Friday!

Go Nessie go!!! Someone had a little to much time on their hands methinks!

It's Friday, I'm in the call centre, and I am a wee bit bored!

But...on the upside, I get to catch up on emails, figure out where to go in Scotland and chat to Dad on emails! So not a day wasted at all. This afternoon I shall be looking through the genealogy files my dad sent me over so I can update my database further. I am hoping to have it all up to date before we go to Scotland in 13 days (not counting of course!!!!) so it's all done.

Tuesday this week I caught up with Sarah and Orlaith. We went to see Cars (still funny the second time) at a mother and baby session. It was nice to see mums out with their babies. I dare say it can be a bit lonely/frustrating/etc to be at home all the time with just one small person. I know Sarah says she craves adult company (not sure how much of that I can provide though!!). After that we had a look through one of the two health food shops at Stratford shopping centre and at the wool shop. Sarah is a vegan, so I introduced her to two new things. Chocolate covered rice cakes, which sound odd but are really yummy, and to tofu weiners (sausages) which you can eat hot or cold. They have a yummy smokey flavour to them. We grabbed some lunch at a cafe, where poor Sarah was unlucky enough to bite on an insanely hot chilli pepper. After drinking copious amounts of water, sucking on ice and drinking my rice milk Sarah recovered. I felt really bad for her, as all I could do was hold Orlaith and watch. :-(

After lunch we jumped on the DLR and headed to Greenwich. We sat in Greenwich park and watched the drunk teenagers and chatted. Time really flew, as by the time we got on the DLR again, after ditching the idea of grabbing dinner because of a tired and grumpy Orlaith, it was 7.30pm! I think next time we get together, I think there will be knitting to be done.

My latest knitting project is a knitted bunny, no reason, just because. I have never knitted a toy before. It was meant to be a girl bunny, but I have made him a boy. He is holding a beach ball and wearing bright yellow shorts. I will put a photo here when I am finished him.

Last night we caught up with our old landlady, Gayle. We trekked over to Willesden Green in north west London. We had not been back since we left there in September last year. Gayle brought her new man, Phil, who is really lovely. I am happy she is finished with Mark, the loser we used to live with. Mark, so I hear, is living in a caravan outside Chelmsford somewhere (Chelmsford is east of London in Essex, the home of chavs). *insert comment about trailer trash here* We had a fantastic night, catching up on the gossip. She loves Scott and I, not sure why!! We get along really well. She is 48 (??) but acts about 30. We were talking about the people we used to live with, whom I have not thought about in a very long time, so that was a bit odd really. I am glad we are out of the sharehousing thing though. Reminiscing made me realise this and be thankful that Scott and I are in a place of our own. It's funny, as yes in sharehousing you have the opportunity to meet people, but that is only if you get along well etc. I have made close friendships at my work, as well as keeping in contact with people who are over here from home. Scott is lucky as well as his work peoples are young and he gets along well with them.

Tomorrow we are going to a barbeque at Sarah and Jake's house. I asked Sarah if she would like me to bring anything, she said either a salad or a dessert. I have a packet of quinoa at home, so I might make a salad out of that. I will make it vegan so Sarah can eat it too.

Off to listen to the silent phones in the call centre and to play with my family tree.

xxx