Leaving drinks...

Hello!!

Yesterday was my 'leaving drinks' with my team in Guildford. It seemed like major stress organising getting there and having somewhere to keep the car and organising where we were going to stay etc. Luckily Yvonne and Stuart helped us out and let us stay at theirs afterwards (Yvonne drove - and drove us back to our car in Guildford this morning...and made breakfast!) so a huge thanks to them!

I was worried that I would be really late, coming from Staines to Guildford at rush hour but it all worked out fine! Doug, Dickie, Joe and Andy (my old team) were all there which was brilliant! and Yvonne and Stuart were there too, and obviously my lovely much slimmer looking husband was there too - so all in all I was very happy!

I got leaving gifts! Apparently Doug and Joe went to get the gifts - I got a creepy looking human finger pen! lol a tub of chocolate sauce from Hotel Chocolat, a water bottle (I can use at the gym) which is also a water filter, which is cool...and a Miss Chatterbox mug! lol. So very cool, thoughtful gifts - I have no idea why they bought me the mug though :-D

It was nice to catch up and have a laugh with the team...I do miss them and the way we all know each other and can take the mickey with each other and stuff...

(my)Andy got on really well with Doug, which doesn't surprise me as Doug is such a lovely nice guy! The both have a lot in common too - being quite geeky when it comes to music and other geeky stuff they were chatting about! Stuart also seemed to get on well with Doug too...to be honest everybody get on with everybody and all was hunky dorey and I had a good laugh and thoroughly enjoyed the night!

The group picture above is me (looking a bit weird) with the team and our Sarge. In the picture from left to right is:

Andy, Joe, me, Dickie (brewing up for the first time ever hence the photo) Colin, and Doug. The other picture is Doug last night! I was grateful to Doug last night because I think he got into trouble with his wife for coming out - and he stayed out quite late too (they have 2 small kids and his wife was supposed to be going to pilates!)

About 10.30pm me and (my) Andy went back with Yvonne and Stuart to their neck of the woods and went to an Indian Restaurant and we basically wrecked our diet with onion bhargi's, chicken curry, naan and obviously alcohol! When we went back to Yvonne's I fell asleep! lol...it was that lovely I'm-really-tired-and-comfy-couch-sleep... I think we went to bed about half one so for us it was quite a sensible night!

In the morning Yvonne made me beans and scrambled egg and mushrooms on toast! YUMMY!

However, I have added up my calories for today (I wrote yesterday off) and I HAVE to go to the gym if I want to eat tonight!

I am sat here writing this basically because I am putting off going to the gym...avoidance techniques...

I might run to the gym... the more calories I burn the more I can eat and drink later and I fancy a glass of red wine! Oh well better get my butt into gear!

Why I write a blog...

I like writing a blog. I get to record little snippets of my life, what I am doing, how I feel about it, sometime I write about where I want to be or what I want to achieve. I write about what other members of my family are doing, or my friends or even my pets! I can complain or laugh or just waffle...

I don't expect people to read what I write...the main reason I write this is so that in the future - near future or otherwise, I can read back and remind myself of those little mundane things I would otherwise forget about, or the laughs that I might have or the issues I sometimes have to deal with. If people do want to read it - then cool, that's fine - and its nice when people email me and comment or agree or disagree and so forth.

However, it does bother me a little bit when I get asked or questioned about why I write this when I don't have really interesting things to talk about unlike the rich or famous or explorers or astronauts or...errr other people that you might think would be really interesting! I don't think I have to lead a massively exciting life in order to have things to talk about! Personally I would love it if all my friends and family wrote something like this - I would love to have an almost daily insight into my brothers and sisters lives... or my parents - or whoever! Especially when they live far away and I cant or don't have that daily interaction that I would like to have. I like to read random people's blogs - like a women who lives in Canada and works in a cafe and has 4 kids....you wouldn't think that is massively exciting but its interesting to see how other people live, and how they think, how they interact, and how their life compares to mine...

So...its up to you if you want to read what I write...just don't criticise or mock me for it...I don't claim to be interesting, I don't claim to be a brilliant writer either, to be humorous or clever. Its just me sticking words together, and keeping them and letting other people who might want to read it...read it.

If this sounds like I am having a huge rant then let me clarify...I am not having a rant, I was a little miffed at being judged but I am glad to have been made to think and answer questions as to why I write this...so this is me thinking about it...explaining why and quite enjoying analysing the reasons! Its been fun! ;-)