The secret life of me...

To demonstrate that I am using half day wisely

Do you eat a lot of fast food?
I cook pretty quickly sometimes - does that count?

How many people have you kissed in 2008?
In a smoochy way - just LBF, of course

Were you happy when you woke up on Sunday?
Very happy - we were going to Suffolk for DAY OUT, so I was v excited...

How about now?
Pretty much

Have you ever streaked?
Not in big public... I quite often run nakedly from bed to shower/toilet in shared accommodation situations, but mostly manage to avoid other peoples...

Are you an understanding person?
Dunno... Maybe about some things?
Am desperately unsympathetic about illness though...

What was the last movie you saw in the cinema?
In Bruges - aaaages ago....

What did you last get upset about?
Can't remember - probably something insignficant that got blown out of proportion.

Do you eat sweets on a daily basis?
No - though take horrible lucozade tablets if my blood sugar gets too low

Does it make you happy to get letters?
Sooooooo very happy
All post makes me happy!

Who was the last person to text you?
Opera friend, I think - must remember to reply.

What are you looking forward to this summer?
Sailing and lying around in Suffolk.

Who was the last person you ate with?
My family and LBF last night - we went to lovely riverside pub on way home and I had tasty crab

Do raisins belong in cookies?
Ugh- no

What's your screen name?
Jenniebaby, I guess... Or sometimes misswhiplash.
Though my official title is Queen of Pies

Walking into a party, what's the first thing you notice?
Ha ha ha...
Am hermit! Don't go to parties!

Kiss on the first date?
Maybe...

Would you rather have chicken or steak?
Depends on circumstance and manner of chicken/steak.

What's one thing you've learned from a good friendship gone bad?
Don't be doormat!!

Who was the last person you took a picture of?
Probably LBF.
If non-people count, almost certainly kitties.

Would you ever donate blood?
I used to.
Am not allowed now ;'(

Have you ever felt replaced?
Perhaps, though not so recently that it's all fresh in my mind.

Are there deerheads covering any walls in your house?
No. There's a beautiful wooden moose flat-sculpture thing at a pub down the road from here though, which I would really like as coat rack.
Might add to birthday wish-list

Have you ever been asked out?
Not by anyone who wasn't:
a) Crazy
b) Weird bus stranger
c) A stalker

That's a bit sad, isn't it... I must be deeply unattractive...

Are you good at telling jokes?
No, but I don't let it get in my way

Have you ever driven without a license?
No, though mine expires at the end of the year.
Don't know whether I have to reapply or whether it just magically renews itself, so it may yet happen...

Do you wish you had smaller feet?
A little bit, sometimes.
Am 6, which is Little Miss Average, so sale shoes always already run out when I get to them.
Also - 5 is officially the best size.

When ordering sushi, what do you get?
Mmmmmm..... Sashimi!

Do you write in cursive or in print?
I rarely write

Who was the last person you sat next to?
A kitteh

What were you doing at 10 am?
Working to get my dailies out of the way so that I could come home.

Are you different now than you were six months ago?
Don't think I've changed very much since I was about 12
My hair might be a bit longer?

What was the last beverage you spilled on yourself?
Diet coke

How old will you be in 10 months?
29 - practically past it!

Do you think you'll be married by then?
Pretty unlikely, I'd say...

Was yesterday better than today?
Yes - yesterday was WEEEEEEEKEND!

What does your last text message say?
Was Twitter update.

What month is your birthday in?
July - take note

Can you live a day without tv?
Of course!

When was the last time you saw your dad?
Last night

How many pets do you have?
Two little kittehs

How many houses have you lived in?
Two...
Plus halls and two flats at university

How many city/towns have you lived in?
Two

Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet....
(Or perhaps bear feet)

Available?
No

What is your favorite colour?
Not sure I've got one..

What are you doing for your next birthday?
Waiting for LBF to come back from Iceland, then going out with some work friends as pre-getting-married dinner for one of them.
We're going out to expensive, cool restaurant a couple of days later for my birthday though, and maybe to the safari park the next day

Do you like coffee?
Nope

Do you like iced tea?
Unlikely

What are you listening to?
Trains outside window

Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Not that fussy...
Because our bed is eeeeeeenooooooormous though, it's a bit middle biased, so we both tend to gravitate towards through the night...

