Apologies

Ok. So I'm back. Thanks to everyone who nagged me to get a gmail account and switch my blog over so that once again I could write...I've done it! Happy now?

So here are some things I meant to blog, but didn't due to not wanting the hassle of switching:

For Jems:

A: "Jemma you're in denial." pause "although of course that's in Egypt"

Silence

Blank look from Jemma

A: "Denial...De Nial....The Nile...."

J: "yeah" (nervous laughter)

A: "You know the River Nile??"

J: (positively) "Yes!"

A: "Runs through Egypt..."

J: (not so positively) "ye-es"

Pause

J: "I thought that was the River that ran through London

A: (groans and hits forehead!)

This is my favourite New Year Pic. We had an awesome time that night. I met up with Abs, Kirsty, Meryn and Dunc in Revolution, Bath. There was much drinking and vodka shots, some dancing (ficken, ficken, ficken fur das volk!) and a bit of tit grabbing too...who was that mysterious person in the mask!?

I have to say, NYE was the best night out I've had in a long time, despite Mike not being able to make it to Bath. I had so much fun and was with such fantastic people I honestly don't think it would have mattered if I was drunk or not. And at the end of the night (apart from Kirsty who was driving) I think i'm safe to say I was the soberist. Dunc managed to fall into the lobby of Loch Fyne fish restaurant at least once, and fell down again outside...that proves his drunken state. Abs got quite drunk in the bar and was looking like she might nod off at any mo, when all of a sudden she got a fit of the giggles. Meryn was slurring her words and decidely not so hot on her feet when we came out. But who am I to judge if that pic is anything to go by!!!? I'll include a couple more pics for your entertainment on our night out to bring in 2007

Oh and commisserations to Dunc who for the second year in a row managed to get the Chili Vodka shot. Only this time he shared it with Abs, though I don't know how much good it did!

So, New Year, New Job!! It's all very exciting and I'm loving it at the moment. I have been there nearly a month now. In that month we have moved into our new offices which are on Corporation St and right by all the courts. We have started putting all the furniture together and tomorrow Mr. BT man is coming to get us hooked up to la internet and la telephone. Thus we will really be able to communicate and people will HAVE to take us seriously. It was only slightly depressing that the work mobile phone I got was much much better than my personal mobile phone, and only slightly gutting that although there are free minutes and texts, we are NOT to use it for any personal use. I am currently thinking of switching to a contract phone anyway, so let me know of any good deals out there!

My little car NOYT passed it's MOT no probs, which I was totally thrilled about. And a couple of weekends ago I managed to make Mike's year by telling him Jems back home was selling her ford fiesta and would he like to be first to view it? Yes was of course the answer. He was looking at getting a fiesta so this was a stroke of genius and luck. He bought it and has been happy ever since. Of course though whenever I do something he doesn't like, or am trying to persuade him to do something he doesn't like, all I have to do is the puppy dog eyes and say "if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have your car". I fear this will only work for so long though and it's already wearing off. Good news is his car has also just passed it's MOT. Wooooo.

Right it's valentine's day today. Ugh sicky sicky. Mike and I have totally broken our tradition of making something of this day for several reasons.

1) I was supposed to be in London on a Residential and only coming back this afternoon. (Although I have been very poorly and had to get a replacement to go instead of me)

2) The novelty of having a caring Boyfriend on Valentine's day is slowly wearing off. Of course after my spectacular Valentine's day of the First Year, whereby my boyfriend spectacularly stood me up at the Valentine's 24 hour formal; it is no wonder that I clung to all hope the last 2 years and wanted to do something special. This year though, I have realised I am with someone who loves me for who I am every day, not just one day a year. And who shows me this every day. Why then should he have to show me this extra specially this one day? Likewise I know he knows I love him totally and utterly. We do silly little things for each other all the time and I am refusing to bow to advertising this year. Mike and I will have dinner tonight, but that is about it. As for getting him a card, yes I have. And yes, it's cute. As for presents...haha, well I thought we could really take the piss out of the day and go for the 'see who can get the tackiest present' competition! I will let you know the results although I believe I have already won hands down.

The weekend before last was awesome. Karen came back to Birmingham for the weekend and this meant that there was lots of spontaneous drinking and travelling to Redditch and back and ending up in SNOBS. Wooooo. It also meant that I saw Loopy who I havent' seen for ages and who has had a little bit of bad luck recently. We've always promised ourselves to go to SNOBS, but only just got round to it. Again it was a fun night, although I decided to switch to lemonade halfway through the night, much to Karen's disapproval:

K "I'm going to the bar, what would you like?"

Various shouts of 'beer'

K "so beer, beer, beer, beer..." She turned to me

A "Lemonade please"

K "Lemonade!!!!!!" She rolled her eyes "whatever!"

K returns from the bar and dishes out beer

A "Where's my lemonade bitch?"

K "Lemonade bitch? I don't do lemonade, bitch!"

She clearly was NOT impressed. Still my reasons were valid and I stuck to them. If I hadn't switched I'd have been too drunk to get up the next morning to go to Hay-on-Wye with Mike. We had planned it for a while and I really wanted to go.

We climbed some hills, and were rewarded with stunning views of the valley and mountains. The air was so clear and fresh, and the surrounding countryside totally silent. All you could hear were the birds and it was wonderful. We also met a horse or two, one in particular I coaxed to us and it then proceeded to rub itself on the barbed wire. I was terrified it would bleed but it's fur was so thick. It did look a little mad tho, and when I have it from Mike, I'll post the picture to show you.

I really can't think of anything else at the moment, apart from minor incidents like colluding with Nic to bring back a tiger and an Orang-Utan from HSBC and loading said creatures into my car, before displaying them proudly in our living room. I shall just keep you updated as and when things happen.