Nothingness..........

I can't really be bothered to do an entry...............

I'm sitting here though updating my mp3 player for the train trip tomorrow and awaiting the Radio 1 v's Radio 2 Never Mind The Buzzcocks on Children in Need so figured I would stop by and just say a quick hello. 

Nothing exciting or even worth mentioning has happened since Wednesday!!  You may be glad to know that my arm feels 100% better :-)  It's ready for more punishment tomorrow...........lol  Yep we are off to London to see the Foo Fighters at the O2 arena (aka the old dome place)!!  Never been there before and we have seating tickets (boooo) but of course seating means no queueing so perfect stalking opportunities!!  Please, please please cross your fingers for me............what I wouldn't give for a picture!!  Trina and I have been discussing this over the emails today and we have a plan, which I am not going to reveal here lol........you never know who might be reading!! 

It was funny at work yesterday E said that I should hopefully be able to catch up on sleep this weekend, so I said no I am off to London and she said oh yeah.  I said that I would actually get a chance to catch up on sleep on Saturday 1st December 2007 LOL.....Seems like such a long time away!!  I may fall asleep at the computer......if I do wake me up would ya?  Thanks peeps xx

Ha ha ha.....look at that I didn't have anything to say yet I'm waffling...........

Thanks for the comments to my previous entry, glad you enjoyed reading it and I appreciate the comments about the writing  ---- Just for you!!

I shall leave you here and go and wait patiently for my mp3 player to finish downloading ....... Have a good weekend peeps xx

Tiredness and Plane Journeys

Evenin' all............................ (oh no I'm using the ..........'s again!!) That is not actually how I wanted to start this entry.  It was supposed to more like:

Uuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................

That's how I've felt pretty much all day!!  I won't say too much about it coz obviously with me and gigs there will be a write up to come ;-)  but I shall just say it was flippin' AWESOME.  I didn't get home till 2am and then had to work today, that's hardcore for ya lol.........or blikin' stupidity!!  But I did manage to last until 5pm at work so that was impressive, considering I felt really tired and achey!!  However the bigger down side is that my right arm is killing me, it doesn't like gripping and pulling and I can't figure out what I've done to it!!  It's aching typing this so this won't be a long entry lol  Trina seems to think it was coz I was pointing and clapping a lot, but I don't know to be honest!!  :(  *sympathy please*  I'm only asking for some coz I didn't get any at work.

Mind you work was quite funny.  Although I only told team leader and one of my colleagues where I was going they all seemed to know that I was gonna be tired, so of course I got quite a few jokes about that.  For example I went up to the store room to find something and team leader joked that I was going up there for a nap!!  *rolls eyes*

Anyway it was a darn good gig and it was a good rehersal for going to Cardiff and the same arena to see Bill and the Kaiser Chiefs!!  That's not a band by the way LOL........sounds funny bill and the kaiser chiefs..............LOL..............oh dear, see I am tired!!  (so what am I still doing up writing this entry then I hear you say?)

I've decided coz I don't have any decent news and I have to make a note of what happened last night before i forget I would post the first entry to my travels......Wednesday postings will be for travels :-)

So here it is........................

Trip to Germany July 2007

Wednesday 18th July

Day off ~ stayed at home and listened to music via Windows Media Player most of the day. I also packed and cleaned the flat. I left home at about 3.30pm to catch the 4.15pm train to St David's and meet up with Trina. Whilst i was waiting at the station her train went passed. She said she waved but at the time I was texting her so I didn't see her!! Eventually met up with her at St David's and we went to the platform to wait for the train to London. It was delayed by about 10 minutes. We got on and found our seats but they were in the quiet zone!! I was not amused but listened to my MP3 player anyway ~ sod 'em!! Got to London Paddington about 7 or 8ish, so we decided to get some food before going onto Heathrow. Sat and ate a Burger King. Trina tried to get tickets for Heathrow Express who wanted to charge about £60. She tried a different train and we got tickets in the end for £12 return. These were for Heathrow connect which would take longer to get there and stop at every station between Paddington and Heathrow but a much better deal. So we waited for that train! We eventually get to Heathrow and managed to find our way out to the taxi rank fairly easily!! Signs are quite helpful really............We got into the next taxi waiting and told him where we wanted to go.......he'd never heard of it!! Nightmare!! It took him about 10 minutes to consult with Trina's hotel directions and his a to z to find the road we actually wanted and then we were off!! It took about 10 minutes to reach our destination. The reception lady booked us in and kindly agreed to book us a taxi for very stupid o'clock the next morning. 5.45am!! Luckily our room was right next to reception so we wouldn't be waking too many people up. We got into the room and made ourselves comfortable. Trina decided to use the loo and flushed it, but it didn't stop flushing!! She had to go to reception and get someone to come and look at it!! Some bloke came into the room and hit the button and it stopped. We watched a bit of TV and then went to sleep but it was VERY hot in that room!! Plus we had a very early start!!!