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Not sure.
I guess I'd be less fat

Do you know how to play poker?
Yes, but haven't tried for long time...

What are you thinking about right now?
That I need to practice my audition pieces, but i can't...

Any plans for next weekend?
Not yet - though would like to have fun...

What were you doing at 12 last night?
Going to sleep

Do you smile a lot?
I think so

Why did you last cry?
Saturday

Have you ever had a life-threatening injury?
No - not many injuries at all...

Do you like flying or driving?
I don't know how to fly...

What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Not exactly sure - I seem to be pretty good at it though

Do you wear any jewellery daily?
No - almost never

Who got you the jewellery you are currently wearing?
I'm not

Who is the funniest person you know?
My LBF makes me laugh

How often do you remember your dreams?
Infrequently

What is your ringtone?
Not sure - is mostly on silent, so always makes me jump when it actually goes off...

Skim, 1%, 2%, or whole milk?
Skimmed

Are you mad about anything?
Does this mean angry about or more like crazy about?
Am not angry.

What time did you go to sleep last night?
Around midnight - a bit later than I'd prefer on a school night...

Where did you last sleep besides your own bed?
Bed in Suffolk...

I'm having a lovely half day

I'm at home now...

Is officially because I have audition (nothing v exciting...) tonight and I don't want to be running there from work in a big scramble...

Is not till 7.40 though, so will probably run through pieces now (might have to throw LBF out for half hour or so) and then warm up a bit later, but otherwise, the afternoon is my own, to use however I want! Realistically, of course, this probably means hanging out the washing, sweeping the floor etc, but it still feels quite like a holiday

Hope everyone else is having nice day!

We ordered a new cat tree for the kittehs a few days ago and it arrived (in two enormous boxes yesterday...

It was supposed to be for their birthday (not sure exactly, but official birthday - like the Queen, y'know? - is on 10th August) but there was a splendiferous ZooPlus sale last week (v v good value), so we had to bring it forward a bit...

We built it this afternoon and it looks utterly splendid - a bit like this (except in beige):

and takes up approximately the entire flat

Pictures to follow!

Ooh - and I made a really great birthday cake for my sister...

Hope everyone else has had nice day - am off to do some washing up now, and to decide whether or not I need any foodses....

My LBF
2 * kittehs

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
I was aaaaassssllleeeeeeeep

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Washing my hair

7. Have you ever been to a strip club?
No

8. What is the last thing you said aloud?
"What is the last thing I said aloud?"
LBF is offering quiz assistance

9. When is your birthday?
Sooooooooon

10. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Raspberry sorbet

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Sparkling water

12. What are you wearing right now?
Towels, various

13. What is the last thing you ate?
Tasty fillet steak (last night)

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
Yes - two new dwesses

15. When was the last time you ran?
Yesterday morning - for train...

16. What's the last sporting event you watched?
Wee bit of football the other day.

17. What's the last sport you played?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.....

18. Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace?
Never sent any!

19. Ever go camping?
Hmmm.... Kind of.
I like to sleep in tents, but mostly do it in the garden.

20.Do you have a tan?
Not really - though am much browner than my LBF

21.Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?
Only my dignity...
And that tuna from February

22.What is your guilty pleasure?
Buffy

23.Do you use smiley faces on the computer a lot?
Quite a lot - though I'm not very good at remembering how to type them...

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw?
Only when I'm feeling extravagant

27. What are you doing tomorrow?
Going to Suffolk - hurrah!

28. Where is your mom right now?
Working in her shop

29. Look to your left, what do you see?
A naked boy

30. What color is your watch?
Mostly blue, but also pink - my LBF gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago and I love it!

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia?
Kangarooooooooooooos

32. Ever ridden on a roller coaster?
Yes - but not a really scary one.

33. What is your birthstone?
Huh?

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive through?
Fast food is evil!

35. What is your favorite number?
38?
I don't think I really have one...

36. Do you have a dog?
No

37. Last person you talked to on the phone?
LBF probably - I don't talk to many people on the phone...

38. Have you met anyone famous?
I went in a lift with Lionel Bart

Ooh - and we met a Bay City Roller at a gig that LBF was doing last year - I thought that he was just an annoying old man (which he was), but it turned out that he really was a Bay City Roller - Les, I think?

39. Any plans today?
Make birthday cake for my sister...

40. How many provinces have you lived in?
I've only ever lived in three places - two of which were in London, but I don't really know what a province is...

