making me feel good about my navigational ability
ok, i had a good weekend. saw Yonah's new house he bought with rachel over in kingswood. and I drove there. all by myself. WITHOUT SAT-NAV! And it was made all the more impressive given the fact that Kingswood has been remodeled with a dodgy one-way system. something I was not aware off until I was on it and swearing royally to myself with such phrases as 'F**k it! It's just as bad as ruddy Aber!'.
But I figured it out. Me! Someone who has very poor sense of direction when it comes to directions.
His house is cool. Built 1937, has a bomb-shelter in the back garden (seriously!), got remodeled by its previous and now deceased occupant sometime in the seventies when the man was a ballroom dancer. as a result there's carpet everywhere including the kitchen and the bathroom and mirrors at odd angels and in odd places including the kitchen.
and I'm not talking about a small mirror, it's actually a good four feet wide affair that runs the length of the counter-top. You can actually check your teeth while you washup. it's rather surreal.
The rest of the house is like Firefly, both with the original decour and Yon and Rachel's love of all things sci-fi, Korn and Hell-boy. It's a cool place. I'm going there to drink on the 10th.
Other than that I went to the doctor. Needed pessary. never done it before. Hope I never have to do it again. Don't even know if it works, guess i'll know in a few hours.
Pittsburgh played on C4 last night so i was up til 3am. They won 13-9 but I turned off and went to bed before the end of the third quarter. Mainly cos I'm over 30 now, I can't burn the candle and shake it off like I used to when I was in aber as an undergrad. Then i could watch Pitt play till 5am, go to bed and get up at 8am for my cafe job. Not no more, i'm old.
i still don't feel like i have a week off. i still feel like i'm waiting for something to happen to prove to me that it's actually my holiday. my last week of annual leave of 2011.
i'm going to london on wednesday, maybe the day then will convince me that i should relax more.
Of course being knackered and without sleep due to my own exploits over the past three days may give me a little indication as to why i don't feel very rested... well possibly...
But I figured it out. Me! Someone who has very poor sense of direction when it comes to directions.
His house is cool. Built 1937, has a bomb-shelter in the back garden (seriously!), got remodeled by its previous and now deceased occupant sometime in the seventies when the man was a ballroom dancer. as a result there's carpet everywhere including the kitchen and the bathroom and mirrors at odd angels and in odd places including the kitchen.
and I'm not talking about a small mirror, it's actually a good four feet wide affair that runs the length of the counter-top. You can actually check your teeth while you washup. it's rather surreal.
The rest of the house is like Firefly, both with the original decour and Yon and Rachel's love of all things sci-fi, Korn and Hell-boy. It's a cool place. I'm going there to drink on the 10th.
Other than that I went to the doctor. Needed pessary. never done it before. Hope I never have to do it again. Don't even know if it works, guess i'll know in a few hours.
Pittsburgh played on C4 last night so i was up til 3am. They won 13-9 but I turned off and went to bed before the end of the third quarter. Mainly cos I'm over 30 now, I can't burn the candle and shake it off like I used to when I was in aber as an undergrad. Then i could watch Pitt play till 5am, go to bed and get up at 8am for my cafe job. Not no more, i'm old.
i still don't feel like i have a week off. i still feel like i'm waiting for something to happen to prove to me that it's actually my holiday. my last week of annual leave of 2011.
i'm going to london on wednesday, maybe the day then will convince me that i should relax more.
Of course being knackered and without sleep due to my own exploits over the past three days may give me a little indication as to why i don't feel very rested... well possibly...