other funny fat animals are:





















This was kind of off the subject I was going to write about today, but I got distracted.
My housemate is currently finishing things with her boyfriend, awkward!

I have to build a wardrobe now.

RIP Washing Machine

The washing machine man came around today and officially pronounced my washing machine dead. All I can say is NEVER buy a Servis washing machine. It's only 13 months old. Anyway, it's lucky I took out the extended warranty because they are going to replace it, eventually, hopefully not with another Servis washing machine. So tomorrow I get to spend the day at the laundrette.

PS: It's my birthday on the 20th January! I have a wishlist on Amazon if people need ideas. Just search my name.

Feeling sorry for myself

This is going to be one of my 'I'm feeling sorry for myself' posts, because, well, I am. I've somehow managed to get a slipped disc in my back. and yes, that's something that usually happens to middle aged people...lucky me. Anyway, it's really sore. On the upside, the painkillers are so strong that I feel out of it most of the time. And I've had a few days off work, only because I can't sit, and with my job that's all I do. Sit in front of a computer all day. So I'm at home, lying down playing on my laptop all day. So not that much better, although I did re-vamp my MySpace page. I think I need to play SIMS now.

New Years Eve

What a fantastic night! I spent New Years at the Mariners, the theme of the night being Childrens TV/Film, so I got to dress like a princess!

My Christmas In Pictures.

I seem to have lost the abilty to string a sentence together so I'm going for the 'artistic' look for this blog.


And yes, that is my sixteen year old brother in the Ann Summers fireman stripper outfit... so proud...