41. Ever go to college?
University...

42. Where are you right now?
On the sofa...

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Dunno... Is Saturday and don't really feel that annoyed

44. Last song listened to?
LBF was just playing/singing a Mother in Law song in the next room

46. Are you allergic to anything?
I have a bit of hayfever...
And sugar, I guess - though maybe that's not strictly an allergy!

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
Loverly MBTs - mmmmm - so comfy

48. Taste in your mouth right now?
Porridge and rhubarb

49. Are you jealous of anyone?
People who are doing exactly what they want and not worrying about practical stuff...

50. Is anyone jealous of you?
Unlikely, I think...
Though I do have a very lovely boyfriend - maybe they're secretly lusting after him

51. Do you love anyone?
Yes.

52. Do any of your friends have children?
Yes

53. Do you eat healthy?
Pretty much, I think...
Though probably too much of it!

54. What do you usually do during the day?
Work, most days...

55. Do you hate anyone right now?
No.
Hating people is exhausting. It makes you feel bad, and has no effect on them!

58. Do you own any big sunglasses?
No sunglasses at all

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
No - what is it?

60. How did you get one of your scars?
Don't have many, and they're mostly from cooking...

I do have a small one on my bottom too - from when I was little and fell on some gravel... It was never very big - am surprised it lasted so long!

Boris Godunov is not straightforward

Should have started learning before now!

Bad Jennie...

Bad

...for Jennies...

Had good first rehearsal, but bit concerned that I've not learned the scene for the one tomorrow yet - will have to press iPod into some serious service - if I listen to it over and over again, some of it's bound to sink in, right ?

Sleeps now...

Good night everyone

This is a very important question right now, as the Frog of Destiny hops splodgily along the Garden Path of Time...

I know that LBF is looking for suggestions for lovely birthday presents for meeeeeeee - the question is, though, given that he probably won't actually get me a Limited-Edition-Lego-Imperial-Star-Destroyer or a new bin (my suggestions to date), what should I recommend?

Any ideas?

EDIT - Ooh - I may have found it

When did people start saying:

I could care less

instead of

I couldn't care less

?????????

How does this even make sense?

I've heard it quite a lot of times and just assumed that the people saying it were idiots, but now I've just read it in an article (albeit an online one) in a respectable broadsheet!

What's going on?????

JAcobite has disappeared

He was here earlier this morning...

... I had gooseberries for breakfast with my porridge.

They were tasty

This advert was on my work bulletin board today - sad, no?

Subject: 0.77 ct Cento Cut Diamond ring

Category: For Sale and Wanted

This ring was purchased for an engagement but has never been worn. Ring packaging, receipt and certificate have been kept in the same condition as when first bought and are available with the ring when purchased.

Purchased from: Gatwards of Hitchen (http://www.gatwardsofhitchin.co.uk)

Date of Purchase: 22/12/07

Single Cento cut diamond ring “C” scroll set and mounted all in platinum with 4 small diamonds.

1 diamond – 0.77ct

4 diamonds – 0.06ct

Colour E

Clarity VS2

Certificate No. 021755

Cost at Purchase £6,995.00
Selling Price £5,000 (ONO)

I am I am I am I am

I've only had one can of Diet Coke today!

Is practically a record...

Will be decaffeinated in no time

Many many things to do today - v few of them actually useful

Am still covering daily work pending arrival of lovely new boy (must chase manager/HR about that - hope he still wants to work here!) which is pretty solid (bar odd 5 mins of blogness) from 8.30 to 12.30 (if I get through it quick-fast and then have back to back meetings from 12.30 till 4 (none of which I have time to prepare for) by which time I shall, most likely, be on my knees... Crying!

Have just realised that this also probably means I won't be allowed to have lunch today
And I brought tasty berries with me, too...

Meh!

Ooh - on the bright side though, my handy frog tells me that there are a mere 19 days until my birthday
V cheering!

I really need to have a bath and go to bed (not to mention translate a scene for my first rehearsal on Thursday...), but have got totally caught up watching Mad Hot Ballroom and am stuck now...

Think will have to get dvd and watch end another day :/

... a new dwess

Actually - two new dwesses - one is red and one is blue and both are v summery and were extremely cheap! Am v pleased - feel quite festive now...

