Back in Surrey again.
The boy had work tonight so we had to come back this morning. It's ok though because we go on holiday a week today!!! Hurray!!! Gran Caneria again. Must say we this is the millionth time I've been but I know the weather will be lovely and warm and I know where everything is so it will be a week or relaxation.
Oh yes I just remembered my dissertation, I said that I'd have it finished by Christmas, that really didn't happen. Ooops.
Must do some of it before we go on holiday and if possible take it with us and do some of it while we're away.
Monday, 28 December 2009
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Christmas unravelled
Right so it's time to discuss Christmas.
Woke up super super early (as always) and went and got the parents up because lets be honest presents are the best part of the day. Presents were groovy this year, apart from the box of Daz washing powder from mum, will have to think about that one a bit. Although I did get some lovely jewellery that I wore to lunch.
Went to see Nan in the home because it's also her birthday! What a horrible day to be born although to be honest I'm not really sure she knew what was going on, although she did like unwrapping pressies (very like me), tried to use her curlers while we were there and ended up pulling a massive chunk of my hair out. That's gods way of telling me that I should just straighten it I think.
So anyway we went home and the boy arrived. This whole split Christmas thing is such a pain, we did lunch with my family. Went to a restaurant because lets be honest who wants to get up at 4am to put a turkey in the oven?? Not my mum that's who! Plus this way everyone got exactly what they wanted. Made a bit of a mistake and wore a sequin dress, would have being ok apart from the flipping sequins were dropping off all over the place.
Anyway, we went back to the boys and went to his nana's for tea. This would have being ok but we were bloody stuffed. It was also a bit depressing cos his nana's boyfriend's dad died early on Christmas morning, so we had to be careful not to appear too jolly. He went to bed early though so I took the chance to disappear off because by 10pm I was starving again.
Got home and found the parents and my fave aunty and uncle there, and they were hungry but slightly sozzled so I did a mad thrown together buffet of everything in the fridge which totally didn't go together but it was the best I could do. Eating dinner at 11pm is a bit surreal but it was groovy. In bed by 1am and then up again here at 8am to start the clearing up.
Christmas has gone again, flipping eck don't know what all the fuss was about.
Woke up super super early (as always) and went and got the parents up because lets be honest presents are the best part of the day. Presents were groovy this year, apart from the box of Daz washing powder from mum, will have to think about that one a bit. Although I did get some lovely jewellery that I wore to lunch.
Went to see Nan in the home because it's also her birthday! What a horrible day to be born although to be honest I'm not really sure she knew what was going on, although she did like unwrapping pressies (very like me), tried to use her curlers while we were there and ended up pulling a massive chunk of my hair out. That's gods way of telling me that I should just straighten it I think.
So anyway we went home and the boy arrived. This whole split Christmas thing is such a pain, we did lunch with my family. Went to a restaurant because lets be honest who wants to get up at 4am to put a turkey in the oven?? Not my mum that's who! Plus this way everyone got exactly what they wanted. Made a bit of a mistake and wore a sequin dress, would have being ok apart from the flipping sequins were dropping off all over the place.
Anyway, we went back to the boys and went to his nana's for tea. This would have being ok but we were bloody stuffed. It was also a bit depressing cos his nana's boyfriend's dad died early on Christmas morning, so we had to be careful not to appear too jolly. He went to bed early though so I took the chance to disappear off because by 10pm I was starving again.
Got home and found the parents and my fave aunty and uncle there, and they were hungry but slightly sozzled so I did a mad thrown together buffet of everything in the fridge which totally didn't go together but it was the best I could do. Eating dinner at 11pm is a bit surreal but it was groovy. In bed by 1am and then up again here at 8am to start the clearing up.
Christmas has gone again, flipping eck don't know what all the fuss was about.
Friday, 25 December 2009
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Taken advantage of
My parents have had be driving around delivering flipping presents since I got back here.
Christmas tomorrow though!!!!
Christmas tomorrow though!!!!
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
You must be joking.
I've got to tell you this, the boy has just packed his playstation into the car. Apparently we cannot leave it here over Christmas, he seems to think that we might get broken into over Christmas. This would be amusing because;
1. We live on the third floor.
2. There is the worlds best door you have to walk though just to get into our building. You have to have a knack to get the lock to turn.
3. If they get to our front door they will then face four locks they have to get through.
4. We have 8 sets of neighbors in our building and live less than half a mile from the police station.
I REALLY DON"T THINK THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM!
1. We live on the third floor.
2. There is the worlds best door you have to walk though just to get into our building. You have to have a knack to get the lock to turn.
3. If they get to our front door they will then face four locks they have to get through.
4. We have 8 sets of neighbors in our building and live less than half a mile from the police station.
I REALLY DON"T THINK THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM!
Off home for Christmas
It's here!! The day when me and the boy finally drive home for Christmas. The car is packed and I'm just waiting for him to get back from work so that we can set off on the lovely 200 mile drive.
