Cheek to Cheek*

Stolen from Rosy via Liz:

What level are you on guitar hero? I am a hero. Maybe not guitar wise though.

Are you in a relationship? Nope.

Are you wearing jeans right now? Yes. Even though I'm at work.

Where is your dad? Probably at home in the study, or at a meeting somewhere in Lancaster/Kendal.

Do you live with both of your parents? Nope.

Do you think too much or too little? Depends what about. Both.

Do you smile a lot? I think so.

What is the price of gas where you live? Some pennies. Have no idea.

What was the last compliment you received, and when? Strangers sent me compliments yesterday.

Have you ever rode in a plane? I am too amused by Liz's answer to think of my own! How can you ride a horse in a plane?

Are you for or against abortion? Depends on each individual situation. Generally against, but not completely.

Do you prefer call or text? Depends what for. I don't call much.

Do you have any siblings? 2 sisters - one in England and one in Wales. I want them to be nearer.

Are you close with them? Yes, I think so anyway. Maybe we're not and they have secrets and are different people. But I think probably not.

How many people do you trust 100%? Hmmm... 100% is a lot. I'm a statistician. I trust quite a lot of people 98%. I don't think I trust anyone 100%. That's sad, isn't it?

Where did you get the shirt you're wearing? PRIMARK! It's organic, don't you know?

Do you go to church? Only for orchestra.

What's the last movie you saw in the theater? The Savages. Going to see Juno tonight. EXCITED!

Can you live without the computer? I could live. But I would struggle to find the answers to all my questions if I didn't have Google to hand.

When was the last time you got flowers? The last night of my show. I was not amused at getting flowers, and I was not amused at being made to go on stage!

Do you wish at 11:11? Should I? Is that a rule? I might in future.

Do you have any piercings? Just ears.

Who was the last person you laid in bed with? I don't know. Actually don't. Maybe someone when we were in Prague.

Whats your middle name? Elizabeth.

How big is your bed? Double. I get a new one on Friday in my new flat!

Ever get so drunk you couldn't remember the entire night? All too often. But I don't remember some evenings when sober too.

Can you play any instruments? 'Cello. And vaguely piano and recorder and percussion.

Favourite flower? Bird of paradise.

Have you ever loved someone? Yes. In all sorts of ways.

Do you have a tattoo? Yes. It's ace

Are you hiding something from someone? Generally, yes.

3 Things you can't live without? Friends, music, wine.

Are you a giver or a taker? Giver.

What was your first thought when you looked in the mirror this morning? I'm not sure I looked in a mirror this morning... Oh yes, I was checking if my hair looked clean enough. I didn't think anything.

Do you like to have long hair or short hair? Long.

Have you memorized your social security number? National Insurance number, yes.

Who is your favourite family member? Daddy.

Have you ever had your heart broken? Yes.

How many texts did you receive today? Just one, I think. But there's still time...

Name someone whose name starts with the letter "R." Rhian.

Do you trust people easily? Too easily.

Do you think you'll be married in 10 years? Probably not, unfortunately.

Do you plan on moving out within the next year? Yes - on Friday.

Where were you at 9pm last Friday night? In my room on my computer (not packing...).

What happened at 10:00 am today? I was sat sitting right here at my desk.

Is your family just a bundle of fun? Yup!

Do you laugh at all the wrong times? Lots, yes.

When did you last cry your eyes out? I still have my eyes, so I haven't cried them out. Not sure when I last cried. A few weeks ago, I think.

*Cheek to Cheek is just what I'm listening to, not at all relevant.

A watched e-mail account...

I don't know what I'm waiting for. Well, I do, but I'm not admitting it to myself, so I'm certainly not going to write it here!! But I keep checking my account every 2 minutes. That must partly be because I'm in the office for the first time since Monday. But still. I'm bugging myself.

I've been to Ayrshire and back the past 3 days. Was only supposed to be 2, but team illness meant 3, which was not a problem at all. I managed to be in the office before 7:30 Monday - Thursday. Today I only managed 8:47, or something, but still not bad. Should hopefully have made 7 1/2 hours flexi this week. Woot!

