tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63678662012-01-12T11:05:17.809ZCharbyRandom updates of a random little life.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.comBlogger12811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-15143043759508510922012-01-01T12:40:00.003Z2012-01-01T12:51:57.944ZSo. Traditional New Year round up.High points of this year? Promotion at the Museum, Getting Olympic tickets (208 days to go!) my holidays to the Lake district and Vegas, leaving the Museum at last and moving to Spain. I remember at the start of the year somehow knowing that this year would be different, that I wouldn't end it how it started and this has proved to be correct. My Bucket list to Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-81306169398383631872011-12-04T00:19:00.002Z2011-12-04T00:31:46.414ZHello all.Still alive I see?Here I am to tell you about my trip to Vegas.My Christ what a tiring place it is. A week, I found far too long. Welshy wanted to return home after 4 days. A friend just kept saying about wanting to go home and do the ironing.Too many lights. Too much attacking your senses. Too much happening.I liked the colours and lights. Cant get sick of those. Got attacked by Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-68024819354036312712011-09-03T21:08:00.002Z2011-10-08T22:37:17.165ZIf anyone out there cares/is interested. Whilst in Spain I have set up another blog, this one is so friends and family can keep in touch with my adventures. I plan on adding to this as and when time permits and if stuff happens that they are not to know about.Anyway. check out www.kazinspain.livejournal.com.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-5315379383219133352011-08-29T21:02:00.003Z2011-10-08T22:35:57.101ZPassport sorted. Flight booked (11th Sept) Welshy is out there now. Flew out early this morning. Last day at work next Thursday. Got a letter that I need to post to the Police to prove that I havent murdered anyone. Madnessssss! Also blogger has stopped letting me publish post. Not sure what thats all about. Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-59571887623214143392011-08-26T21:47:00.004Z2011-10-08T22:35:17.197Zwhy has blogger deserted me?Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-57264743436836954152011-08-19T18:12:00.002Z2011-08-19T18:13:56.409ZSo handed my notice in yesterday. Final day is the 8th of September. Hopefully gonna fly out on the 10th.
Today we went out on a fair few little errands but there still seems to be masses to do!
Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-8812514609748247462011-08-18T21:47:00.003Z2011-08-18T21:50:36.941ZHanded my notice in today!
Hurrah!
Set up a livejournal to follow my tales for the people that I dont want to follow me on this because I dont what them to know about this.
Made a list of things that need to get done asap!
Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-48748586973025088152011-08-17T07:21:00.001Z2011-08-17T07:23:43.358ZEEEEEKKKK.
Been offered a job in Spain... Gonna go... Mother VERY pissed. Am scared about going... scared about not being able to afford my msc... scared about how she's gonna cope... scared about if I can go back to the museum after...
Fuck I can't even speak spanish....
Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-61494529575086746692011-08-16T07:20:00.003Z2011-08-16T07:34:44.826ZIts looking more and more likely that Welshy is going to be offered a job in Spain... There would be work for me too should I go.
Do I go though?
I need to be able to pay for this course for three years, I could potentially take up to 6 months unpaid leave from the museum and then go back at the end of it. So if thats agreeable with this language school I can work there for 6 months, then come Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-8728483678885316572011-08-12T16:54:00.001Z2011-08-12T16:56:55.406ZLooks like the riot adventure is all over now. Been very quiet the last couple of nights apart from all the helicopters flying overhead.... Back to normality!
Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-57891732566847526482011-08-09T18:06:00.001Z2011-08-09T18:07:25.351ZA friend of Welshy's slightly dramatic account of his adventures last night.
Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-76325558649235865482011-08-09T13:38:00.003Z2011-08-09T13:42:07.705ZSo last night, most of Woolwich got torched. Brat went and drove round Granddad's street last night about 11pm and that was ok then.
And it spread outside of London. Crazy shit is going down people.
work has been evacuated... People are jumping everytime they hear sirens... Rubber bullets are rumoured to be deployed..
Tonight its supposed to be kicking off in Welling, Bexley and Plumstead.
Its Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-13794439395427314572011-08-08T20:48:00.002Z2011-08-08T20:53:18.058ZHonestly what the hells going out outside? Luckily I'm South East London so avoided the previous two days of madness but now its all spread to Lewisham and there's crazy stories going on on facebook from things going on in Woolwich, Eltham and Grove Park.
