2006-08-10 - 6:20 p.m.

I WROTE THIS A WEEK AGO BUT COULDN’T GET THE PICS ON

So although I’ve updated since I haven’t REALLY filled you in on the actual events of the past few weeks.. here’s a quick “infilling” just for you oh most wonderful of Moolings!

It will be long it may take a few sittings for any sane person to get through but I have this irrational fear that if I don’t record things… they will vanish from my memory!

Uncle Pauls wedding… didn’t take my camera due to it’s size AND the fact that I’m “borrowing” it from my dad and was worried he might want it back if he was reminded of it’s existence – THEN I WOULD CRY!! I mean it’s a MONSTROUSLY large camera but it’s so much better than mine and I love it. I lovelovelovelovelovelovelove it’s massive bulky wonderfulness! I did TRY to take some pics before we left but we were running so late (because of Gareth and Gavin’s random shopping trip of much naughtiness that we’ll talk about later) so yeah so so so so so rushed were these pictures that the lighting is unfixable and Gavin’s head is cut off AND I look vile too!! Whoooopeee!! Other family members had cameras though so next time I’m at my dads I shall ask if I can scan his.

Anyway we missed the ACTUAL wedding service because when my husband and my brother “popped out” to pick up some vouchers for the wedding gift they got distracted by the lure of the shops and had a little spree (in which Gavin bought a new leather jacket and shoes and Gareth bought 3 pairs of sunglasses and some shoes) * sigh* they’re such GIRLS! :-P haha so yes once we got there it was all fine… a little bit tense at the beginning but by the end my dad and brother were chatting and joking and it was all good. Their relationship is far from mended but the bad feeling was gone and that is a WONDERFUL start. I spent most of the day playing with the kids.. because I have more in common and am more on their wavelength than I am with the rest of my family. We looked for dragons (and even saw the tail of one on the roof) we ran around we hid we climbed and we just generally had a fab time. I did spend some time catching up with the adults of the family and was as usual surprised about how little anyone in my family knows about me – I don’t mind I can’t really because I’m hardly up to date on their lives.

It was all very very beautiful and it’s the same place (though different rooms) as Lisa and Kevin are getting married so it was a nice taster for their wedding! My uncle made a BEAUTIFUL speech which took all of my most controlled smileyness not to get teary eyed over – he really is a lovely lovely man. My dad was best man and his speech had everyone giggling which most of my dads stories do… he’s a great storyteller my dad ..he does have a tendency to repeat the same stories over and over but if you’ve never met him before or if you are patient every now and again will be one that just I don’t know.. they’re so colourful and tactile and REAL his stories I love my dad!! And my dad loves making people laugh so all in all it was a wonderful speech too. My new aunty – I’ve met her a few times but at the wedding I got a real chance to talk to “Aunty Carole” and she’s as sweet as she is beautiful so that made the day EVEN more special – I had a great time though the end of the day was slightly less “beautiful”

My cousin Jamie (who is 15 though very large for a 15 year old) got slaughtered out of his brain and long story short…. Ended up needing a lift back with us and his equally drunken dad and was sick ALL over our car. It was funny and I know things like that are common place at weddings but still… ALL OVER THE CAR!! I know you know Gareth well enough by now to know we couldn’t even THINK about going to bed until every trace of sick was gone… and considering we didn’t get NEAR the house until well after 2am… I was a very tired moo the next day!

So that was that and that was Thursday 20th July

In the weekend that followed we spent an afternoon at the beach last my clan and I. I didn’t get a great deal of wonderful pictures because to be honest… despite what you’d believe if you thought fashion shoots and music videos were true.. not many people look especially attractive when they’re sweaty sandy and sun burned! (least of all me hahahahahaha)

A delightful day was had by all as we celebrated the traditional Ali’s birthday weekend beach trip! I went for a nice swim and ball game in the ocean – which was a kind of bliss words cannot describe I LOVE water I LOVE swimming. Cold water on HOT skin MMMM there are few pleasures in life greater than that! I know this sounds really pathetic but I’m going to say it anyway – I feel more graceful in water. I’m not the biggest human in the world but I am quite stocky and also clumsy I spend most of my time clattering bumping stumbling and stamping through life but in water.. I feel light and ALMOST delicate. I LOVE the weightlessness I LOVE the fluidity of movements underwater. Also Ali was there (having escaped from London for the weekend YAAAAAAAAY) so there was little chance I could have a bad time to be honest she just brightens things up like that.

The week that followed that was one of work and work and work and trying to plan ahead for more busyness and then more work blah blah blah you don’t want to hear about that.

The weekend that’s just GONE we spent a delightful two nights (3 days) in Leeds for Rats Hen Night!! By the time I post this I am HOPING beyond hope that I will have at least some pictures because I didn’t take my camera (it being a huge bulky monster of a camera) but it pretty much destroyed me the amount of moments I had to let pass by uncaptured. Anyway…. Our special brand of humour never translates well into writing you sort of have to be there but it was wonderful. I got to spend some real quality time with Lisa (we shared a room and a bed) which is something my life has been SADLY lacking lately so that was EXCELLENT. Also we had a pool and such at the hotel so ..again with the water loving. I didn’t get drunk.. not for lack of trying I just seem to be suddenly resilient to alcohol.. but I laughed so much I thought I’d stop breathing at one point haha during a conversation about feminine products no less! Hehe I think Becca might have been moderately stressed at certain points over the weekend but still I think she enjoyed it and will remember it for the FABULOUS parts because they were PLENTIFULL!!

I’ve still not caught up on diaries from being away all weekend and since I CAN’T do so at work at the moment I don’t know when I’ll get the chance.. I am trying though.

Other than that this week has included a MASSIVE stress about ID for my flight to London for work next week and the kittens suddenly being NEARLY old enough to eat food and find new homes… we have a few weeks with them yet but then it’s byebyetime…

I HATE BYEBYETIME!!

* sobs *

I’m not sure how many more foster weenies we’ll have after this lot because I think Gareth quite wants to keep the mothercat “mega meg meg schmeggle squeg” because she’s just SUCH good buddies with our cats (particularly david babylad) not that we can really fit another cat in our house but I mean.. she’s there now and she’s no hassle at all – I don’t know.. either that or we’re totally going to FORCE someone we know to take her because she really is just a totally low maintenance flufflykittypal! (not kittyfriend notice kittyPAL because kittyfriend is mine and I won’t share her – are you reading this kittyfriend?? I love you I miss you)

I still haven’t mastered the taking pics of wrigglykitties but here are some attempts because clearly this entry isn’t long enough already hahaha

Aaaaaand I’m spent

lovelovelove

x x x

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