 

THURSDAY 19th JULY 2007

(Brian May's birthday)!! The alarm went off shockingly early!! We managed to get up though and have a quick wash, repacked and went out to the taxi. The only thing I remember so well about that taxi ride was a) the driver had really bad B.O!! and b) there were a lot of people about considering it wasn't even 6am!! But we got to Terminal 2 at Heathrow and joined the queue to check in. I was starting to feel nervous by this point coz it was showing me that it was really happening and there was no turning back now!! We eventually got checked in (the bags were fine ~ did wonder whether it would be overweight which would've panicked me LOL) and we made our way to departures. The signs were coming in handy again!! Yet another queue to get through security!! As it was only 6am and our flight wasn't boarding till 7.50am we had a bit of time to kill. Trina and I browsed through one of the shops. We were informed that some items we couldn't buy as we were travelling within Europe ~ what a swizz!! We decided to get Sandra (aka Cooper) a pressie as she was letting us stay at her house. We brought a bottle of Moet and Chandon in a pink case!! Note the Queen reference.......We decided the next thing to do would be get some food. We managed to find a Weatherspoons which was open and ordered some food. It was at the top of all the shops and there's a great viewing platform. I was getting excited by watching the planes coming into land. I tried to take a picture of one on my mobile but it didn't work very well. I had a breakfast bun and a cup of tea and I think Trina had something on toast and coffee. The more I thought about the flight the more panicky I was getting. Trina tried her best to calm me bless her!! After we finished brekkie we went and sat downstairs and waited for our gate to be announced. That was a nerve racking time waiting and watching and waiting, and waiting............ According to the signs some of the gates were miles away from where we were seated so we were silently praying it wouldn't be one of them. Our prayers were answered when it was announced. It was just a short walk and not 1/2 an hour away!! The lady at the gate checked us in again and at this point we could see the plane outside.........argh!! Panic was setting in good and strong now. There were not many people waiting, mainly blokes in suits. We took one of the free newspapers and Trina kept it as it had lions and tigers in it. We were waiting quite a while and when time came when we were supposed to be boarding nothing happened. This was not helping the nerves. The announcer told us that they were sorry for the delay and told us we could start boarding the plane. There was definitely no turning back now, but as Trina and I walked down the gangway to the plane I made references to me jumping out one of the windows that we were passing. I watch programmes like Airport and whatever that one was called on BBC1 and I assumed our plane would have 3 seats either side etc, but this one was titchy!! There were only 2 seats either side and it wasn't very long. Trina and I found our seats and settled in. The panic was really starting to mount now!! Trina suggested I read the magazine, only I couldn't understand it as it was in German!! The noise from the engine kept reminding me where I was and what was about to happen!! Usually whenever I travel somewhere I tend to remain on the ground travelling horizontally and here I was about to go vertical and it wasn't a good feeling!! As soon as the plane started moving, the stewardesses went through the safety instructions but the movements were making me feel horrible. The two businessmen sitting opposite Trina and I were probably thinking I was very weird. I was freaking out at even the slightest movement, it felt so odd, especially when the pilot speeded up to take off. You are kinda thrown back into your seat. By this point I was holding the magazine up to my face and covering my eyes. Trina was trying her damned hardest to calm me down, but I couldn't help it!! By the time the plane actually took off I was crying!! I'm not proud of it but the moment was just so freaky!! I couldn't believe it was actually happening and I should point out I am not good with heights, why do you think I've never been on the Eye!! Eventually I braved a look and at this point the plane started turning so you can only see land outside one window and sky out the other........I didn't like that and Trina very kindly shut the blind for me!! Bless her she really does have a heart of gold considering she puts up with me!!