Welshy was trapped in a put on Roman Road after there was rumours of shits firing shots and is now being offered clearly looted trainers from Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-82404606761289551752011-08-04T17:50:00.002Z2011-08-04T17:54:42.417ZI'm going to Vegas in November.. I'm looking up the usual things for fun, horse-riding, the possibility of a Helecopter tour of the Grand Canyon.When I saw this. Las Vegas Stripper University. All those times (well twice) that I've been to see strippers and longed to learn how to pole dance. And now I can! And will! And possibly most exciting of all, I'm gonna get me a "diploma" in exotic dancingCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-83237130076670887882011-07-30T07:26:00.003Z2011-07-30T07:29:42.797ZI am jolly tired! I have worked about 9 days straight and then taken yesterday off and am preparing to go in again today for daytime overtime. I've also done about 32 hours of added overtime in those 9 days.Its all for this bloody course. I've managed to save enough money to buy myself a laptop so I dont have to share with anyone else, pay for my Vegas trip and put 250 aside for spends while out Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-66858909802919369582011-07-16T07:14:00.003Z2011-07-16T07:19:09.927ZHarry Potter was amazing, sad, funny, brilliant. They missed out my two favourite sections but everything else went exactly as the book. It whizzed along and I can't believe its over.Oh - as for Miss happypants, who accused me of "verbal assault and bullying" She came back to work yesterday after a week signed off with "stress" (I'll give you stress. I've had a rotten headache all week thinking Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-49049602114851758972011-07-15T07:21:00.002Z2011-07-15T07:25:49.064ZThis is it guys. 10 years ago I went to a cinema in Nottingham with E and her uni flatmates to see the first Harry Potter movie.11 years ago she returned from uni with a copy of Goblet of Fire that she demanded I read. I've queued up at midnight for the latest books. Seen all the films, often a couple of times at the cinema.Now. Tonight at 7 Harry Potter FINALLY comes to an end.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-69713713194008142582011-07-13T17:55:00.001Z2011-07-13T17:56:53.856ZGah. Just ogt my reading list for uni... Why are textbooks so expensive? £25, £31 and a whopping £71 monster. Why couldn't I have won the euromillions?!Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-44533506292252038912011-07-06T20:56:00.002Z2011-07-06T21:23:02.620ZFor God's Sake!Some complete non-event at work is being completely blown out of proportion and resulting in what looks more and more likely to have me hauled up infront of HR.I was covering the Museum patrol position and the patrol had arranged for this lady to go see the new wing between 1 and 1.30. Bear in mind that I'm still on the radio and supposed to go aid if requested and go to where I'm Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-42800755790717395602011-07-04T06:15:00.001Z2011-07-04T06:17:40.781ZToday I will be mostly:Mixing with Royalty.Sneaking in an hour of dressage before work.Mingling with top Olympic standard International 3-day eventers.Trying to meet a woman named Piggy.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-41823945015748886832011-06-25T20:23:00.003Z2011-06-25T20:33:48.931ZSo am back from the Lakes. My Tipi was beautiful (and waterproof!!). We avoided most of the rain and the toilets were the best I've seen on any campsite.I've never been on a holiday where so much has gone wrong and yet its been such a laugh. We failed in our mission to get a car so that left us a bit stranded, stopping us from riding as we wanted to go do. Ambleside was the nearest town over an Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-43822601978010933402011-06-10T20:17:00.002Z2011-06-10T20:21:37.104ZI got on my MSc course! Whoo.Well actually I got approved for the first year of it. If it works out I can't afford it or just cant complete the workload satisfactorily, then out I go at the end of year one with a PGdip.So we'll see.Gonna try and do it while working fulltime and doing my overtime at the museum. (30 hours overtime completed before I hit the Lakes!) and riding... But I fear Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-10446389368760322102011-06-01T11:00:00.002Z2011-06-01T11:03:40.060ZI can't believe I didn't get any olympic tickets! I'm outraged! I had my application in on the very first day as well! Now I'm forced to watch the horses from a window at work. Maybe.Am gonna try for any sell- backs they might do later in the year and of course I have the ones I won at work... But still...Grrr!I'm going to Vegas in November! Wheeee! and trying to plan a decent week in Lanzagrote Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-22345496678232221602011-05-19T20:36:00.002Z2011-05-19T20:42:00.999ZThis kinda relates to Weenie's blog a while back about losing good teachers. I lost a good one on Tuesday. My riding instructor. (yes another horse related post!)She tore my riding to shreds to begin with, made me doubt what I knew I could do and then rebuilt me. Better. Stronger. Faster. Etc.My position is better now, I'm more aware of my capabilities.On Sunday she recieved an email telling her Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-7811699648788211652011-05-12T18:14:00.000Z2011-05-13T20:37:25.546ZI had a lovely day visiting CL and her daughter E yesterday. WE went to Avon Valley park and met the farm animals and played on seesaws and in the ballpond and on a slide of death, which was just a vertical drop. Wheee!I rode home on First class (Very Posh!) which was nice. She hit me with a bombshell about MH, she's once again jobless and with a tiny baby daughter to support (I wrote once about Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-50580636175514800682011-05-10T21:25:00.003Z2011-05-10T21:41:03.314ZI'm off to see CL in the morning and I've just got back from riding. I'm rather sweaty, dirty and covered in pony slobber