Things of note about my trips:

• I want to work in a hospital
  
• I might want to be a nurse
• I want to change my surname to Rocks
  
• I hate the M8
  

Orchestra last night was fine. I had a migraine, which was annoying. Had to pull off the motorway for a while, then felt out of it all evening. Still have headache. Oh well... It'll go soon. Or if not, I'll go back to the doctor. Maybe. I'm still dubious about all these doctors that so far have been little or no help... Not through any fault of theirs.

It is Friday, right? I'm not really ready for it to be Friday. I've not known what days it's been all week. But yesterday must have been Thursday, as I went to orchestra and Caroline says that's on Thursdays! It was ok. I'm not too confident about my playing at the moment. But I feel that I might be able to get all this music before the concert. A few practises would be a good plan! We might be have some sectionals.




It's going to be an interesting weekend.

Trains

A couple of the trains I got back from home had delays so I was over 2 hours later than planned. These things happen - I wasn't particularly bothered. I was grumpy that I missed a concert and didn't have time to do washing, but I know that it wasn't any particular person's fault.

Anyway, I thought it worth my time to fill in the forms for compensation. Well, my dad persuaded me. It turned out that I sent them off on the same day, even though the trains were a few weeks apart. A few weeks ago, almost by return post, I received an apology letter from Northern Rail and a £10 voucher. Ace. At least 2 weeks later I received a letter from Virgin Trains saying that they have received my form and will get back to me in due course.

I've just realised this story is dull.

My point: Why did it take Virgin so much longer to reply, and why did they bother with a letter just to say they had received it?!

My voucher will most probably be spent on alcohol on the way to Mahinda's birthday bash. :-D

Strangeness

Craftiness at Nikki's - I fixed and decorated a hat for Dan. It's cool. I like that we manage to have craft evenings. It's weird - I can't remember when I last had my own project to work on. I've had so much show stuff for so long, I just can't work out what project to do! I'm going to get organised soon, and have better projects to do at these evenings.

Orchestra - I like the music we're doing this term! Even if I couldn't remember how to play this week. It was weird - I sat down with my 'cello and just couldn't remember how to sit with him and where my hands went. Scary. But I did ok in the end. We have one piece that I have a different part from the other 'cellos. I'm quite looking forward to it!

Creative SpAce night - We had a gathering of cast and crew from the show, as we'd failed to have an aftershow party at the time. It was a fun evening, until I got too drunk, rediscovering that Guinness ≠ a meal. I was expecting certain emotions through the night, but then didn't see someone I expected and did get a phonecall from my sister. It was too much confusion for me to cope with, so I went home! Managed to fall asleep with my hot water bottle on my leg, resulting in burns. Oops.

Flat hunt - I managed to get 4 flats lined up to see on Saturday. The result is that we have found somewhere to live! I'm not sure how long the advert will be up, but you might be able to nosey at it... http://www.s1rental.com/renting/search/200710011023337517.shtml

SNOTCO evening - Saturday evening was spent in the Traverse bar, with lovely SNOTCO friends. Was a good mix of people, and we all intend to do it again. I'm going to be pretty skint for a while after moving, but maybe we'll have dinner parties/wine gatherings instead. Ace.

Have not done nearly enough tidying at home, but it's starting to get so I have to, which means I might do it soon! The next couple of days I'm out to Ayr, so I have no idea how knackered I'm going to be. Should be good for the flexi time, if nothing else...

Prague

I went to Prague! It was ace. Incredibly ace.

I am quite willing to admit here that I was worried that it might not be - and I even told the guys that when we were away. There was always potential for fall outs spending that much time with anyone, and we're all quite different and can be dramatic, and little sleep can make anyone grumpy. But we weren't! At least, as far as I know...

We met at Waverley at 7am Friday morning. Everyone was on time and awake and smiling! Dave was still drunk and hadn't been to bed. Wally. We arrived and checked into the hotel, then headed out for a wander and food. Found a little Cuban pub, which I quite liked. Had far less trouble with vege food than I thought. Hurrah! We wandered to the river, found Tesco, a building made from bubble wrap and C&A. Then we all went for naps (I had a bath whilst listening to Czech classic FM) before getting ready for the evening. I can't remember what we did for the evening. Oops.

