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May. 6th, 2011 12:02 amI'm back! I have a new laptop and a new router so I'm finally able to rejoin the 21st century. I looked back through my FB posts and worked out that I've been without the internet for around 11 weeks. I can't believe I lasted that long. I've been staying vaguely connected by using the (woefully slow) cyber cafe at work when desperate and checking in from my mum's PC every Sunday. I think I've managed to keep up to date with most important stuff on Facebook and Hotmail and I'm able to check Twitter from my desk at work anyway so I hope I haven't missed anything vital. I feel a bit guilty about anyone I've not been able to wish a happy birthday because of the lack of FB so if you fit into that category I'm sorry and will try and do better next year. I now have over 600 emails to sort out in Hotmail. They are all from businesses rather than contacts so I feel a bulk deletion session coming on.
Tomorrow is my last day of 2.5 weeks annual leave. I decided to take advantage of the Bank Holiday season to do some desperately needed decorating. I set myself a target of painting the bathroom, re-sealing part of the bath, filling the crack in my bedroom wall, painting my bedroom and replacing the curtain rail in the bedroom. I'm not doing too badly. I need to do one more coat on about half of the bathroom and one more coat on one of the bedroom walls. Then it's just a case of moving all the furniture back into the bedroom and getting dad to put up a shelf in the living room and a finger plate on the front door. I'm aiming to finish the painting tomorrow, The process hasn't gone too badly. The worst thing has been coping with having all the stuff from the bedroom (apart from the bed) in the living room. There is currently about 2 square metres of spare floor space in my fairly large living room. I'll be pleased when it's all finished.
I've tried to alternate one day of decorating with one day of fun stuff in an attempt to try and stay motivated. It seems to have worked as I haven't slacked off at all.
On Easter Saturday I went to Oxfordshire for my aunt and uncle's golden wedding anniversary party. It was nice to see all my 2nd and 3rd cousins who are nearly all teenagers now. That made me feel a bit old. In keeping with family tradition we played a selection of silly games. I proved that I'm not competent at sucking a pea through a straw and moving it across the room. I'll remember not to include that skill on my CV in future!
Last week I met up with a friend in central London. I'd planned that we would look at the exhibition currently showing on the South Bank and grab some food at the Royal Festival Hall or the NT. However, I'd failed to realise that most of the complex was shut for the few days between Easter and the Royal Wedding so we ended up walking up to Westminster Abbey to see what was going on. We saw lots of tourists, some of the crazy people already camping across the road on the Wednesday to ensure they got the front spot and zillions of media teams from all over the world.
On Friday I watched the wedding on TV. I am slightly ashamed of myself about this and will not be admitting it to anyone at work.
Earlier this week I went to the Museum of London with my parents to see the London Street Photography exhibition. We also looked around the newly refurbished modern galleries. It was the first time I'd been to the Museum of London for many years and I really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a free day out in the city. We were there from 11.30am - 5pm and we saw less than half of the permanent exhibitions. In the evening I treated my parents to tickets to see Smash! at the Menier Chocolate Factory, an independent theatre in South London. This marked the second time in as many months that I'd been in a theatre audience with a famous person. Back in April I was in the audience of 'Shoes: the musical' with Gok Wan and then I was in the audience of 'Smash!' with Steve Coogan. I was literally standing right next to him as we left the theatre. My parents had no idea who he was!
Today I went to Balham for lunch with my friend and her 7 month old son. We had lunch in a lovely boutique cafe and then went for a walk on Tooting Common. The little-un was positively angelic and the sun came out in the afternoon to allow us to wander around. I felt a bit guiltly that I still haven't finished sewing the baby's christening gift. He was Christened in April and it's still not finished. I'm doing the final stage at the moment but I've run out of one colour of thread and will have to send to the USA for an extra bit. My aim now is to finish it before he's too old to want it on his bedroom wall. A highly scientific survey of males (I asked the bloke who sits diagonally opposite from me at work!) informed me that it'll probably be OK until he's about 7. I'm pretty sure it'll be done by then! However, I think not having the internet has helped as I didn't have that to distract me in the evenings. I'm going to have to be disciplined in the coming weeks. I haven't done anything to it this evening.