Well that's the first section for you..........more next week or when I can't be bothered to write a proper entry lol

Love y'all

Too many "......" in one entry!!

 everyone out there in J-land!!  Yep I'm still here LOL.........Can I just take this moment to thank you all for the comments that you left they are very appreciated. A big hello to the faircoleen  who is a new reader (sorry if I spelt your name wrong!!), hope you will feel welcome here!!  But one thing I wanna just point out, not ONE of you noticed that I hadn't included September in my month run down LOL..........Personally I didn't even notice until lunchtime today when I was looking at my blog at lunchtime to see who had commented!!!  So to make up for missing out on September here's what happened.

September - P still off work.  Me?  I worked and worked and may have taken a day off to spend with mum but that was about all.  A very pants month to be honest!!

See don't you feel better knowing what I did that month?  Yep, I thought so.........

So how are you all today?  It seems very quiet in J-land, don't tell me alerts are down!!  *rolls eyes* Some things never change LOL

Me? I'm alright, felt very quiet today.  It's not good when you get into work and all you are given is bad news.  One's off sick, another one had a family member pass away, Jeez for the love of some good news on a Monday!!  If you have any please leave them in the comments

I had a good weekend.  Saturday cleaned as usual, then decided to shred some more stuff, filled several bags with shredding.  I also seem to have moved stuff around, which is good but also not good coz one half of my living room looks great and the other half looks messy lol........I went out for a walk, then spent the rest of the day here at the internet, sad huh? 

Sunday I got up late, (always do on a Sunday) and fiddled about on the computer again, then prepared my food for tea that night coz I had not cooked it before so needed preparation time!!  Then it was raining so couldn't go anywhere booooo....so my friend and I who seemed to be online at the same times all weekend, were playing scrabulous and pirates on facebook.  She kept bombing me, so I did the same back, it's fun!!  Eventually it stopped raining so went for a bit of a long walk, round a way I'm not familiar with but found my way home fine!!  Some ejit was feeding the seagulls though so I had to try and dodge them as they were flying here, there and everywhere.  I really do HATE seagulls with a passion!!  I suppose to be fair I'm petrified of them............

When I got home, fiddled around on the computer some more, watched the Simpsons and then put tea in.  It was a lamb casserole and I have to say it was GORGEOUS!!  I finished it off tonight...................it was lovely and I will definitely be cooking that again!!

God how boring is this entry lol............

On Wednesday I shall post the first of my various trip entries......As a treat for you all I uploaded some of the videos we took at V festival last night so if I'm feeling brave enough I may post them here.  Ewwwww you'll be able to hear what I talk like LOL...mmmm.......probably need some persuasion for this!!

So tomorrow is Foo High in Cardiff...............Trina was telling me it takes 3 hours to get there and we are leaving work at 4pm and doors open at 6.30pm Arrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh.........we'll never make the catwalk!!  By the bar sounds the best that we could hope for!!!!  Depressed!!  Mind you like I was texting Trina earlier it could be worse, some lady who works for the same company as me has posted on the noticeboard that she hasn't even received her tickets yet!!  What a nightmare!!  Thinking about this we have been VERY lucky regarding gigs.  There was only one nightmare situation, god knows how many years ago when Roger Taylor was supposed to play a tribute to Paul Young (Mike and the Mechanics guy, not the other one!) and we had all booked tickets but they changed it from standing to seating.  So annoyed with that we all gave our tickets back and got refunds, but it was decided we would still go anyway and stalk Roger, like you do!!

It was in Manchester in December so we were freezing by the time Roger had turned up to go in.  The decision was made that we may as well go into the gig, so we all brought tickets again LOL............my friends all ran to the front anyway by the time Roger was on!!  Me??  I was tired and cold and just glad to be sitting down LOL

But that was the worse........we've never had a cancellation, or whatever, yet you read about them all the time.  Actually what am I talking about of course we have........how could I have forgotten that one!!!  We were supposed to go to Queen + Paul Rodgers on July 7th in Hyde Park.............needless to say that got postponed!!  How could I forget that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ignore me!!