Saturday we went out for breakfast and then over the bridge to the Castle. Was a beautiful day, if a little confusingly cold considering the sunshine. I like Prague. It's big enough to be interesting but not overwhelming. You can walk anywhere in about half an hour. There's lots of concerts and museums and theatre, but not so much that you have to do 16 million things in a day. We went to the castle and wandered around some more. More naps/rests* before going out for a lovely, lovely meal. We couldn't find the bar Emma had been recommended, so we wandered back to the hotel for a few drinks and poker for smarties. Oh, and I managed to fall over. Ouch.

Sunday started slower with brunch about noon. We then went for a walk and found Prague museum which seemed to have an exhibition on evolution, freaks, surgery and the moon. Hmmm... But it was fun and we could draw on the walls and run on foam and race and stuff. Mary did manage to chip her tooth trying to see the moon in 3-D... Oops. We did some shopping. Will is the girliest shopper I've ever seen! Emma wouldn't let me buy lime green boots that made me look like a Martian. We managed to lose the boys in a shopping centre, so us girls went to buy furry hoods and dragons. In the evening we failed to go to a concert or show as we were knackered and I doubt we'd all have agreed on anything! Instead we found the bar we couldn't find the day before (it had changed name - I asked strangers) and we had cocktails and absinthe. Then back to the hotel (via a bar called Bugsy's, which did not have a man playing piano, but possibly real life gangsters) for more poker for smarties, followed by eating all the smarties in a game of Hungry Hippos!

Got back about 4 on Monday, so I went to Monday Night Film Club (run by Caroline, not a real film club) to see Sweeney Todd. I liked it! I didn't know the story already. It's an odd one - tragic but you didn't particularly feel sorry for any of the characters. And it's quite gory, but in a ketchup/that's-not-real way. Quite make believe style. Beautiful costumes! I want to wear that sort of thing all the time. But it would be tricky.

Today I was in work at 7 and intend to stay until 6. Madness. Then to Nikki's for spinach and a night of craftiness! Ace.



*I had a bath whilst listening to Czech Country Radio. You haven't lived until you've heard "There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza" in Czech.

What a crazy week.

It's been mental. The show happened. I'm quite pleased with it. It most certainly didn't make a profit, and we didn't have nearly enough audience, but I'm happy that I brought a good share of the audience, I'm happy with the work my friends did to help out, and I think most of the cast enjoyed it, which was always the entire point. Any suggestions of how to show my appreciation to my helpers? It needs to be cheap and probably not time consuming. Not because I want either of those constraints, but because they do exist.

I've had a pretty happy week. It's been lovely. I'm mostly over my random illness, and have been enjoying myself even if I've not had a moment to chose what I want to do. That is until the last couple of days when I got some bad news. A friend, albeit one who hasn't been in my everyday life for many years, but someone I would hope to consider a friend, died last weekend. I don't want to go into the details, and I don't think anyone who reads this will know him, but it shocked me and my family.

I've also seen some friends who I don't see often, and some I'm not likely to see for a while. And seen Gran, who is really rather poorly, but hopefully on the mend now.

So basically an emotional roller coaster!

Especially rubbish as I wanted to have my wits about me to get on with finding a new flat and job. I know there's only so much I can do, but most of you also know how much I want to do both of those things!

I'm hoping the next few days will be constructive and useful. Then it's Prague! Then I definitely HAVE to be back in the game.

I shouldn't be watching this film. I know it's only the Sixth Sense, but I'm on my own in a strange place and I'm a big wus.

I must remember...

... that it is show week and therefore I'm tired and excited and hyper and a zombie. These hormone levels are not normal. Stop thinking of every possibility and stop being upset or happy baout things that don't exist!!

I make no sense. So much so that I e-mailed Caroline earlier with what I thought was a fairly structured and sensible e-mail and she asked if I was on speed. Hmmm...

Anyway, it's going to be an interesting weekend, of this I am sure. Hurrah!