So tomorrow is reserved for finishing painting and Saturday for moving furniture. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal by Sunday. Then it's back to work on Monday. Time flies when you're having fun.
Tomorrow is my last day of 2.5 weeks annual leave. I decided to take advantage of the Bank Holiday season to do some desperately needed decorating. I set myself a target of painting the bathroom, re-sealing part of the bath, filling the crack in my bedroom wall, painting my bedroom and replacing the curtain rail in the bedroom. I'm not doing too badly. I need to do one more coat on about half of the bathroom and one more coat on one of the bedroom walls. Then it's just a case of moving all the furniture back into the bedroom and getting dad to put up a shelf in the living room and a finger plate on the front door. I'm aiming to finish the painting tomorrow, The process hasn't gone too badly. The worst thing has been coping with having all the stuff from the bedroom (apart from the bed) in the living room. There is currently about 2 square metres of spare floor space in my fairly large living room. I'll be pleased when it's all finished.
I've tried to alternate one day of decorating with one day of fun stuff in an attempt to try and stay motivated. It seems to have worked as I haven't slacked off at all.
On Easter Saturday I went to Oxfordshire for my aunt and uncle's golden wedding anniversary party. It was nice to see all my 2nd and 3rd cousins who are nearly all teenagers now. That made me feel a bit old. In keeping with family tradition we played a selection of silly games. I proved that I'm not competent at sucking a pea through a straw and moving it across the room. I'll remember not to include that skill on my CV in future!
Last week I met up with a friend in central London. I'd planned that we would look at the exhibition currently showing on the South Bank and grab some food at the Royal Festival Hall or the NT. However, I'd failed to realise that most of the complex was shut for the few days between Easter and the Royal Wedding so we ended up walking up to Westminster Abbey to see what was going on. We saw lots of tourists, some of the crazy people already camping across the road on the Wednesday to ensure they got the front spot and zillions of media teams from all over the world.
On Friday I watched the wedding on TV. I am slightly ashamed of myself about this and will not be admitting it to anyone at work.
Earlier this week I went to the Museum of London with my parents to see the London Street Photography exhibition. We also looked around the newly refurbished modern galleries. It was the first time I'd been to the Museum of London for many years and I really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a free day out in the city. We were there from 11.30am - 5pm and we saw less than half of the permanent exhibitions. In the evening I treated my parents to tickets to see Smash! at the Menier Chocolate Factory, an independent theatre in South London. This marked the second time in as many months that I'd been in a theatre audience with a famous person. Back in April I was in the audience of 'Shoes: the musical' with Gok Wan and then I was in the audience of 'Smash!' with Steve Coogan. I was literally standing right next to him as we left the theatre. My parents had no idea who he was!
Today I went to Balham for lunch with my friend and her 7 month old son. We had lunch in a lovely boutique cafe and then went for a walk on Tooting Common. The little-un was positively angelic and the sun came out in the afternoon to allow us to wander around. I felt a bit guiltly that I still haven't finished sewing the baby's christening gift. He was Christened in April and it's still not finished. I'm doing the final stage at the moment but I've run out of one colour of thread and will have to send to the USA for an extra bit. My aim now is to finish it before he's too old to want it on his bedroom wall. A highly scientific survey of males (I asked the bloke who sits diagonally opposite from me at work!) informed me that it'll probably be OK until he's about 7. I'm pretty sure it'll be done by then! However, I think not having the internet has helped as I didn't have that to distract me in the evenings. I'm going to have to be disciplined in the coming weeks. I haven't done anything to it this evening.
So tomorrow is reserved for finishing painting and Saturday for moving furniture. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal by Sunday. Then it's back to work on Monday. Time flies when you're having fun.
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