Might celebrate by making soup

...is what I have had today...

I have a cold (probably) and am all snuffly, which is making me miserable.
Have countered this with decongestants, which make inability to breathe manageable enough to continue with normal existence, but are making me feel dizzy and crappy as side effect (I usually choose to ignore the part on the back which says that you shouldn't take them if you're diabetic, but possibly this is unwise).

I have also overdosed on chewing gum.

I wish today would be gone now - I don't like it anymore

1. Who's the black sheep in your family?
Not sure we really have one...
When I was little, I used to hope that I might have been some kind of fairy changeling, though - but I guess everyone had that
We have a black kitteh - does that count?

2. Do you take your coffee black?
Dont like coffee...
I take my diet coke black though - as black as sin

3. Do you own a Blackberry?
Nope - but my phone does lots of similarly clever things...
I had some real blackberries the other day - from a brambly hedge - they were gooooood

4. Which black forest would you rather eat - cake or ham?
Hmmm...
Not a massive fan of black forest gateau, but really really don't like ham - ugh
Guess it'll have to be the cake!

5. Have you ever had a black eye?
I woke up with a really bad one once - took days to subside...
Don't think anyone had hit me though (unless was while I was sleepin') - think I just must have got something in it in the night or something...

I meant to blog this a couple of weeks ago...

I think is utterly splendid idea and that everyone should go ahead and purchase lovely duck now

If only so that I can beat you all with my superior ducks

EDIT Am actually thinking that I might go along on the day - looks like it might be pretty fun, so in addition to purchasing ducks, I demand that you all come with me!
Will be like lovely duck-themed day out - there will be picnic

Isn't it beautiful?

And so very handy

You know when you put your hands in the water for too long they go all wrinkled and washerwomany?

Well my lips feel a bit like that today - weird, no?

Surely lips should be waterproof?

...the cranachan pie tastes awesome

Even after eating enough BBQ to sink a small ship!

Thankyou for all suggestions

Here are the Soy/Jacobite apple/strawberry pies (they look better in real life - should probably photograph with real camera instead of phone - think it might even have food setting):

You two definitely win the pie prizes

And here is the cranachan pie, as demanded by LBF and his brother...
Is basically a raspberry cream/custard pie, enhanced with toasted oats, honey and whisky (16 y/o Highland Park - we don't really have any cooking whisky ), to be eaten with whisky cream. Sounds revolting, but looks beautiful - am hoping will be tasty!

Now am making enough bbq food to feed small army....
Even though only 4 extra people are coming to eat it

What is the best pie?

Sweet pie only for today - savoury pies are a separate question...

Am making a pie for tomorrow - I did a really good rhubarb cream pie a few weeks ago and LBF favours apple pie...

Am also considering a tarte tatin or some kind...

All suggestions welcome - am mixing pastry now, but will probably make final pie decision tomorrow!

Pie-themed prizes available for tastiest pie suggestion!

....though, I think, not such good answers as she had

Type in what the questions ask you into Google search and try to use the first thing that comes up as your answer.

1. Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search:
Jennie needs our backing to beat scourge.

2. Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search:
This is what the name "Jennie" looks like in Japanese:
Sadly, my work browser doesn't support characters and so I can't see this

3. Type in "[your name] likes" in Google search:
Jenny likes to rape cats
name spelt wrong, but still the first thing to come up - is on YouTube - there's a video!

4. Type in "[your name] says" in Google search:
jEnniE saYs thAt mUsIc GetS heR Up iN tHe mOrNinG

5. Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search:
Jennie wants you to meet her

6. Type in "[your name] does" in Google search:
Jennie does traffic, but can she handle sports?

7. Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search:
Jennie hates the car

8. Type in "[your name] goes" in Google search:
When Jennie Goes Marching, a remembering weaves a montage inspired by the more than two hundred forty women who disguised themselves as men, enlisted as soldiers, and fought in the American Civil War.

9. Type in "[your name] loves" in Google search:
First million entries are about Jennifer Love Hewitt - Google evidently interprets names (albeit wrongly - I ain't no Jennifer)...

10. Type in "[your name] has" in Google search:
For many years Jennie has also been a regular news presenter on BBC Television

11. Type in "[your name] gets" in the Google search:
Jennie gets frightened and upset if she hears canned laughter

12. Type in "[your name] eats" in the Google search:
Jennie eats a well-balanced, varied diet.
Ha ha ha

13. Type in "[your name] can" in the Google search:
List of all the questions and answers posted by "Jennie can call herself a Junior" on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.