Must say it was a pain lugging everything down three flights of stairs to the car. Living in a flat really does have it's drawbacks sometimes. Looking forward to being at home for Christmas but am betting that I want to kill the parents about 5 minutes after walking in the door.
wish me luck!!
Must say it was a pain lugging everything down three flights of stairs to the car. Living in a flat really does have it's drawbacks sometimes. Looking forward to being at home for Christmas but am betting that I want to kill the parents about 5 minutes after walking in the door.
wish me luck!!
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Uni is such a drag!
Sorry I've not written on here for a bit but university has being mental and I have a deadline next week so I haven't being on here much recently. What shall I tell you? Hmmm... Well not much really because all I've being doing is work, work, work. Although I am proud that the flat looks very Christmasy and everything's tucked up under the tree. Can't wait to go home and see the parents.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Christmas fever
Oh lord it's here. Christmas Fever. Now I'm not exactly sure when this started up officially (I've had my head in books for the past week or so) but it really is in full swing. The Christmas lights have been switched on in our town and all the shops have those ludicrous gift sets that you think are a good idea at the time but when you receive them from other people you realise you'll only use one of the products and then your bathroom/kitchen cabinets get filled up with stuff that you won't be using. Madness. Now I'm not one of these women who will die without shopping but I am one of these people who likes to please. Sometimes it's not that easy though. The boy doesn't get a christmas present because he got a Playstation 3 for his birthday but I still have his parents, little sister, my parents and 4 friends to buy stuff for.
Sigh. It really is stressful.
I've sorted my dad, the boys dad, my mum and the boys little sister but have no idea what to get my mother. It should be easy, i SHOULD get my mum something that she'll love and cherish forever but she's one of these people who has literally everything. Annoying. I'm not going to get her perfume (She got some in India a few weeks ago) but honestly what do you get the person who has everything??
The four friends are slightly easier, they're getting a box of beauty products that I've put together for each of them. Now because we all know each other quite well I'm hoping that I know what they want. If I do get it wrong though I can't be that far off the mark, because, lets be honest. Can a girl really have enough make-up??
Sigh. It really is stressful.
I've sorted my dad, the boys dad, my mum and the boys little sister but have no idea what to get my mother. It should be easy, i SHOULD get my mum something that she'll love and cherish forever but she's one of these people who has literally everything. Annoying. I'm not going to get her perfume (She got some in India a few weeks ago) but honestly what do you get the person who has everything??
The four friends are slightly easier, they're getting a box of beauty products that I've put together for each of them. Now because we all know each other quite well I'm hoping that I know what they want. If I do get it wrong though I can't be that far off the mark, because, lets be honest. Can a girl really have enough make-up??
Thursday, 3 December 2009
The hardest word is goodbye.
So it was the boys Grandma's funeral yesterday, very sombre affair. Now she would have been 80 today and I'm not overly religious or anything like that but it really doesn't seem right when people die sometimes. Yes she was old(ish) and yes she had a few health issues but sometimes life really just isn't fair.
The boy and his family were understandably a mess. I've only been to a few funerals but this was the most emotional one by far. Perhaps my family just aren't that good at expressing emotion. In face, I'm probably right there. Crying really isn't the in thing with my family at all.
It just seems kind of final when you put somebody into a wooden box to me. This was the first burial that I've ever been to, all other funerals have ended in cremations. There we were stood in the graveyard, it was cold and wet and it just seemed a bit strange to me to be putting someone into the ground. Yes she was been buried with her husband who died over 25 years ago but it's still strange to put someone into the ground and then walk away and leave her there. I could see that this was what the family wanted, somewhere where they could all visit when they wanted to.
I'm not sure though, I know that both my parent want to be cremated and I kind of see why now. That way they can always be with me, not in some cold foreign cemetery that lets be honest we'd probably not visit that often. I saw on the TV the other day that you can have peoples ashes turned into diamonds and that kind of appeals to me. To have something made of the person that you can have with you forever.
It is all personal choice at the end of the day though, I'll see what the parents opinions are next time I remember to call them.
The boy and his family were understandably a mess. I've only been to a few funerals but this was the most emotional one by far. Perhaps my family just aren't that good at expressing emotion. In face, I'm probably right there. Crying really isn't the in thing with my family at all.
It just seems kind of final when you put somebody into a wooden box to me. This was the first burial that I've ever been to, all other funerals have ended in cremations. There we were stood in the graveyard, it was cold and wet and it just seemed a bit strange to me to be putting someone into the ground. Yes she was been buried with her husband who died over 25 years ago but it's still strange to put someone into the ground and then walk away and leave her there. I could see that this was what the family wanted, somewhere where they could all visit when they wanted to.
I'm not sure though, I know that both my parent want to be cremated and I kind of see why now. That way they can always be with me, not in some cold foreign cemetery that lets be honest we'd probably not visit that often. I saw on the TV the other day that you can have peoples ashes turned into diamonds and that kind of appeals to me. To have something made of the person that you can have with you forever.
It is all personal choice at the end of the day though, I'll see what the parents opinions are next time I remember to call them.
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