I will never go to Asda 2 days before Christmas every again.
Unless it's for a bottle of Baileys or similar Irish Cream drink which makes you feel rather mellow after one glass.
I have to work tomorrow. This could be interesting. I still have red wine!
Christmas is looking goooooooooood
Firstly we are not Chav's, but my Mum decided to put the chip pan on by mistake when cooking the veg yesterday. Hence it caught fire between the starter and the turkey.
I did the normal manly thing. I took it outside screaming "fire". No damage, but a good story to go back to work with.
"How was your Christmas?"
"Fine bar the chip pan fire on Christmas Day................"
I have threatened my mum and Dad with a care home as a result.
My mum later claimed she didn't want bath salts but
Some 5 miles from home and very close to where I grew up, is Wembury beach. It is owned by the National Trust and the perfect spot for dog walking in winter. Sadly you aren't allowed to take the dogs there in summer. But it was a lovely cloudy crisp December day. All my cousins in Sheffield and Chesterfield love this place- so if you've never heard of Wembury- here it is.
Our main TV died on 15 December. Darren was so upset as he had bought it 9 years ago. It was his baby. 8P
The TV we were given to get through till 31 January (pay day) also died today. It was so old it remembers ATV/Westward and Southern TV.
So we went to Cash Converters and have a Sony 28" widescreen now for £71.00.
I am starting a new TV fund. The 82" screen from the pub will do for a good film only. The bulbs are £150 each. In a pub fine, in our home No!!!!
Will it snow. In Plymouth.
Today I have spent the day producing 200+ resident parking only permits for residents of Plymouth.
Following events in Southway- that seems and is totally pointless.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7176369.stm
My thoughts are with the parents of the girl killed today.
I am 34. Some friends have commented "you made it". One added "just"
I got
Various birthday cards on parking - including a parking attendant issuing a PCN to a Dalek (OK I work I'm the Senior Parking Officer for Plymouth City Council )
Peter Kay Book
Michael Palin Book
Video I Pod (for the bus to work to play my TV clips) (Note I may work in parking but even I think £29 per month on the bus is stonking value for money compared to £4 per day :unsure: )
Socks
New tie (Red and Black -
We all feel nervous when we have a job interview. The thing is being on a panel of people doing the interviewing isn't much fun either. You have 10 set questions for a council job in Parking. Most are fairly standard- but you get the same responses time after time- hence you end up concentrating looking for the unique things the person says. So you come out having done the interviews feeling like you've gone 10 rounds with a boxer. And remember, the interviewee only goes through it once. Yesterd
Day 3
No rows at work, only one before bed last night- when I lost my rag with Daz. And slept in the spare bed. Anyhoo
Had a pointless course at work this morning on Equality. Now as a gay man I'm all for Equality but it's 2008 and I know things are soooo much better than they were in 1998. But the upshot of this course was to talk about life as if it was 1998 and not 2008? So I lost interest and looked at the duckpond by Plymouth Civic Centre and looked at Stan and Hilda (our 2 ducks) for 3 h
Day 4. Still going strong.
Work busy, but only as member of staff off sick - so team of 9 was down to, well me and Gay my temp.
So did well -no fags no cravings just worked hard. And yes had 2 pints after work as a treat tonight.
So now got through half the week - fingers crossed- have we broke it?