14. Type in "[your name] drinks" in the Google search:
Jennie drinks a haunted beverage on Flickr.
and here she is, doing just that...

15. Type in "[your name] makes" in the Google search:
Jennie makes a Sharp move.

Past Jennie's bedtime again, so better hurry off to sleep!

Wishing you all dreams of butterscotch and kittens x

So I was going to post this for Nick (a bit more ROCK than the last one), but, of course, he's off sunning himself and drinking frozen margeritas...

I quite like it though - more complex than your average graph-jam - so am posting anyway...

Lazy bloggage I know, but probably more interesting than me musing on what I'm going to eat next, which seems to be mostly all I do now

more graph humor and song chart memes

... and I am at work - again...

I have had tasty lunchstrawberries - again...

And nothing else has happened in my life (or viewing sphere) - again

Don't get me wrong - today is going fine and I'm perfectly happy, I just don't really have anything to say

And about the only thing that is keeping me even remotely interested is deciding what we should cook/eat tonight when I get home...
For anyone who might be interested - though I appreciate this may be more gripping for me than for anyone else - I'm currently thinking of falafel burgers with rice and pitta breads (if I can be bothered to make them) and perhaps some tasty broccoli and/or salad
See what I am reduced to?
See???

Am still here

more graph humor and song chart memes

.... are very very tasty!

I just ate a whole big enormous punnet of them for my lunch

Now I am full and happy and have red sticky fingers (and desk and keyboard - ooh and printouts of the work I've done this morning...)

Today, I have been mostly working.

It is quite boring (probably more for anyone else than for me, and it's not that exciting even from where I'm sitting), so I shan't blog about it for fear of turning potential readers to stone...

Having had such a lovely long evening last night, I shall be trying to leave early again today - have many lovely DVDs to catch up on, apart from anything else...

Hope everyone else is having nice day.

Sorry for being boring

... I have been eating tasty tofu based stirfry followed by rhubarb and strawberries

I left work early (or, at least, by 6) so that I could get some lovely LBF time - was really nice - should leave at decent time more often

He's just going out now, so I can have some quality kitten, song-learning and possibly Wii Fit (which I've been shamefully neglecting recently) time.
Or possibly go to bed...
Definitely something like that

Hope everyone else is having nice evening!

more funny fail pictures at FAIL Blog

... because I just know that this is how he thinks of me

No less than four (that's right - FOUR vending machines in this STUPID building have just eaten my money!!!

All I wanted was a tasty yogurt for my lunch...

Am too fed up (and also don't have time) to go and get any real food from the outside now, so am just going to fortify myself with diet coke, sugar myself where necessary with ribena and hope that I don't starve to death before I get my (hopefully v tasty) ostrich steak this evening...

Bah!

...open air theatre was absolutely fantastic!

Can highly recommend to everyone

We had fantastic (even if I do say so myself ) champagne picnic first and then theatre, which was really good!

The production was lovely (and funny) - even LBF got really into it after the first 10 minutes or so, and he wasn't necessarily that keen on the whole idea - and the setting was absolutely beautiful.

Very clever use of natural resources - it gradually got darker throughout the evening, and then, right at the end, it suddenly seemed to get properly dark and the stage lighting was really pretty...

Am quite tempted to go back for the Dream in a coupe of weeks time!

Sleepy now - bed for me, I think!

Hope everyone else has had a nice day

.... and today I have been mostly making picnic food...

Because later on, LBF and I are going to the open air theatre in Regents Park

Am very excited - should be totally fun and the forecast is even pretty good, so am looking forward to good time...
Actually - that's the reason this is friends only - LBF doesn't know yet!

It's Twelfth Night, which should be good hopefully, and funny enough to hold LBF's attention too - the tickets we've got are decent (though not actually in my possession - they were supposed to email them, but they've not arrived -hopefully I can pick them up on the door, they seemed to think that might work), I've made chargrilled vegetable and balsamic salad, minted beans and courgettes, mango chicken and a tasty focaccia and purchased champagne and tasty strawberries...
Am thinking about getting gu mini-puds too, or perhaps making chocolate mousses - not sure which is best...

Not sure I have sufficient tupperware

Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend!!