from a over-friendly welsh cob.But I want to talk to you about my ride. Its so hard for me to explain this to non-riders. The work and partnership that happens. How every leg, angle, bum, arm and finger movement signals something to the horse.I was nervous tonight. Last week, Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-48841261357378689242011-05-07T11:36:00.004Z2011-05-07T20:19:35.840ZI've had a shitty week or two at work. Apparently despite having spent 4 years looking at my collections in the galleries I still don't have enough knowledge to sell books based on them. Fuck that anyway. Same money, more hours.I'm looking at holidays again, the Flight centre have an Asian Sale on, Bali or Hong Kong for under £400. Not sure if that's return or not, have emailed an question to Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-45406672314442440222011-05-03T20:01:00.002Z2011-05-07T20:16:02.418ZI have never been so angry as I was today. Leastways never so angry without hitting someone or something or angry tears.I was in charge of one of the sites, all well and good, done it hundreds of times before. A group came up from down the hill to do lift rescue training, I was on the afternoon group. So they turned my one and only lift off. No worries. Barriered off, no confusion with the publicCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-57627213876595601372011-04-28T20:50:00.003Z2011-04-28T20:56:02.237ZI'm tired. I'm tired of being The Entertainer at work, at picking up all the dirty boring jobs no one else wants. I'm tired of job hunting and not seeing anything I want to do and being told that I can't work in other departments as my four years of staring at the Collections means I don't know enough about them.I'm tired of being poor. I'm tired of worrying about money and I'm tired of living atCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-37948340492626753932011-04-20T20:05:00.002Z2011-04-20T20:11:10.979ZI decided to go for that MSc anyway. If I get rejected, then it doesnt matter about the cost.If I do get on... Well then I'll worry about the money, but honestly I'm resigned to another year at Mothers at least.I got two confirmed tickets for the Showjumping part of the 3 day Event! As work is hosting the equestrian events, they were allowed to have some early and it was a bid to see who got Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-17922900038892236592011-04-05T12:22:00.002Z2011-04-05T12:29:04.147ZI've found a really cool Equine Science MSc course that I can follow online from Edinburgh University's Vet School. I WANT to do it. I can do it part time over three years and make it a Masters or one year for a PGCert or two for a PGDip. The lady I spoke to on the phone sounded really positive about it, said She'd love to have me on the course, it doesn't matter that I've only got a 3rd Class Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-63035774115073840582011-04-02T20:50:00.005Z2011-04-02T21:22:27.000Z My uncle M came round on Thursday. He's always been the sanest and funniest of all my uncles, and has had the most common sense when it comes to dealing with my mental grandparents. Only. And I think i've bitched about this on here, is that over the last two or three years he's been distant, not helped.
I found out that in that time span he's suffered from three heart attacks and has been warnedCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-64743093965928634572011-03-20T11:40:00.002Z2011-03-20T11:44:25.655ZI've just been out to my aviary to feed and water the birds. Only there's a wing on the floor. Well half a wing. Its definately a male grey cockatiels. But yet... All 9 of my birds have their wings and are flying normally.My 3 males all have their wings. There's no blood on the wing, nor on a bird. Nor on the floor/walls.Where has it come from? Its like its been amputated, but none of my ragtag Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-35372182074327359222011-03-18T11:37:00.000Z2011-03-20T11:40:13.740ZI've been on a first aid course for the last two days. In Central London. Am not impressed as its cost me £15 quid just to get there in the last two days, plus I have to leave the house to get there by 7am. This is shocking. I don't normally get up until 7.30. And then battling all the commuters on the bus.. on the train... on the tube. Not the way I roll.Still I passed which was good and hadn't Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-42481394445887242232011-03-15T13:09:00.001Z2011-03-15T13:10:25.001ZJust applied for £730 worth of Olympic Tickets!F.U.C.K. Y.E.A.H.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-70986431644926359942011-02-24T21:01:00.002Z2011-02-24T21:08:01.937ZI'm falling back out of the habit of doing this. Boo.Anyway Tuesday was both mine and Welshy's day off so we went to Hampton Court Palace, it was pretty cool, we - I - got to wear a cool swishy cloak and we learnt how to play a Tudor game called Fox and Geese which Welshy won.The maze was a little disappointing. I've heard so much about it in the past that I assumed it was like the largest in theCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-63598983467198681012011-02-16T13:34:00.002Z2011-02-16T13:37:33.254ZNot a lots going on lately. Riding. Football both going well. Works the usual mix of madness and boredom.I want a holiday. Although I should be saving and can't really afford one. Been invited to JF's wedding in May, gotta sort out leave and shit for that. Will probably stay with TP and TJ over the weekend.