can't beat a good kick about

Tired today, seemed to have spent the day socialising, which would actually be true as I've been out for lunch and dinner.

Been playing kick about in the back garden and my grandfather was heading the ball!!! He's 76 this should not be possible, quite spritely really.

Good job the football is on at 8pm on tuesday, I think work are happy. Can't have us leaving early too often to watch the football.

right back to thinking about packing

The family gets older

My little sister turns 21 on Monday. This definitely means I'm getting older. Although mum assures me that you only start to feel old when you eldest son is expecting a baby, your middle one is in the process of buying a house and the youngest turns 21. So I've got a way to go yet.

We're having the family meal tomorrow. 18 is a bigger thing in the family. Mainly because we all then run away to uni so it fits in better.

practice makes perfect

It's getting easier, the legs weren't quite so wobbly. Maybe next time I can work on the speed element of running after biking.

skiing is getting better although as I get braver ( or is that stupider?) I seem to fall over a lot more. Plus I'm getting faster, is this a good combination?

swim, bike, run - why?

You may have heard the phrase "don't walk before you can run" I can confirm that I have an even better new phrase "Definitely don't cycle before you run".

I think it's probably quite comical to watch but not only am I slow when I run after cycling but I also don't think I can run in a straight line. It does get better as your legs warm up to the idea but they still feel bizare.

Not tried the swimming before cycling yet but I'll give it a go.

I'm overdrawn :(

So I've blown the overdraft limit out of the water and managed to be a whole £3000 overdrawn in one go. The really annoying thing is that I transfered the money to cover this problem but somehow it got lost and now won't be in my account till wednesday.

So I rang the bank to tell them to let the cheque through (it was the house deposit) and that money was coming and they confirmed there was a transaction pending.

So tonight I get a phone call telling me I'm overdrawn. I know!!!! I told you I would be!!! Do they not listen? I'm only wound up about it because the call centers are all based in India and I have issues with understanding them and they apparently have issues understanding me. So now they're going to charge me for going overdrawn which is their fault as they lost my money. Plus I have no choice but to use the call centre as I work during bank opening hours.

Don't worry though I have a secret weapon. It's called mum and she's going to visit the bank wednesday morning and get my charges dropped.

Let them eat cake

Why is it that its sunny for days and then today when I'm outside it rains. Mind you according to the ski instructor the dry slope is better wet!

So having done 5 hours of lessons and falling over once, today I did 1 and 1/2 hours and fell over 5 times. Once not even skiiing !!!! Was really funny though, me and laura were just not getting it, thought the guy was going to kill us. We did in the last ten minutes start to turn like he'd been trying to make us done for the previous 80 mins. I kept getting my ski stuck, hence the falling.

Also got to move slabs, fill a skip and power wash the outside areas of the house.

Definitely earnt my chocolate cake.

Race for life

crazybrit's ramblings

So I've done my race for life for this year 5km with thousands of women quite a good moral boast, particularly as most people walk and I've normally finished as the last lot are completing their first mile. :) makes me feel good and we raise a load of money for cancer research.

Only slightly bothering thing was the fact that it was suppose to be a flat course. After the second km I was wondering if the person writing that statement had got flat confused for up hill. Laster I thought perhaps they'd got confused as it started and finished in the same place. Anyway it was definitely not flat. Although pam did say " it was flat when we went through that gate"

crazybrit's ramblings

There's a good element and a bad element about my job just depends on what your mood is as to whether is a good thing or bad thing. The thing in question is never knowing what's going to happen.

Take today for example 11am. The job I'm handed is a mower which has lost a blade and cut through someone shoe, thankfully not injuring him. I then investigate to find other problems. Writing the report on Monday should be fun. Plus I've now got the same type of mower and need to go mow some grass to see what the problem is. Don't worry I'll be wearing safety boots.

Plus I'm sat at my desk thinking about where to store my recycling stuff in my new house. Distracted mind at the moment.

there's no going back

Well officially I can no longer go back on my decision to get my own place. In fact not officially I just can't go back now. The deposit is paid and the contract's exchanged. I thought I'd be excited but actually I just kind of feel tired.

Now I have to sort out electricity, water, phone, internet, it feels like too much. It is too much. Let's just not think about it.

Shoes

So I'm at work today and about to do a presentation to the director of group legal (important guy) and what am I thinking in my head?

I need a shoe rack.

I even discussed with my head how this was an inappropriate time to come up with such a thought but it then went on to figure out where I should put the shoe rack and then worked out how many pairs of shoes I owed

The presentation did go well but no thanks to my head and its random thoughts.

I miss having bethany around now. Its weird it was like a whirlwind here and now gone. Bethany for some reason always makes me think about stuff, not bad stuff or good stuff just stuff.

it's the best thing since sliced bread

I was thinking I want to randomly type and then I thought, I know i have a journal.

Only problem is there's not that much exciting going on.

I'm buying a house which I guess could be classed as exciting but to be honest now I know where I want to live and I'm in the process of sorting paperwork it's just plain scary.

Funstuff. Bethany came to visit, I'm still in a state of shock I guess. I don't know that I've ever had to show someone round my area. Lorraine did have a bit of a winge at not having seen half the places I have shown bethany and yet she's visited many times. What can I say just a slacker. My favourite bit of the week would probably be .......... you know I can't actual decide. I'm thinking saturday night was good just chillin, chating with my bro, I liked wandering down the farm, then there was getting the blood pressure tested or just sitting on the bed chatting.

Sleepy now though, so time to stop typing and start sorting.

Wow this has been way too long. I guess I got bored, although I don't really know why.

Probably being stuck on a computer all day at work means you're not so interested in doing the same in the evening.

However with it being January I'm not really in the mood to be cheery. I think it's the constant dark, wet, cold miserable weather that is the UK.

So what am I up to? Well still running although it's not very far as the gym and treadmill are my only options. Not down to the cold but down to the fact that the sun sets and rises whilst I'm in the office and the country lanes are not where you want to be when it's dark, well not if you value your life anyway. I should know I drive down them :).

Reviewing the finances which look healthy but I really need to do some serious saving rather than the casual style I have been doing. So a budget has been drawn up to stop me giving into myself.

Trying to curb the sugar cravings is number one priority for the week as I became addicted to sweets over Christmas and it's proving a difficult habit to kick.

The summer is my current obstacle at the moment I have nothing planned. Not a problem other than I seriously need something to look forward to otherwise my mood is bad. At the moment I awaiting a decision from my little sister, uni mates and several interested parties. At the moment in the year 2006 I have next weekend in London to look forward to and that's it.

Mind you saying that I now having something planned every night of the week. Granted boring routine things. Monday will now be tutoring night for my step sister and cousin. Tuesday and Thursday are gym nights or when it decides to be light again it will be running outside night. Wednesdays are wavering at the moment but look like they're going to be spent either learning guitar or doing advanced driving. I have to decide this week.

Alrighty, watching some TV and down time before another week of work

Being tagged

So I've been tagged my Monsieur Dustino. Humm have to thing about this. Work tomorrow seems like an ideal time if you ask me.

its a foot thing

ok so I have a weird foot bone and I would like you all to see if you have the same weird bone.
ok so on my left foot just above my heel I have a bone that just sticks out. So if you run your hand down the back of your ankle to your heel I have a bumpy bit that sticks out. Only on my left foot though.

I'm weird. Please tell me someone else is