I kind of want this for my kitties...

Am I a bad person?

... for lunch, I had a mango and duck salad from Pret.
And a yogurt!

It was good - it tasted totally unhealthy

Very soon it will be the weekend.

HURRAH

And also a Friday, and a really nice one at that

I have to do some training now (which is good - if I train someone else to do my bits, I'll be allowed to have holidays and everything!!)

AND we're having fabulous steaks tonight!

Hope everyone else has a lovely day!

Oh yes I am!

.... I has been mostly workin'...

And I plan to do more of the above for the next 4 or 5 hours...

Am looking forward to this evening though - Organic Vegetable Man brought us some lovely shiny looking mackerel (not strictly vegetabular, I know) on Monday and I've been looking forward to nomming them ever since...
Tonight is the night

Of course, the proper way to cook mackerel is undoubtedly on the barbecue, but I'm not sure that I can really justify firing it up just for two little fishies...
Guess I could do some tasty vegetables as well (OVM also brought aubergines, which BBQ pretty nicely, and almost certainly lots of other delectable things too), but still think it might be a wee bit wasteful...

Any other mackerelicious ideas anyone?

Don't want to be too unhealthy though, as I know we are having giant steaks tomorrow

Better go do some more workses now - someone is on holiday, and, pending appointment of lovely new minion, I'm still doing two jobs anyway, so there's big big lots to do!

Hope everyone else is having nice day

So interviewee seemed really good (though I guess you can't always really tell)...

AND he's called Godfrey, which, in my view, is a bonus!

I do hope it all works out ok...

Hard to believe is only Wednesday today...

This week seems to have taken ages already!

We're interviewing someone for a position on my team today - I hope we get someone soon - I haven't done any real work for weeks now and it's all starting to pile up a bit.

We're down to only one extra person in the flat now, too, which is better.
He's very nice and mostly not there when I am anyway, but I'm still starting to get to the stage where I wish it was just us again - I think I must just be an antisocial bitch

Hope everyone is having fun - I'd best go do some works now...

.... I have made and eaten (with the help of LBF and his temporarily live-in friend) a moderately tasty prawn curry, sung some songs (some old ones and some new), mixed up bread dough and made tomato sauce for pizza for tomorrow, had bath and made stock from quail bones...

Now am thinking about going to bed...

Anything more exciting happening to anyone else?

Happy birthday to youuuuu,

Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuu,

Happy birthday dear Meeeeerrrraaaaaaaa,

Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Hope you have fun!

I am back at work today after a weekend of lovely no-workiness...

Am doing ok so far, but it's so beautiful and sunny outside, that I'm starting to resent it a little bit

Hopefully niceness of weather will last till hometime and I can reap some benefits on the way home...

I don't really have anything else to say - the work environment is not providing any inspiration today.

Hope everyone else is having nice day

Today I have been in Suffolk...

Helped parents and grandparents to put up a tent (a pretty big one...), sailed up the river and back in light winds and glorious sunshine, took dinghy out of water, had (utterly splendid) cold seafood platter (tastiest pub meal evah!) from village pub and then came home...

Was totally great

Hope weather stays nice at weekends - would like to do more of same!

Hope everyone else has had good sunshine Sunday...

So I had a pretty nice time last night...

I drank too many wines, especially given that I hadn't had time for lunch and was v tired, and then had a tasty new tomato flavoured pizza from Pizza Express...
I felt grim when I got home but am fine today, which is nice

Was totally nice to see old work friends - is kind of sad that I don't see them more often, but I guess that's hazard of moving on to new things - and also of being a semi-hermit

LBF is off on his hen stag day/night now, having had a pretty civilised warm up night last night, so I'm all alone with the kitties.
Is nice

Have to go out for dinner (again) tonight, but will have to decide what to do with myself until then...
Any suggestions?
Otherwise I'm likely to resort to baking

Hope you're all having a nice weekend!

more cat pictures

or possibly just how I appear to have lots of time at work

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Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. What I was doing 10 years ago:
I guess I was nearly 19 and had just finished my first year at University...
Possibly was embroiled in splitting up with first boyfriend (can't actually remember when this happened) and was almost certainly doing holiday job working for accountant (first accountancy experience - you'd think it should have been enough to put me off, really...)
It was a small (v v small - only 2.5 people and me) practice run by a Greek Cypriot guy with mostly Greek clients - the only reason he interviewed/took me on was because my CV said I had a Greek A level, which I do, but is Ancient Greek and hence not much use in the Real World...