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-72235052199084408882011-02-05T20:00:00.002Z2011-02-05T20:05:13.048ZSo my session at schools finished.I haven't changed my opinion of it, its ok. I could do it easily, its boring and repative! I made them all fish shaped cookes when I left, although it turned out to be the class spackers birthday and she had Tesco's finest chocolate cake brought in for her.Bitch.They've left me with a horrible lurgy though. Stupid children. I hate them!Back to the NMM on Monday Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-54514600659101622812011-01-30T18:03:00.002Z2011-01-30T18:12:00.624ZSo my first week at schools gone ok, I think. I've been in a fiarly nice class with 7 year olds. Year 3. I did make a bit of a booboo on the first day showing up in jeans and trainers. My bad for not checking if there was a dress code!No one really talks to me which makes it a lonely experience - well apart from the kids anyway - The teacher is on her first year after her PGCE so is a bit Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-90139139688386269752011-01-22T21:09:00.003Z2011-01-22T21:16:48.531ZI didn't get into uni.I was pretty upset when I heard. Annoyingly apparently I got rejected by one of the unis on the day I flew out to Barca, considering I spent all day online that day, it's not like I could have missed the email. Too late now to phone up and enquire why I'm considered not good enough.Tomorrow is my last day at work before I start this now pointless placement.Still at least nowCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-33912459188644352352011-01-16T20:17:00.002Z2011-01-16T20:24:21.832ZYesterday me and the N.M.M.C.A.S.C went up to Sheff to see us play Wednesday. We met H2 on the way which was ace and went to a bar or two on the way. Sadly A let me down at the last minute, meeting him, which was a bit of a bugger!A little boy, about 7-9 was on the train up with us, and despite having a few cans on the way, I thought I had done a pretty decent job of controlling my potty mouth. Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-34355003364062054012011-01-09T22:46:00.002Z2011-01-09T22:51:40.834ZSo here we are.Happy Birthday Daddy!We went down to the 02 for a meal at TGI Friday's. Nice enough.Been very lazy this weekend, lots of lie ins and lots of naps. Slightly dull but nice.There are ponies for loan at New stables. How I want! However at £70 a week, it's still far too much of my wages and I don't feel settled there enough to use the facilities like I would at Willowtree.The people areCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-91554606003623113112011-01-06T13:31:00.003Z2011-01-06T13:37:19.381ZSo here we are five years in...Scary how time flies and how memories that you thought would stay forever start to fade. I remember that day, the call to work to say I couldn't make it in, sitting around. Not knowing what to say, to comfort him. The fear.But I no longer remember his voice, I struggle to remember his healthy face, rather than the pale, guant, grey, cancer-riddled one.This day, thisCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-7191377065815363012011-01-05T08:19:00.003Z2011-01-05T08:24:48.959ZI have to explain this to someone and I know none of you ride but fuck it.Was at my lesson last night and we were only doing a canter 20m circle from the A end to the back of the ride. Anyway, off I go, preparing to pop into canter at X, the midway marker.When my little 14.2 l/w cob I was riding, stopped dead and popped in a bit of a buck. I yelled at him, belted his shoulder with my stick and heCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-10342149364944543442011-01-03T08:24:00.003Z2011-01-03T08:33:39.739ZSo here we are, a little later than planned but its my End of Year Review.Definate Highs - India, Diving in Lanzarote and seeing the angel Shark, visiting Barcelona when I thought it impossible, moving out, my GCSE Maths result.Definate Lows - Failure for Charlton to win Promotion, the Mugging (I still am a little jumpy walking that way back home), Getting my wallet stolen in Barca and Natwests Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-42815934664031647842010-12-31T08:36:00.002Z2010-12-31T08:41:04.504ZThis is a work in progress.Bxing day grandparents came around. Went to football, called the game off unnecessarily in my opinion (and many others) very close to kick off.My grandparents are ok, its sad to see my Nan go downhill so, she told me she was going to go back to work in the New Year as she was till only "twenty-something" and then that her Mum had done her hair for the party.Later she Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-82782390731059646842010-12-25T21:54:00.000Z2010-12-25T21:55:22.248ZHappy Chrimbo everybody!Hope you all had nice days and dinners and presents!Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-39077097512848902132010-12-23T22:27:00.002Z2010-12-23T22:30:45.159ZWhats the point in having fucking internet banking when you can never remember your important data cos you've had to re-request it so many times you've run out of combinations that you'll actually remember?I've had to write it all down and now I can't find what I've done with it, which is fucking annoying as well.fuck, fuck, fuckety fuck fuck.Meanwhile I now have 3 days off for Xmas! Whoo!Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-40510386607025056892010-12-21T22:11:00.002Z2010-12-21T22:24:01.312ZYup. Didn't get tickets. Ho Hum. We'll think of another plan.Just got back from riding. Could only manage half an hour, was just a bit too slippy and icy out. Couldn't do much more than slow trots. Then we had a stable management lesson to get our moneys worth.Yeah. I've spent 20 fucking years around horses. I fucking ate these poncy riders who just show up and get on and off and then hand their Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-6340600793386458482010-12-15T22:04:00.002Z2010-12-15T22:09:52.265ZWent to Brentford. Don't wanna talk about it. Hate penalties.Prob won't be able to get spuds tickets as there's less than 200 remaining. The boys have all got theirs but as I'm constricted by taking Mothership and Boy, I don't have enough credit on my Red Card. Shame but we'll find something else to do.Went for an interview at a local school today for my PGCE app, was a bit random and definately Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-71880684041986620732010-12-11T19:18:00.002Z2010-12-11T19:25:10.012ZBusy week trying to sort out missing cards and writing complaint letters, rescheduling my school placement interview, and cancelling riding. Couldn't