About 5 mins ago I see dateboy online and decide I'll be friendly and say hello, his icon is showing up as idle but you never know. So I say hello and get no response and assume he's just away, but then a few seconds later he's not showing up online any more. Am I trying to be friendly too soon or am I just paranoid ( Read more... )

Yesterday I managed to upset a colleague from another team big time. She's in the Inclusion team and deals with Music and Lit subject areas and some others I forget ( Read more... )

I kind of decided the other day that I didn't think I would ever fancy dateboy. This however struck me with a dilemma how do you dump someone you're not actually going out with? Also mysteriously I find myself gently sad and reluctant to actually go through with it. I can't really work it out. I mean he's nice and all but not that thrilling. I'd go ( Read more... )

Having ignored your finances for the good reason that you don't spend your whole salary every month and don't have any bills, examine your expenditure and try and work out what you'd spend on bills if you did have some ( Read more... )

(grosse pointe blanke ( Read more... )

Or however you spell that in german (too hot ( Read more... )

No lil bro (up in yorkshire) no bubblegum (somewhere beachy with old uni mates and ex boyfriend), no viola (in forn parts), no goddaughter (her and parents at HER uncle's party). So I spent the morning and part of the arvo readign Romanitas a what if novel where the Roman Empire did not dwindle post the Severans, but took over most of the world, ( Read more... )

I had a really lovely if brief holiday in New Forest with my mum and dad and GB. We stayed in Highclere, saw a nice old 'castle' stately home, walked on beaches, in woods, went to the Isle of Wight and saw Brading Roman Fort and the Needles all very cool. Unfortunately I also had a phone call from the boss on Friday telling me that the idiot guy ( Read more... )

Anyway. Didn't go on date was too knackered after, work and meeting dutchgirl (it girl I mentioned before). To be honest I hadn't had a very intense day but somehow I was just tired and wanted to flop before today's trip to the beach. We're staying overnight in some hotel ( Read more... )

from FLORIDA? I um got a message from dateboy on IM yesterday. He said hello and under questioning (gentle questioning) admitted to having gone to Florida with work the whole of last week. I was a bit baffled at not having been informed directly as apparently he'd sent an email about not giving lifts to Henley before he left due to going away but ( Read more... )