2. What 5 things are on on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
- Eat cookie
- Do lots of work so I can leave early (or, at the very least, by 6)
- Leave work early
- Go out with old-work friends and have small fun
- Not spend too many monies

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Berries - and plenty of 'em!

4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire:

Pay off mortgage
Give cool presents to family/friends
Retire and become opera singer in the manner of Florence Foster Jenkins

5. Places I have lived:
London (Camden) and Edinburgh and London (Hackney, this time) again...

Hmmmm...
I shall tag Jembajr, Stewartacraig, Batsman, NotBob and Louisa - sorry about this guys

Meh!!!

Today I came to work v much early - was in by 7.30 - to do some things that require doing by 9 in the morning...

When I got here, though, a whole load of files were not yet ready and someone had left themselves logged into another file that I needed overnight, so I couldn't do ANY of it

So now - not only am I splendiferously tired (not enough hours sleeps - oh no!) but people keep coming up to me asking when the stupid stuff will be ready! Muchly frustrating!

Also I am involuntarily chain-chewing gum - that can't be good for you, right?

Am supposed to go out tonight, with old work friends (friends from old work, not friends that are old - though some are oldre than me)...
Should be fun, but am worried that they'll all want to go out and eat things that are bad (or bad for Jennies at least) and then I'll have to go home

This sounds really moany...
Am not really moaning - am pleased that it's the weekend

Hope everyone else is also having a good Friday!

So I set my alarm for the extreme earliness that is 6.20am last night before I went to bed (as I had to be at work early today)...
I woke up at about 5.40, turned over and went back to sleep and then got up when my alarm went off at 7.20!!!!!
Sabotage, I say!

I showered and dressed at light speed (for me) and hared out to the station, where I had to wait for 7 minutes for a stupid train!

Was only actually about 10 mins late in the end, and did manage to do everything I needed to do, but it was all a wee bit sweaty and stressful - could live without that kind of start to my day...

Missed breakfast too - thought it would be major tragedy as no time to get tasty Eat porridge on the way to work either, but happily, remembered that I have an enooooormous packet of branflakes in my desk drawer just in time, so disaster was averted

Have to be in early again tomorrow, so should get another go... Hopefully will do better next time!

Am just about to have a tasty lunch composed, primarily (ok - entirely) of a large volume of strawberries
Is v v good - I love berries

We seem to have a million people staying in the flat this weekend...

There's a girl (a friend of LBF's) who comes to stay about once a month as she's doing some kind of course in London and we're on her places-to-stay rotation. Is all good - we have spare(ish) room to sleep in and magic chair that transforms into bed so is all pretty comfy.
She's a vegetarian, which is fine for me, but LBF finds it a bit hard to not eat meat for any time at all, let alone the 4 or 5 days she's with us...

In addition, one of our friends is getting married in July and his stag night (or perhaps nights) is this weekend in London. As such, LBF has another friend who is going to come and crash with us for the weekend and then stay on next week so that they can do some work together.
Actually, he's the brother of the other stayee, which is a weird coincidence.
He'll probably have to crash on the sofa (which is enormous, and hence a pretty nice place to sleep) which is also fine, except that our kitchen and living room is all one, so it makes breakfast fairly unlikely for me for a few days, as well as meaning that every room in the flat is full, so I have nowhere to go!

Would all be fine, except that, because of stag night/s, LBF will be out on Fri and Sat and I find the idea of entertaining someone that I don't know that well all on my own completely intimidating...
I'm also supposed to be going out for drinks tomorrow night - I wasn't going to stay out for dinner (the people I'm going with tend to want to eat Chinese, which is kind of sugary and bad, so was going to give it a miss) but think I might have to now, to void having togo back to the flat...
We'd also agreed to go out for dinner with my parents and some cousins (who are staying with them) on Sat, so I guess I can try to drag that out as well!
All I really need now is to absent myself on Sunday - am thinking I might head off to Suffolk for the day, particularly if weather is good.

Phew - that was long post...

Anyone who is still with me - hope you're having nice days!

more cat pictures

These are the Krispy Kreme donuts which I am currently NOT eating...

GAAAAAHHHHH!!!