It's 12.25...
And I got up at, what, half-elevenish? TRIUMPH FOR EMMA. I still have to do laundry, shower, edit, check Tumblr for all this week...but I have eaten and taken the first pills of the day, so...win.
My best friend came down to visit (and yes, I have three best friends, being a lucky so-and-so, but this best friend is ekwyfields) from Sweden and we had a wonderful time of it. I mean, yeah, I had to work all weekend when she was here but that only ensured I had more money to spend when I went with her to Nottingham. We laughed, we saw Sarah Millican try out Edinburgh stuff (and I got picked on! And now the populace of Grantham, some of whom were my teachers, know how my Norton Anthology was broken in the heat of the moment!), we saw Shrek, we chatted with my sister and her Japanese exchange Chiharu about Japanese mythology and Lady Gaga (awfully multi-cultural, this house), we stayed up and roleplayed til stupid o'clock, we went out to dinner on her last night...it's crazy how you can be content reading someone's entries or IMing them every night and when they leave you in real life you still feel lonely.
But yeah, we had a pretty great time. Despite being £50 into my overdraft, I am content and happy. Who wants a 'best bits' montage?
*A Starbucks the red-hot minute she arrived
*Fiona giving her a bathbomb and Josefin's realisation she could use it because WE HAVE A BATHTUB
*Sarah Millican making her laugh so hard she almost fell off her chair
*Some woman in Nottingham trying to convert us to Christianity
*Internet memes in realtime!
*Sharing a bottle of Tru Blood and reaction shots to the first taste
*Cooking experiments going horribly wrong
*Buying charms in Nottingham to remind us of our RPs. You call it sad, I call it collaborative fiction.
*Upon leaving the Chinese restaurant, the next morning: "Emma...we could have eaten more."
The plan is to go to Sweden soon, possibly next summer, because I haven't been over there yet and I actually feel like a competent adult sometimes these days.
The job has undoubtedly helped. I now run the shop every Sunday by myself, and the owner has said she's impressed with me (:0) and also, time and a half on Sundays basically makes me as rich as Midas and Croseus put together. (Do you think, perhaps, I lose my perspective on money sometimes?) It is SO MUCH BETTER than working in telesales because I can generally assume people want to buy stuff when they come into the shop. Literally the only minus is that my feet cane by the end of the day.
I am now trying to catch up on LJ entries, but as stated before, I am meant to be doing other things. If I don't comment, I'm sorry but on the plus side I probably HAVE read it.
My best friend came down to visit (and yes, I have three best friends, being a lucky so-and-so, but this best friend is ekwyfields) from Sweden and we had a wonderful time of it. I mean, yeah, I had to work all weekend when she was here but that only ensured I had more money to spend when I went with her to Nottingham. We laughed, we saw Sarah Millican try out Edinburgh stuff (and I got picked on! And now the populace of Grantham, some of whom were my teachers, know how my Norton Anthology was broken in the heat of the moment!), we saw Shrek, we chatted with my sister and her Japanese exchange Chiharu about Japanese mythology and Lady Gaga (awfully multi-cultural, this house), we stayed up and roleplayed til stupid o'clock, we went out to dinner on her last night...it's crazy how you can be content reading someone's entries or IMing them every night and when they leave you in real life you still feel lonely.
But yeah, we had a pretty great time. Despite being £50 into my overdraft, I am content and happy. Who wants a 'best bits' montage?
*A Starbucks the red-hot minute she arrived
*Fiona giving her a bathbomb and Josefin's realisation she could use it because WE HAVE A BATHTUB
*Sarah Millican making her laugh so hard she almost fell off her chair
*Some woman in Nottingham trying to convert us to Christianity
*Internet memes in realtime!
*Sharing a bottle of Tru Blood and reaction shots to the first taste
*Cooking experiments going horribly wrong
*Buying charms in Nottingham to remind us of our RPs. You call it sad, I call it collaborative fiction.
*Upon leaving the Chinese restaurant, the next morning: "Emma...we could have eaten more."
The plan is to go to Sweden soon, possibly next summer, because I haven't been over there yet and I actually feel like a competent adult sometimes these days.
The job has undoubtedly helped. I now run the shop every Sunday by myself, and the owner has said she's impressed with me (:0) and also, time and a half on Sundays basically makes me as rich as Midas and Croseus put together. (Do you think, perhaps, I lose my perspective on money sometimes?) It is SO MUCH BETTER than working in telesales because I can generally assume people want to buy stuff when they come into the shop. Literally the only minus is that my feet cane by the end of the day.
I am now trying to catch up on LJ entries, but as stated before, I am meant to be doing other things. If I don't comment, I'm sorry but on the plus side I probably HAVE read it.