afford it this week as I had no cards/money.Booked it for next week only to remember that Charlton are in the Semi of the Paint Pot trophy and I have to get to Brentford.the N.M.M.C.A.S.C Better get their arses in gear and sort out my ticket now Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-55394605024718526272010-12-07T08:23:00.002Z2010-12-07T08:32:04.916ZSo yeah. Gatwick was opened at 4am. I woke up and tried to decide what to do. Meanwhile Mother who had been planning her attack then pounced on me and started telling me I was stupid for going, that I'd not get a cab to get me there and then started sobbing telling me that I was selfish for leaving her, what if I died as well?So I decided to just risk going for the 9am call. Woke up at 6. She wasCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-15766788370365201202010-12-02T23:36:00.001Z2010-12-02T23:38:24.837ZSigh.Snow is disrupting everything. Gatwick has been closed for two days. So I was preparing myself for a cancelled flight, except mine appears to be the only one going ahead when it reopens at 6am tomorrow.my Flight is supposed to be at 7:05. EasyJet website claim it will take off then. I hope that I can believe the Gatwick Website more as it says it will be 9am.9am is do-able. 7am is not any Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-23088827467244348602010-11-30T20:51:00.002Z2010-11-30T20:53:49.699ZSnowing at last.Quite frankly I'm getting sick of it. Snow was much more exciting when it happened once every ten years. Now its every year, its just a bit meh.Was gonna ride in it... Right up to half 4 when I got the cancellation call. Was sat in the pub with all my gear on, ready to go.And of course the 386 can't cope with going uphill in it, so I got another bus to Charlton Station and walked Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-46542227719771480702010-11-28T21:17:00.002Z2010-11-28T21:21:50.387ZYup. The cricket has kept me up until an undecent hour. Bring back the old days when I was working in The Health Food Shop That Cannot Be Named and able to stay up all hours.I still hold out for a win in this first test but Welshy, who knows more about these things than I do claims it will be a draw.My little VC talk at work has gone, farewell Jack! I debut a new talk tomorrow (I really should Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-642249858082766702010-11-24T21:46:00.001Z2010-11-24T21:47:31.812ZAshes start tonight!Let's hope there's not a repeat of that crazy Uber-wide ball bowled first delivery last time!Bye-bye Sleep!!!Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-80456308408847807302010-11-22T21:26:00.002Z2010-11-22T21:30:14.241ZHurrah.Although I put in my application ages ago for uni, there's been a few problems with my referee not being able to get into the system. After an agonising wait on hold, I think I managed to sort the problem out and hopefully she is completing it now as we speak.Hurrah Part 2.I'm trying to arrange a meeting next week with a local school to get a volunteer placement in. My referee actually Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-38701341359406897682010-11-20T21:18:00.003Z2010-11-20T21:22:19.748ZHarry was amazing. I know I tend to get carried away with these books/films but that was the best, the truest to the story, the most gripping one yet.Not perfect as none of them have, but pretty damn well close.Went to football today and we won 3-2 which was exciting!And I've gone and got organised for Xmas, I've got stuff for Welshy's bro, sister and mam, (only chocolates but still!)Presents forCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-88808357384158344752010-11-19T08:17:00.003Z2010-11-19T08:18:27.986ZGuess who just got asked out by one of the Astronomers at work, "now i'm single again."News to me, good to know i've still got it though, whatever "it is!HARRY POTTER TONIGHT!!!! ROLL ON 7:30!!!Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-13716528964317395552010-11-17T22:29:00.002Z2010-11-17T22:39:00.173Zwell my decision to pick horses over football probably wasn't inspired as I missed us win. After two lessons, where even if I do say so, I was pretty awesome and rode close to my best. This lesson wasn't as good. The horse I rode, Roo was rather bumpy, and seemed to slip and trip a lot. Horses are normally sure-footed and especially just plodding round a school may just slip once. So this was a Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-79972923217641885352010-11-15T21:16:00.003Z2010-11-15T21:45:13.890ZOh dear.I had a really pleasant day with Lollypop from work, counting donations. I really like him. He's sweet, ever so slightly old-fashioned, despite being younger than my brother and is disturbingly obsessed with castles and historic houses.Today was the first day of the new position. He got it too, which is nice. Me, him and two other people who just happened to be made Seniors as well were Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-66126468915196375172010-11-13T21:31:00.002Z2010-11-13T21:39:31.666ZYou know I may never blog again. Just stare in awe of my new pretty coloured blog.Brought myself a new bed today, a plain silver small double. Means I'm pretty broke now until payday, and yet have to pay for a hotel in Barca. Oh well. I've got a good 7 hours overtime to claim this month and new pay kicks in from Monday, so it'll all be good, even if I have to wait until payday to get the Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-39352627847495068282010-11-12T22:51:00.003Z2010-11-12T23:00:12.274ZDo you have any idea how happy my new background makes me?Back in the day when all this was fields *waves arms vaguely* I had three choices of blog background that wasn't white. Or boring. Or completely girly.Remember how exciting the day was when I got comments as standard? Remember when I learnt and then promptly forgot how to HTML this. Remember when coloured TEXT arrived! Remember when Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-38124165900539178922010-11-12T22:32:00.002Z2010-11-12T22:40:48.997ZSlightly better day at work, although still deathly quiet. I can't describe to people who don't understand what its like at work on a quiet day. But at the moment we're getting probably the same number of people though the doors as we do in Dec/Jan, during the worst of the winter weather and if its like that now. I very much fear for my sanity during those quiet months.We'll see...Busy trying to Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-10492574890345037332010-11-11T21:26:00.002Z2010-11-11T21:48:14.548ZToday was the worst day at work I have had for a long time. It was just boring! No one was in! No one wanted to hear my talks, weather was atrocious which didnt help. and my gallery, being an art one was dark and dimmed so I felt sleepy all day and there wasn't even any fun staff about to talk to.I've got a new rosta to do with my new job, before for the last two years, I've had a cushy number. Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-35961883337147583532010-11-10T23:43:00.001Z2010-11-10T23:52:02.345ZEWWW. EEWWW. EWWW.And people tell me Horse-riding's risk-free and anyone can do it?Dont check this out if you're squeamish.Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-20370668504464836472010-11-10T22:51:00.003Z2010-11-10T23:01:05.755ZTired. Yesterday was a bit crazy. We went to Southend to watch us in the Jonstons Paint Trophy Southern Round Quarter final - try saying that when you're a wee bit pissed!!We left at 10:30 and I got home about 12:20 THIS MORNING. Yeah. I'll leave you to decide just how many alcoholic beverages were consumed during this 14 hour session, cos frankly I have no idea.Chips by the beach though! and I Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-68398060855262069242010-11-07T22:12:00.003Z2010-11-07T22:16:48.988ZWelshy arived safely, is safely in with his new landlady and found where his friend lives. Course starts tomorrow.I keep carrying my phone about in case he texts me! Gotta get out of that habit! Far too clingy, especially when I know I wont hear from him much!I booked my tickets for Harry Potter! Can't wait! Wheeeeeeeeee! Welshy's friend (one of the guys I went to India with) texted me actually Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-39371784850383705442010-11-07T08:26:00.002Z2010-11-07T08:32:30.447ZHmmm. Drawing 0-0 with the team ranked 92nd out of 92 teams in the Football League wasnt part of the plan yesterday!And the replays on the 16th! I'm meant to be riding then! What a Dilemma! Ponies or footy? I think ponies will win, as I'm missing being on horseback and it'll be three weeks since my last ride. Plus I've already paid in advance for that and havent for the Football.Welshy flew away Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-75286366244575921032010-11-05T22:11:00.003Z2010-11-05T22:15:25.337ZWelshy left me this morning at 5.15. I miss him already! I'm gonna accompany him home on the 3rd of December though, so its not the end of the world.Good News Update!I got the job! Whoohooo! Goldsmiths also take my HND as good enough, I gotta get in touch with Derby uni though and organise for them to confirm with Goldsmiths. Bit annoying as my deadline for applications is rapidly approaching.Ho Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-76116919830573433622010-10-25T20:26:00.002Z2010-10-25T20:33:13.281ZTransport wise, my trip to Bristol wasnt a success. I forgot the train tickets. And they basically called me a liar when I went to the ticket office, sent me on a wild goose chase and then made me buy new tickets.The originals cost 45 quid.The new set £111. Yikes.The taxi booked to take us to the church from our Hotel dumped us on the outskirts of the village and made us walk the rest of the way,Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-85944506070839462622010-10-22T20:05:00.002Z2010-10-22T20:09:20.312ZGood News Four: I am to be offered an interview to become a Senior Visitor Assistant, providing me with an extra 3k a year should I get the job. Said 3k would be rather useful if all goes well in the Uni department.Good News Five:NB at work, offered to provide me with a reference in regards to the work I do helping him with the schoolsGood News Six.I identified correctly the right person at the Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-21658861381217921112010-10-20T15:22:00.002Z2010-10-20T15:25:33.721ZGood News One:After initially telling me that my HND maths wasnt good enough, Goldsmiths Uni are investigating it further.Good News Two:I am to go to an ID parade later today in the hope that they have caught Mr Mugger, I doubt i'll be able to recognise him, but thats good too.Good News Three:Welshy is off to Barca in a few weeks and I am applying for unpaid leave to work in a Primary School for Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-85898715849371655722010-10-18T22:16:00.002Z2010-10-18T22:17:00.910ZWelshy got accepted onto the course in Barca.Now just to see if he'll go and then what happens with me...Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-33266572410238865932010-10-16T20:03:00.002Z2010-10-16T20:21:05.513ZHome alone, Welshy is out at his friends. I was invited but I dont really fancy sitting there watching him play Pro Evo online or Poker.BORING!The winter is rocking on, Charlton played so, so badly today and we lost 4-0. I cant see us scrambling out of this shit-poor league we are in this season either. Which as E put it may not be a bad thing, at least it means we wont end up heart-broken again Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-32890915974712237222010-10-15T20:25:00.002Z2010-10-15T20:33:57.285ZWhee! They've announced London 2012 ticket prices! Now just to wait till next March before I can buy.....I can't wait. I am that saddo who is there at 2am watching the synchronised swimming finals. I couldnt even NAME a move involved in it, but when the Olympics rocks up, there I am nodding wisely and pretending I know the name for a lot of different types of splashing.I registered for tickets Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-59112053937302209352010-10-11T07:24:00.002Z2010-10-11T07:30:49.014ZNot