It's easier that way...............trust me!!

oooooooooo gigs aren't they great??  I don't wanna ever get too old to go to a gig!!

Hmmmmmmmmmm.............me thinks I'm rambling now just to fill space LOL

Great Trina's just depressed me, why can't I have sky tv!!  (This is just for Trina........well you don't have youtube LOL.......I'm up here *shock*!)

Right think I should leave you here and go and find some pretty decent songs to listen to before I head off bedwards.........

Take care peeps.  Sorry for the randomness!!

A short catch up entry

Ok well I promised you all a proper entry and I'm back..............for good?  Well who knows!!  I looked earlier to see when the last entry was posted before I took my leave and it was June.  That doesn't seem that long ago but when I think about stuff that has happened well I suppose it is!!  Barry seems to think this entry is gonna be a long one, but I'm gonna try and keep it small.........don't wanna bombard you with loadsa worthless information.  Here's what's happened during the last 5 months in a nutshell :-)

June - P was off sick from work so it was just me and team leader going through all the accounts etc.  At some point (I can't remember if I told you this or not) but my passport turned up.  I celebrated my 30th birthday which on the day was a quiet affair (I had the week off from work :-)  Trina, Wayne and myself went for a meal, but Trina put on a bit of a sketch for me and Wayne to find out what our presents were (he celebrates his birthday in June too.  She had paid for a trip to Germany to see our Roger board mates for me and a trip to Dublin for both of us to see the Foo Fighters/Nine Inch Nails live and booked all our leave from work!!  Bless her :-)

July - P still off work..............Went to Germany (first trip on a plane - write up of event to follow including pics) What else happened in July??  I can't remember!!  Oh, just been reminded went to Surrey to celebrate 25 years of Jacky running the Queen fanclub.  Also visited stonehenge!!

August - P still off sick.............Went to my first music festival in Stafford (rained all weekend - write up and photos to follow) then onto Dublin (another trip on a planewoohoo)  and Trina's bank holiday weekend bar-b-que.

October - P still off sick but trying to make a come back to work.  In the meantime we got given a temporary solution in the form of a colleague transferred from another team.  No gigs in October, just another We Will Rock You meet up, this month felt a bit pants actually.........became addicted to facebook (not a good thing LOL)

And that brings me to November.............the next two weeks are gonna be manic and I CANNOT wait here's why:  13th Foo Fighters, Cardiff, 17th Foo Fighters, London, 21st Bill Bailey, Cardiff, and the 24th Kaiser Chiefs, Cardiff.  I'm dead excited about all of those, I can barely contain it..........Mind you going to Cardiff 3 times in two weeks is a bit much!! lol ;)

So as you can see during my break I have not changed one little bit although I have lost a little bit of weight :-)  It's not just my imagination coz someone at work commented on it and at We Will Rock You meet up it was the first thing one of my mates commented on!!  I haven't really been doing anything differently just eating a bit better I guess and drinking a heck of a lot of water lol...........Here's a pic of me that was taken in August, just in case you've forgotten what I looked like ;)

Well I shall leave you here and give more in the future entries..........it is good to be back and I hope I haven't missed too much about you guys.  Why not give me a brief rundown in the comments...........

Love ya all 

p.s thanks for all the comments when I posted those silly little entries I really do appreciate it guys xx

Notice to all readers

THIS JOURNAL SHALL RESUME NORMAL SERVICE ON SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER 2007 :-)

 

Just thought you'd like to know...........I haven't forgotten about you all honestly

 

*big cheesy grin*

 

Don't you forget about me..........

Hiya J-land Peoples :-)

How are you all?

Just wanted to post a quick entry to remind you all that I am still around even if I'm not posting or reading at the moment LOL...........but also to say that once I've finished writing up about my travels I will be back!!  Yes you read that right but don't get too excited.  Oh........................ok then a little excitement is allowed ;-)

Till then..........take care peeps xx

Jen

I'm Ok

Just a quick entry to let you all know that I'm ok :-)  Thanks to those that have emailed/left comments.

 

I will come back at some point ~ just enjoying the freedom LOL................

I hope your all ok xx

 

Jen