So...how many cards...

...did we all get this year? One? Two? A dozen red roses?

I got my gas and electric bills for Valentines day this year. Pah. I want to say Humbug, but thats a Christmas grotty expression...so Pah will have to do.

Oh well. I spent my valentines night at a house party with a whole bunch of friends (as Boyo had decided to do a runner to London for the evening) - and actually, I had a great time. There was no pressure to be romantic or slushy or make that extra over the top effort just because the date tells you you should. I just drank, danced, sang and took lots of silly photos, and didnt get home til past 5am. That was a good night.

And seeing as I had given Boyo such a hard time all week for deserting me and being a general arse, when I saw him last night I had a take away bought for me, I was allowed to watch Dancing On Ice without any complaining, and as many cups of tea as I could drink made for me. Its the little things that show someone cares. (Although a big fat bunch of flowers would have been nice. But you cant teach an old dog new tricks.)

And on a completely different tack....during work today, I had to spend an eon sitting at the scanner on a different computer (tight bastards wont buy me a scanner of my own). And so I decided to open up the email I'd sent to myself from home, attaching my NaNo from 2007. Seriously, that one is still on the go. I cant believe it has been over a year and I still havent finished it.

So I opened it up, and I started attacking my keyboard thinking it would be fine to just get some done while I was waiting for the scanner to finish. And before I knew it, the scanner had finished - and three hours later I was still sat there. I havent had a roll like that for aaaaages!

Woopsy that I was supposed to be working but...hey ho. It happens. And no one seemed any the wiser.
And now...now I am almost finished. I am half way through the penultimate scene - the tricky bit seems to be out of the way.

I have lived and breathed this god damned story for fifteen long, gruelling months - I both hate it with a vengeance, and love it with a passion. I have thrashed out the plot so, so many times in my head that I can physically play it from memory like a movie I have watched far too many times. So writing it is proving to be easier than expected.

So I'm both excited that finally that first draft will be finished, and give me a good solid base to start the re-write from - and a little bit sad that this first thrilling, scary part of writing a book is almost over. Weird, huh?

Famous Friends

Yikes. This week has been a bad week all round for dieting!

I have eaten crisps, peanuts, lots of bread...and another skinful of alcohol on Saturday night. Eep!

Guess who isn't looking forward to her weigh in tomorrow!

But on a good note - I had a fantastic Saturday night.

Some of my bestest girlies are in a band called Tremain (see link on the right hand side). For those of you that read me, you'll know I've talked about them before. L & A, two of the best friends a girl could ask for, also happen to be stupidly, mind-blowingly, fantastically talented sisters, who have the most amazing voices in the world. I kid you not. I know I am a little biaised, but please go and have a look for yourselves - I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

The girls recently recorded the backing vocals on the Eva Cassidy remixed album, just released over here in the UK. They are THAT good.

On Saturday, they played at the Indigo2 arena - a venue inside the O2 arena in London. It is massive. It was full. And they kicked some serious musical butt.

I found myself pushing people out of the way so I could stand at the front of the stage and scream like a 14 year old groupie. I heart them.

Tremain on stage at the Indigo2

My friend L

My friend A

Go and have a lil listen to their myspace

It'll brighten up your day :)

Naughty Naughty

Weight loss this week: 3lb

Last Friday was my girls night out on the town, me and 3 or 4 of the girls hitting a couple of local bars for some dancing and a couple of drinks. Seemed like the perfect idea to take my mind off the split from Boyo, and try and relax a little. I told myself that I would only have a couple of vodka and soda's, so as not to consume 20 thousand million calories, and totally mess up the diet.

Things never go as planned though! I successfully managed to drink my weight in Vodka (which, until I get thinner, is a considerable amount), and threw in more than a few tequila's for good measure. I knocked peoples drinks over, I somehow bruised my back hideously, and I ended up a sobbing mess sitting on the cold pavement outside the pub my friends were having a great time in.
Not Good.

My friend V apparently scraped me up from the floor and took me home, where I promptly passed out feeling very sorry for myself.
Things turned out better on Saturday, despite the hangover - Boyo picked me up at 6pm, and took me to the flat he has just moved to. We ate chinese food, watched films, and talked for ages. It was good to curl up next to him when I fell asleep.
Sunday, we went shopping pretty much all day. I was supposed to buy trainers and jogging bottoms ready for the gym this week - I ended up buying two dresses, a pair of booootiful shoes, and new food bowls for my kitty kat. Oops. We drank hot chocolate, made dinner and watched more films.

By Monday, I was a much, much happier bunny than I have been.
Things are not fixed, by any means, but they are better. And I have missed him so much, that better will do.

However, 'better' did not seem to do much for the diet and I was terrified of this morning's weigh-in, which would then need to be communicated to my other girlies doing this lose weight programme with me. We share our weight loss (or gain) every week as a way of motivating ourselves to stick to it. So yes. Scared Was I.

BUT......I lost 3lb this week! I have absolutely NO idea how...maybe the gods just felt that lil' ol' me deserved a break! Woop!
On a better behaved note...I have now bought trainers, and jogging bottoms, and the gym starts tomorrow. If it is open. (we've had freak snow for the last two days which has kept everybody off of work - including the gym staff!)