much is rocking out lately.Gone for a promotion at work to a new post. Frankly I cant see why they need this post, its an almagamation of severol roles that I and many others do already. But its an extra 3k a year. Its causing all sorts of debate at work, better than us normally bitching about how bad the place is and taking gossip away from the forthcoming departure of the Nelson Uniform, Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-26952430949498137022010-10-01T23:05:00.002Z2010-10-01T23:15:08.860ZI went out for a friends leaving drinks tonight.She recently came out and has herself a girlfriend. Its really cute to see her finally happy and shit. Even if she is a bit sickening. I dont really care to hear how much you love her. Come and play with me.There was another guy out with us, a mutual friend who works in the security department. I dont like him, I find him creepy.He pops up in my Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-65803654103892680472010-09-30T18:41:00.002Z2010-09-30T18:42:39.425ZWheeee!They're making another Pirates of the Caribbean movie!Filming if at work and in the building next door, today I watched a Jack Sparrow Stunt double jump out a window.They need extras.Did I put my name down for it?What do you think?Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-27422624840328567142010-09-29T19:45:00.002Z2010-09-29T20:04:26.485Zmy version of tomorrow is clearly different from other peoples!Finally got my new phone up and running after a few days on hold to different people arguing as to why it wasnt working when they promised it would be.Plus there's been the excitements of a new job at the museum - a senior - not quite management - not quite supervisor - type role.Basically doing all the shit i do now, but for 3.5k a Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-44877918853888994092010-09-24T20:36:00.002Z2010-09-24T20:52:40.640ZI met a lady this morning walking to work.She approached me rather excitedly."I saw you! You were attacked on Wednesday!""Erm yeah..."I was already feeling nervous, I had to walk past Blackheath Bluecoats this morning which, is a rather Black school and for the first time I eyed them up, worrying that they might come for me. Irrational. I felt kinda sick walking down the same path thinking... Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-73474806079463131922010-09-23T09:25:00.003Z2010-09-23T09:40:16.967ZI got mugged yesterday! Mugged! I cant fucking believe it.I'd left work and the park and was walking alongside the heath, on the route that I've covered thousands of times. Many a time with my phone out, skipping along, singing.Yesterday I was distracted answering a text from Welshy. There was no one lurking outside the park, then halfway down the road, some guy grabbed me about the waist pinningCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-43083877547807407302010-09-21T18:46:00.002Z2010-09-21T18:57:22.530ZI've had a fab weekend! I went up to Stoke on Friday to fulfil a long-held dream (ok, denied uni trip) to visit Waterworld, which is one of the big water parks in the UK, me and STF talked about going there a long time in Derby but it never quite worked out.Then we headed across to Birmingham to see his friend and then Saturday and Sunday was a whirlwind! We caught up and went for tea with the Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-86071524944555527842010-09-10T19:32:00.003Z2010-09-10T19:40:53.466ZSo we're back in London for what two weeks?And lets see, Granddad has checked himself into hospital. Yeah. Seems HE's suffering from dementia too now and his is going at a lot faster rate than Nan.They've all decided to move Uncle J in to look after him, despite all the aggro he caused last time.I wonder how long it'll be before he gets moved into Perrygrove alongside Nan, or how long before JohnCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-58152095691984188232010-09-02T21:28:00.003Z2010-09-02T21:36:37.681ZOops. Today is my normal rostered day off of work, only I went to play at Go Ape on Tuesday and I must have swapped my day off around cos I got a rather confused phone call at 12 asking me why I wasnt in work.I was really confused too but I guess I must have swapped it over, will check when I get in tomorrow.I'm going to Derby. I cant wait. I spoke to Booker for the first time in nearly two yearsCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-63496566463060289872010-08-29T21:29:00.002Z2010-08-29T21:34:30.305ZWent flat hunting. Found an ex council flat so grotty outside, huge inside. Needs professional cleaning. Cheap though. We'll see. Nothing can be worse than last year.Working again tomorrow then off on Tuesday to Go Ape! again.Am slowly working on updating this thing. Updated my "100 things" list anyway to make it seem less like a 12 year old girls blog. Man I was so mardy when I first wrote all Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-57990529591905553212010-08-26T22:17:00.002Z2010-08-26T22:39:54.008ZHullo!Diving was fab, met a 5 foot angel shark, HUGE rays, lovely coloured fish, explored a ship wreck and got checked out by a Grouper. I took a camera down with me so hopefully I'll get some fab photos back but diving without glasses or contacts meant often I was just sorta nodding vaguely when my Dive Master was pointing things out.We scattered Dad too out there, on a small group of rocks nextCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-26753262624135541202010-08-16T21:40:00.002Z2010-08-16T21:47:15.810ZQuick update cos i'm dropping with tiredness.Am flying on holiday tomorrow. Lanzagrotty here I come.Flat... Not sorted. Gotta leave it on the 21st. Everything is too expensive, saw one lovely flat, couldnt get the 2k the agents wanted before moving in.Welshy saw a slightly cheaper one today, ex council so its scrotty as hell on the outside but nice inside. Nothing can happen now till I move out Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-65262697959558075462010-07-13T13:15:00.002Z2010-07-13T13:23:03.539ZYeah I know! Let me explain! Faithful