Ok I’ll go home then.
I think I may be doing that whole ‘burning the candle at both ends’ thing because I can’t seem to shake this cold. Went to work this morning for the meeting and everything but felt like shit and ended up leaving at lunchtime. Since coming home I have put on a load of washing, cleaned the toilet and bathroom, eaten soup whilst Skyping (is that a word?) with Mum and cooked a curry for dinner (it might help clean the sinuses….ewwwww) and now I’m dosed up on cold and flu tablets and I’m thinking bedtime will be some hard -core hour of about half seven. Mum told me that she worries about me because she comes online in Perth (8 hours ahead of London) to talk to Kathy in Minnesota (6 hours behind London) and sees me online and figures it must be some crazy hour and why on earth am I still awake? Her advice was; ‘’you’re only young once and you should enjoy it, but make sure you’re looking after yourself.’’ Typical Mum.
I do try; it just seems that this time of year is incredibly busy with birthdays and festive events! I’m actually struggling to think when I last had a night off/a quiet night in. And I honestly can’t. This is how the past 2 weeks have gone for me.
Monday- Went to all-you-can-eat sushi with Britta, Jen, Catt, Nick, Nathan, Chris and Steven. On the day of both the tube strikes and when the snow started! Was worth it though, deliciousssssssss sushi. But too much!!!
Tuesday-Lee came round for dinner and to dye my hair. Disaster. It involved a late night walk to Tesco to try and find some more hair dye, which was unsuccessful as they don’t sell hair dye! Hair was dyed twice more over the next 10 hours to resemble something that didn’t make me look like a freak. Success. Sort of.
Wednesday- Worked until 8pm as my boss has decided a late shift is a really good idea. Cheers CT. Then straight to the pub to meet Steven and his friend, Emily from back home. We had many different drinks, toffee vodka shots from the ski on a Wednesday, seriously??? But not tooo messy of course, the walk home is when fresh snow started falling and it was so beautiful!
Thursday- Steven’s birthday so went up to his in zone 4 of Northwest London (it was like going on holiday!) and had a birthday dinner in Wembley.
Friday- Went to central London for Mexican food and then Southbank to see the World Press Photo Exhibition (I’d already seen it in Rome but was still incredibly moving). Then back to South Kenton for drinks and getting ready before a return to central to celebrate Steven’s birthday with his friends and my sister. We went to a couple of random pubs and then a place, which I can’t remember the name, but it was old-school music and a few of us danced the night away. Trek back to South Kenton and sleep happened sometime around 5/6am.
Saturday- Spent the afternoon in the pub and then came back to Southwest London where we got ready to go to Drew’s birthday party. By the time we got to Croydon we’d missed the first band (one of the members turned out to be a guy from my work-small world!!!) but saw the second (yay, Dan on drums!!!) and danced the night away yet again. Night ended with buying wine from a closed GJ’s and passing out on my couch whilst Drew and his friends sat around my living room. I’m a great host, obviously.
Sunday- Was the girly Christmas party at GJ’s. Good work with organising Gemma! Some verrrrrrry sexy costumes! I myself went as a Christmas tree, meaning I wore a green tinsel tree over my head/face. Totally sexy. We ate food and drank wine and played games. Who knew how much fun musical chairs could be when you’re in your mid 20’s???
Monday- Made a yummy carbonara and then went and saw Xavier Rudd play in Shepherd’s Bush. He was amazing. As always. Although had reworked many of his songs and they sounded quite different, but, still amazing! There was a slight ‘incident’ on the way home that was a little bit horrible, but also made me realise that there are still good people in the world!
Tuesday- I had a plan for Tuesday night. I was going to pick up my pay from the pub and then head straight home to heat up my leftover pasta and get to bed early. It didn’t go exactly like this. Bec was finishing work when I got there so decided to stay for one glass of wine. One glass turned into many and a meal. I was soooo sleepy when I got home that I slipped into some kind of wine coma and had an amazing sleep!
Wednesday-Went to dinner with Lara, Lee and Roxy to catch up and drink free sparkling! We got wine, cava, cocktails, starters, mains and desserts and it was about 15 pounds each. Awesome.
Thursday- It was the launch of Felix’s band’s single but no one from work was very keen to go so was more than happy to chill out on the couch with a glass of wine. However, Steven’s plans fell through and he was keen to go see the band sooooooo I finished the bottle of wine on the train and met him. This may have meant I was slightly wasted BEFORE we got there. Why we did tequila shots I do not know! Saw 3 of the bands and don’t remember much but I do know that Felix’s band is kind of awesome. J
Friday- I worked and it was one of those nights where there were a couple of Christmas functions. This usually means you have customers who only drink once a year-what fun! So of course, you, as a bartender, have to drink yourself to get through. But then the customers usually peak early which means the night can end in lots of bar top and dance floor action!
Saturday- Had a lovely lazzzzzzy day. We spent it eating all the food that had been leftover at the pub the night before, watching crappy TV and napping. That night meant more drinks at the pub with a rather random but very fun crew of people, before heading out to Hollie’s fundraiser with Roxy, Quade and Bec. The night ended with an epic journey home. Not that we were far from home just that we managed to get on the wrong bus, twice! But we got there eventually and I know that there was a kebab enjoyed before I fell straight to sleep in Bec’s bed.
Sunday- Left the pub at 10am to shower and came back at 11am to start work. The fact it was the first time I’d ever opened and it was a Sunday made for an interesting day. When I finished work at 6 Steven and I went straight to dinner with Jenny, Brayton, Todd, Hayley and her sister, Courtney. We wanted to do a pre-Christmas dinner with a pub roast; however the pub was sold out of roasts (this was after I’d asked to not have a roast for lunch at the pub because I knew I was having it for dinner)! So had a rather disappointing alternative and did the pub quiz. Some of the worst questions ever! I think we came second though.
Monday- Met Lee in East London to go see PNAU. Other peeps like Jess, Harper, Ben and Dave were there too. Plus we made new friends with other Australians. Everyone was rather excited and the anticipation built as it seemed we waited quite some time for them to begin. And when they did, although they didn’t play for very long (or do encores!) they put on a great show! We were right up the front and Peter Mayes (the P in PNAU) grabbed my hands at one stage! Didn’t actually end up onstage with them this time but still enjoyed the show.
Phew.
And I’ve been doing all this whilst having NO money. I mean seriously desperate times. Like having to ‘borrow’ teabags from the pub. And it’s essential that I have them as Steven is not exactly a morning person, actually he’s not even a morning human, until he’s had a cup of tea!
Tonight I was supposed to have pre-Christmas dinner/catch-up with Jen but it’s not going to happen. And I think it’s probably for the best! Got to get better before the work Christmas party tomorrow night! And then it’s crazy busy until New York! After talking with Mum today, I realised I actually fly out on the 22nd NOT the 23rd. Whoops! I did it again. Wonder how my work is going to feel about that…..
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