Fred my old laptop died too. Its something about the evil flat eating its energy, rendering me once again computerless.Its hellish there at the moment. thanks to invisible builders placing scaffolding by the windows we've not been able to open a window or balcony door for THREE weeks. Its like a sauna, hot, smelly and disgusting.TP and TJ are visiting this Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-4825770281655577142010-06-10T18:39:00.003Z2010-06-10T19:05:34.797ZSo Mondays exam went ok, I think... Gotta wait till August for the results - felt so odd to be back in an exam room! Got another, the calc paper tomorrow which I've found harder but we'll see.I forgot in my update the other day to tell you THE biggest news you are likely to hear. Actually I'm not sure you'd care but its BIG to us.Have I told you guys about how I fell out with MH? We've not spokenCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-71840842253869930512010-06-06T22:29:00.002Z2010-06-06T22:39:49.200ZTomorrow is my Maths GCSE retake exam. I'm aiming for a C but I think a D is more my level, if I get lucky.We'll see. I CANNOT wait for this to be over! just my exam tomorrow and Friday and then waiting for my results. I can't believe that I've pushed two years of work into 10 months and how lovely is Welshy to have (not so) patiently gone through it all with me, over and over and over again! I Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-10031728949107593312010-04-17T11:40:00.002Z2010-04-17T11:54:47.298ZI have my old laptop at the flat now, finally, anyway i'm at home. This is my second trip to A&E in two days.When I was 13/14 I damaged my neck, it went into spasms and locked so I was unable to look left or up/down. They let me have a week off of school and a neck brace to support it.I've always felt that it hadnt healed properly (possibly cos i went to the stables and rode and heaved/shovelled Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-90732482041036587502010-03-27T14:31:00.002Z2010-03-27T14:59:49.234ZYeah. The laptops still not fixed as you might have gathered. Looks like everyone else in blogland has no working computers either...Was gonna tell you all about our amazing drunken trip to Southend, how it looks like we're on the way to Oldham and possible Exeter as well.Oh and how I went on my first Official Marine Mammal Medic rescue, which ended in an anti-climax when I failed to see the sealCharbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-28273308314807516902010-02-23T23:00:00.002Z2010-02-23T23:14:35.738ZOne day. We can live in hope that Welshy will get his laptop fixed and I can use the internet like a normal person again.He recently took it to a shop and was charged a hundred quid to have it "repaired" so far we've seen no sign of it spluttering into life. So we took it back and they told us the charger was blown. So we brought a new charger. Still no joy.Hmm. I have two laptops here. My old Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-41791132605954303962010-02-09T21:30:00.002Z2010-02-09T21:52:18.298ZIndia.Its everything, beautiful, ugly, polluted and clean, poverty-stricken and rich. As much as you hear about the dirt and poverty, its not till you get there and smell it. See the slums and people begging. The lucky people living in tents. The others sleeping where they can.I was exhausted by it all, by the end. The constant layer of plastic and card debris lying about. The people asking for Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-12015381939332481532010-01-16T21:37:00.005Z2010-01-16T23:26:17.713ZIts been a bit of a messy twenty four hours.One of my friends, Astronomer C was leaving, she's emigrating to NZ, lucky thing, to Windy Welly. (Someone else to visit next time I go..) And I promised myself faithfully that I was sticking to my twenty quid budget and leaving at 9pm whatever happened.So perhaps it was to be expected that I was falling out of the Lord Hood (Greenwich's premier Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-7675330524265342732010-01-14T22:53:00.002Z2010-01-14T23:00:19.528ZWell its all booked now... No turning back! On Monday I'll be heading for India. I have to take two internal flights on my own.I'm dreading that. I am a very nervy flyer but each flight will only be about two hours long. What can go wrong in two hours?I'm going to watch Charlton at Wycombe on Saturday, so will be here after that and then its off, off and away! Last day at work for three weeks Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-78737101861639160012010-01-13T23:11:00.003Z2010-01-13T23:34:22.794ZI met the Random I'm going away with on Monday night.She's awful. Actually thats not fair. Its just going to be a personality clash I think. E seems to think she's wonderful and I guess she knows her better than me. I can see why they get on. They're both anal about organising things and having plans and schedules. So me and Welshy (moral support) met them in Weatherspoons and listened to them Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-69266029297412923992010-01-05T21:43:00.002Z2010-01-05T21:55:20.673ZGAAAHHHThis India trip is starting to do my head in. In fact i'm starting to dread it. Its bad enough that we'll be spending the first week in an admittedly pretty but desolate part of India, where there seems to be nothing to do but yoga (stopping my plans to dive)But then E who is flying in to join me for the next two weeks asked me "My manager at work, was gonna go with her bf, but they broke Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367866.post-2915273421765728192009-12-31T21:35:00.002Z2009-12-31T21:42:39.919ZSo its the end of the year and time for another review.I think I pretty much covered everything I wanted to say about how the years gone in my previous post.I've had highlights - Holidays. Fagia. Living with Welshy. and I've had lowlights. Nanny getting iller. STILL being at the museum.Been a bit of a nothing year really, when in the past I've had huge highlights to talk about and think back Charbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.com0